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Dedicated Server for Large Storage

ihadpihadp Member
edited March 2017 in Requests

Hi Guys,

I am in need of a dedicated server with a large volume of local storage (SATA/SAS) which will be used for both development and archiving content. While I won't be storing a ton of data on the server itself, I need the RAW storage space to handle the archive projects I work on.

As many of you are aware I actively build Microsoft Windows templates allowing Windows to be run on platforms such as DigitalOcean, however as you may not be aware I also work on archiving content such as that of UCBerkeley which was removed from iTunes & YouTube.

The server will be used to create templates, download/upload content, archive and distribute content (Primarily via torrent, server would be running rtorrent/rutorrent).

The server will not be used to gather or distribute illegal content. DMCA or abuse complaints may be generated from to time when content is being scraped from sources like YouTube, however to date I have had zero complaints/issues.

So all that said, here is what I desire..

  • Decent CPU (C2750+, the more power the better)
  • 16GB+ RAM
  • 12TB+ Usable Space (SW/HW RAID 0 is Fine, the more drives the better)
  • 1Gbit/s Network Port
  • US/Canada/Europe

I don't have a budget in mind, but since the majority of the work the server will be doing generates no real revenue I need to keep the cost as small as possible.

On the bandwidth front..Ideally it would come with 1Gbit unmetered, however I am not looking for a dedicated connection. I simply don't want to have to worry about my usage, especially when I begin seeding a torrent, such as the UCBerkeley course content I would like to release to the community (Reddit).

So...who want's to be my hero?

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  • pbgbenpbgben Member, Host Rep
    edited March 2017

    I have have good service from online.net - The storage range is better than OVH and the ISO's that my users download have gone unnoticed. So should be good for you.

    Usage DATA
    i.imgur.com/EvFVrE7.png

  • ihadpihadp Member
    edited March 2017

    @pbgben said:
    I have have good service from online.net - The storage range is better than OVH and the ISO's that my users download have gone unnoticed. So should be good for you.

    Their storage range has been sold out for a couple months now and also a bit more than I am hoping to spend honestly.

    Thanks though!

  • letboxletbox Member, Patron Provider
    edited March 2017

    Budget? Or something close to how much you want to pay?!

  • ihadpihadp Member

    @key900 said:
    Budget?

    As cheap as possible.

  • HarambeHarambe Member, Host Rep

    Hetzner i7-2600, 16GB Ram, 4x4TB - Unmetered inbound, 30TB out. € 51.26

    https://robot.your-server.de/order/market#661325

    Just filter by boxes with minimum 4 drives.

  • ihadpihadp Member
    edited March 2017

    @Harambe said:
    Hetzner i7-2600, 16GB Ram, 4x4TB - Unmetered inbound, 30TB out. € 51.26

    https://robot.your-server.de/order/market#661325

    Just filter by boxes with minimum 4 drives.

    I actually already have one of their boxes and am looking to move away. The price is decent, but the network hasn't performed to my expectations..almost as if my server is getting throttled on a regular basis, especially on the inbound from YouTube.

    When I was scraping the content from YouTube for the UCBerkeley courses I had to grab a server from Scaleway due the connection constantly being throttled...no similar issues with Scaleway at all...was a complete pain in the ass.

    Thanks!

  • antondedisantondedis Member
    edited March 2017

    2 x Intel Xeon E5620 / 16 / 2x6TB (RAID 0 - 12 TB) / 1Gbit fully unlimited - 110 USD

  • Upload the course content to archive.org if they don't have it already. They'd be happy to host it and seed it.

  • YuraYura Member

    UCBerkeley which was removed from iTunes & YouTube.

    FFFFFFFFFUCK

    Now I'm fuming. What else got removed and why? Is Edx behind this jerk move or who? >:(

  • ihadpihadp Member

    @antondedis said:
    2 x Intel Xeon E5620 / 16 / 2x6TB (RAID 0 - 12 TB) / 1Gbit fully unlimited - 110 USD

    Umm ok?

    @willie said:
    Upload the course content to archive.org if they don't have it already. They'd be happy to host it and seed it.

    It's being uploaded, but distributing it in its raw form is still something a lot of people desire.

    @Yura said:

    UCBerkeley which was removed from iTunes & YouTube.

    FFFFFFFFFUCK

    Now I'm fuming. What else got removed and why? Is Edx behind this jerk move or who? >:(

    My understanding is the doj is requiring it.

  • WSSWSS Member

    Roughly 20,000 free educational videos provided by the University of California, Berkeley, are being taken off the internet because they do not have closed captioning.

    JFC. PC madness.

  • IHaveADarkPassenger said:

    It's being uploaded, but distributing it in its raw form is still something a lot of people desire.

    Is the IA distributing it in non-raw form somehow? What is missing?

  • MasonRMasonR Community Contributor
    edited March 2017

    @Yura said:

    UCBerkeley which was removed from iTunes & YouTube.

