Backup Server Upgrade

[dacky7]

Hi,

We have a HP DL180 G6, twin quad cpu, 32gb ram, p212 256mb bbwc, 12x 7.2k SATA 1TB drives, windows 2008R2 running Veeam V8...

We are thinking of getting a DL180 G9, Single quad cpu (as ours barely flickers), 64GB DDR4, 12x4TB SAS 7.2k 6GB, P840 4gb bbwc, Windows 2012 R2.

Any thoughts on this?

Regards,
Pete.

[PTide]

Hi,

Looks solid, however all depends on how you are going to use it. Please take a look at requirements page.

Thank you.

[Vitaliy S.]

If you're running all backup components (proxy, repository etc.) in one box, then this specification looks good, otherwise Veeam backup server doesn't need that much power.

[dacky7]

We just use a single host to perform backup and another host for the replicas. Our current backup host pretty much has all memory consumed within backup jobs running, our storage controller peaks at 73mb/s write, 140mb/s read. We are hoping to utilise the better spindles / controller and decrease the backup window.

[Vitaliy S.]

Ok, makes sense. BTW, what is your current bottleneck for the backup job?

[redhorse]

Hello,

we have to buy a new backup server so I want to be sure to do the right sizing for our environment which looks like this:

-1 Backup-Server with all roles (attached repository, tape server, proxy server, backup server)
-35 VMs on 2 ESXi-Hosts with EqualLogic-SAN
-Direct SAN Access
-Backup to local Harddisk, backup copy to SMB-NAS via Gigabit
-Daily forever incremental backup with 7 restore points and daily sync with backup copy target (60 restore points)
-Weekly full-backup to tape

My idea is to use a Dell PowerEdge R320 with Xeon E5-2407, 64 GB RAM and RAID 5 with 3x 4TB Near-Line SAS, 3x 1 GBit/s iSCSI-Connection to Storage SAN for Direct SAN Access and 1 Gigabit to Procution Network and NAS.

What do you think about it?

[foggy]

Looks good, however keep in mind hardware (RAM specifically) requirements when you start assigning backup load to it. Remember that those for different Veeam B&R components (backup server, proxy, repository, tape server) should sum app in case of all-in-one installation.

Also, RAID10 is more preferable for the target storage in case of forever incremental, due to having less I/O penalty.