[3dem] Data storage system

[Tim Gruene]

Dear Krishan Pandey,

the Chemistry department purchased a 500TB 4U rack from ixsystems, now
truenas.com, similar to
https://www.truenas.com/x-series/?__hstc=216824393.ae734f6409fa54117a8ea5c71d99c7cf.1617304740425.1617304740425.1617304740425.1&__hssc=216824393.1.1617304740425&__hsfp=3483769911
.
We paid less than 50k Euro, but this was pre-COVID-19. Such systems
don't need much maintenance. Once they are set up, they just run. This
system runs FreeNAS, and was pre-installed. We just had to configure the
network connection on the command line. Everything else, like adding
users, or backup jobs, can be done through the user-friendly
Web-Interface.

FreeNAS is based on FreeBSD. BSD's are meant to be stable. 

Best regards,
Tim

On Thu, 1 Apr 2021 18:58:46 +0000
Krishan Pandey <krishan.pandey at health.slu.edu> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I am requesting suggestions and cost estimates about off the shelf
> data storage systems to store raw cryo-EM movies and processed data
> for our lab. Our initial target is 150-200 TB with options to expand
> it in future. We don't have much local IT support for Linux based
> systems, that's why I am asking for an off-the shelf system which
> should be easier to install and manage.
> 
> Thank you
> best regards
> 
> Krishan Pandey
> 



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Tim Gruene
Head of the Centre for X-ray Structure Analysis
Faculty of Chemistry
University of Vienna

Phone: +43-1-4277-70202

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