    FFFFFFFFFUCK

    Now I'm fuming. What else got removed and why? Is Edx behind this jerk move or who? >:(

    UCBerkeley's statement:
    http://news.berkeley.edu/2017/03/01/course-capture/

    DOJ's letter about videos not having Closed Captions:
    https://news.berkeley.edu/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/2016-08-30-UC-Berkeley-LOF.pdf

  • YuraYura Member

    @IHaveADarkPassenger said:
    My understanding is the doj is requiring it.

    Department of Justice said YouTube is not accessible enough for people with disabilities and Berkeley removed all courses from it.

    WAT

    This is the most ridiculous thing ever!

  • ihadpihadp Member

    @willie said:

    IHaveADarkPassenger said:

    It's being uploaded, but distributing it in its raw form is still something a lot of people desire.

    Is the IA distributing it in non-raw form somehow? What is missing?

    You can certainly upload the video, but you lose the auto generated sub-titles, metadata and other scraping which you can grab from YouTube using a tool such as youtube-dl.

    Even so, having a hard copy of the content is preferred especially after the amount of time and effort going into it. I wouldn't want to upload it all to their archive only to see it go missing.

  • WSSWSS Member

    I'd upload the content provided with the videos in the event someone adds support. I haven't played with YT or IA video in ages, but pretty sure they used JWPlayer last I looked, and it's not impossible to render CC support for that.

  • ihadpihadp Member

    Bump! I am still looking tor a server!

  • ihadpihadp Member

    One more bump!

  • IHaveADarkPassenger said:

    You can certainly upload the video, but you lose the auto generated sub-titles, metadata and other scraping which you can grab from YouTube using a tool such as youtube-dl.

    I'm sure you can upload that too, but maybe the IA could do something to make it easier.

  • dustincdustinc Member, Patron Provider, Top Host

    Contact me. [email protected] or via skype quadranet.dustin -- we can work something out!

    Thanked by 1SCAM_AlphaRacks
  • exception0x876exception0x876 Member, Host Rep, LIR

    You can get 12TB in RAID-0 with wholesaleinternet for $80/mo

  • ReliableSite has an 8TB server for $80 a month and if you contact them through email I bet you could get their 16TB one for $100 a month.

  • YorkiSYorkiS Member
    edited April 2017

    Onlinet.net has available ST18 for 79.99 euro.

  • ihadpihadp Member

    @dustinc said:
    Contact me. [email protected] or via skype quadranet.dustin -- we can work something out!

    I added you.

    @exception0x876 said:
    You can get 12TB in RAID-0 with wholesaleinternet for $80/mo

    Thanks!

    @camjac251 said:
    ReliableSite has an 8TB server for $80 a month and if you contact them through email I bet you could get their 16TB one for $100 a month.

    Thanks!

  • williewillie Member
    edited April 2017

    If you can pop ~$500 all at once, you could get a 10tb Ironwolf drive from Newegg for $370 and park it in Delimiter Slot Hosting for $120 a year. Amortized over 3 years that ends up $2.23/TiB/month.

    Also if you just want to archive the data and not actually access it much, Online.net C14 and OVH Cloud Archive are both 2 euro/TB/month, but they have upload and download fees of 10 euro/TB plus in the case of Online, another 10 euro/TB to erase data.

  • ihadpihadp Member

    @willie said:
    If you can pop ~$500 all at once, you could get a 10tb Ironwolf drive from Newegg for $370 and park it in Delimiter Slot Hosting for $120 a year. Amortized over 3 years that ends up $2.23/TiB/month.

    Also if you just want to archive the data and not actually access it much, Online.net C14 and OVH Cloud Archive are both 2 euro/TB/month, but they have upload and download fees of 10 euro/TB plus in the case of Online, another 10 euro/TB to erase data.

    Unfortunately I am going to have to pass, I am not even a little willing to work with Delimiter.

    Thanks though!

  • saf31saf31 Member

    If possible make few torrents of those videos according to subjects. I will be happy to seed as long as I can. This move is insane !

  • IHaveADarkPassenger said: I am not even a little willing to work with Delimiter.

    Hmm, ok. @VaporNode has a similar slot hosting product but as of last year it was limited to drives 2TB and smaller. I wonder if they've fixed that by now.

    @cociu also mentioned being willing to set up something like that a while back. I thought I had saved the link but I don't seem to have it. I'll look for it later.

  • cociucociu Member

    IHaveADarkPassenger said: So...who want's to be my hero?

    if you pay quarently i can set this for you in 130 eur/mo :

    2x E5-2430

    32 gb ram

    1gbps shared 30tb/mo transfer (i will not quote unmetered due of cost) you can choose from 4 different networks.

    4x4tb hdd sata 3 (new ones)

    1 ipv4

    We are located in Romania , pm if you are interesed.

  • cociucociu Member

    willie said: @cociu also mentioned being willing to set up something like that a while back. I thought I had saved the link but I don't seem to have it. I'll look for it later.

    thanks for mention.

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