Big disk dedicated servers ? Where ?

[WHMDestek]

Hello guys,
Here is a different topic on our forum.

I know we have lots of webmasters here.
So i thought that they would share their ideas with me.

What i need is a big disk on dedicated server ?

I have been searchin on the internet and prices are 750gb for 50$on average.

So whats your advice ?

We have a project and think of buying more than 50+ servers.


Min CPU Max HDD needed.

Share your ideas ?

 

[Johnn]

I am not sure that I understand your question?

 

[WHMDestek]

Johnn

I need a dedicated server deal.


Harddisk space is important for me.

I will store lots of files on my servers.So what i need is big harddisks.

750gb or 1tb or even more.


P3000
512MB RAM
1TB HDD

What i need is that ?:undecided:

 

[Dale Hubbard]

Disk space is cheap. If you need your files server-side then you obviously have some large b/w requirements. Tell us what it is that you're trying to do; i.e. what files do you need to transfer (media/music/text/etc) and then maybe you'll get a recommendation. If you just require offline storage or backup then go get a 1TB USB drive.

For 50+ servers you'll need very deep pockets at 1TB Raid 1 plus bandwidth etc. CPU will have little to do with your expense.

 

[WHMDestek]

I will store everything.

music,films,pictures,rar filez..

I dont need an offline storage .

What i need is to setup a big harddisk network.

So i need cheap hdds.
I have searched over the net.The best price is on softlayer but the minumum CPU tehy have is Opterons.

P3000 cpu is enough for me.

I need advices as this not just one server,its at least 50 servers.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

You're not making a lot of sense here. You should be talking to a specialist hosting company (or several) if you need 50 servers. Are they for warez? What is your business model very briefly? Is it like uploadr.com? Free uploads etc.?

 

[dominator]

I still do not understand what you need. Just buying hard drives? The you can get them from a wholesale company. Or renting servers?

 

[WHMDestek]

I asked for advices guy.
Ofcourse i can go and talk with a dc management.I will do that already.
I though maybe you have some experience on this issue.

Its not warez or something else.
It about our project.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

There are probably few people here with experience of networking 50 servers to achieve the result you are apparently looking for. One way is to get yourself a good cable connection with a fixed IP and host it all yourself at home. You have still to mention the basics of your 'project'.

Edit: Also, if you post your project budget, you'll probably get more responses.

 

[WHMDestek]

No its a web based project.
Yes its like a flie upload project.We will be storing files on our servers.
What we need is huge teras of harddrives.

 

[Johnn]

Make a deal with a host center. What you need may be just one or two servers and an attached SAN or NAS. What is the reason for 50 servers?

 

[Poohnix]

Instead of 50 separate servers you might get a better (and even cheaper) system with one or two high end servers hooked up to a storage network. Not that I know what you want to do, but...
I work with usenet server systems, but that's different from what you want to do, I think. But it uses a hell of a lot of storage. (Passed 500 Terabytes per server farm a while ago.)

Make a deal with a host center. What you need may be just one or two servers and an attached SAN or NAS. What is the reason for 50 servers?

You were a minute quicker...

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[WHMDestek]

I have searched a little.
I only need to store datas and maybe download upload .

Which one should o choose ?

NAS or SAN ?

 

[Johnn]

http://www.nas-san.com/differ.html

I would suggest to call a couple of hosting companies and explain to them what you need to see what they can offer.

No much we can suggest here with you holding all the details/information.

 

[WHMDestek]

I am just trying to share what i know with you.
Teaching and learning at the same time.
This is what forum people doing all over the world right ?

I found a quote about SAN

SANs often utilize a Fibre Channel fabric topology - an infrastructure specially designed to handle storage communications. It provides faster and more reliable access than higher-level protocols used in NAS.

 

[INVIGOR]

I though he said big "d ick"! I was about to refer him to Jeff GayKnee.

 

[Dale Hubbard]

SCSI over TCP/IP is more appropriate perhaps. Whatever, the cost for the deployment in this case will not be inconsiderable. I suggest the OP re-examines a 'bedroom/cable' set up.