In Search of Tower Server Storage Solutions: Seeking Expertise from the Community

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Hello, Level1Techs Forum members,

I come to you today as a fellow tech enthusiast seeking your valuable insights and expertise regarding a challenge, I’m facing with my tower server’s https://www.lenovo.com/ch/de/servers-storage/ setup. I hope that this vibrant community can lend a helping hand in finding a solution.

Here’s a brief overview of my situation:

I own a tower server that I use for various tasks, from home media streaming to running virtual machines. However, I’ve been encountering some storage-related issues that have been hindering my server’s performance and overall efficiency.

I’d greatly appreciate any guidance or suggestions on the following matters:

  • Selecting the Right Storage Drives: What are the best storage drive options for a tower server that provides a balance between performance, capacity, and cost-effectiveness?

  • RAID Configuration: How can I set up an optimal RAID configuration to ensure data redundancy and improved performance for my tower server?

  • Managing Data Growth: As my server’s data storage needs grow, what strategies can I employ to effectively manage data expansion while keeping storage costs in check?

  • Streamlining Backup Solutions: What backup solutions would you recommend to ensure the safety of my data while minimizing the risk of data loss?

  • Cache and Tiered Storage: How can I leverage caching and tiered storage techniques to enhance my tower server’s storage performance for specific tasks and applications?

  • Dealing with Storage Bottlenecks: Are there common storage bottlenecks in tower servers, and what steps can I take to identify and resolve them?

  • Remote Access and NAS Integration: I’d like to enable remote access to my tower server and integrate it with a NAS setup. What are the best practices for achieving this?

I value the collective expertise and knowledge of this community and believe that together, we can find practical solutions to my tower server’s storage challenges. Your advice will not only help me but may also benefit others who encounter similar issues in the future.

Thank you all for being such an active and supportive community. I eagerly await your responses and insights!

Warm Regards
Abhraham Denis

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ZFS can make most of this pretty easy, could always reach out to IXsystems 45drives etc.

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Yes it does seem like one of the TrueNAS solutions would probably do well here. @Elive_Joseph What OS are you currently using, and do you have a need to stay with that OS?

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you should be a bit more specific, how much data are we talking about, what kind of performance is important, sequential throughput or random read/writes, should it be quiet or do you have a server room?

edit: and very important, budget?

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Also are you buying new or used or retrofitting an existing system, and what is it.

How high availability do you need, ie is 1 day old a disaster?

Ie you can get a single u.2 SSD and back it up to a hard drive daily (what I plan on doing).
Or you can get a server Ie Xeon or epyc and attach a dozen SSDs and a sas disk shelf. But in order to know what to recommend we need to know what you have, and the bottlenecks you encountered.

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