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Need a server with 200+ TB HDD and 50+ TB Traffic for below $1000 / monthly
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Need a server with 200+ TB HDD and 50+ TB Traffic for below $1000 / monthly

For collecting data from the internet, storage of that data and running simulations on that data, I need a machine with the following specs:

  • 200+ TB HDD net after installing RAID6 (like 12 x 20 TB, 16 x 16 TB, 20...24 x 12 TB or similiar). Software RAID would be ok
  • 2 x 960 GB SSD software or hardware RAID1 for the OS, consumer grade SSDs are ok
  • 24+ cores of modern CPU (AMD / Intel / fast ARM also ok)
  • 192+ GB RAM
  • 1 GBit/s NIC, 50 TB/month traffic (mostly incoming)
  • Server location: All countries except Germany (for geolocation diversity)
  • Contract running time: 6 months; prepayment for 6 months is ok for renowned server companies
  • Ubuntu 22.04 LTS; I can install the OS, so delivery as a "rescue system" is ok
  • Budget: $ 500 / month
  • Delivery / beginning of contract between 1st and 15th of July

Comments

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    Please share the porns when you have done.

    Thanked by 1dedicados
  • AdvinAdvin Member, Patron Provider

    I presume you already have a couple of SX133's given that Germany is out of the question?

  • Need100TBNeed100TB Member
    edited May 2022

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  • @Nekki said:
    Please share the porns when you have done.

    Nah, I asked for INCOMING traffic of 50 TB/month. Would need outgoing 50 EB/month (Exabytes) to share all that smut 😂

  • @Advin said:
    I presume you already have a couple of SX133's given that Germany is out of the question?

    Yeah, Hetzner is great value for money.

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @Need100TB said:

    @Nekki said:
    Please share the porns when you have done.

    Nah, I asked for INCOMING traffic of 50 TB/month. Would need outgoing 50 EB/month (Exabytes) to share all that smut 😂

    Not if you’re only sharing it with me….

  • VoidVoid Member

    @Nekki said:

    @Need100TB said:

    @Nekki said:
    Please share the porns when you have done.

    Nah, I asked for INCOMING traffic of 50 TB/month. Would need outgoing 50 EB/month (Exabytes) to share all that smut 😂

    Not if you’re only sharing it with me….

    Don’t you have your own collection?

  • jbilohjbiloh Administrator, Veteran

    I would think someone should be able to offer this within your budget.

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @jmaxwell said:

    @Nekki said:

    @Need100TB said:

    @Nekki said:
    Please share the porns when you have done.

    Nah, I asked for INCOMING traffic of 50 TB/month. Would need outgoing 50 EB/month (Exabytes) to share all that smut 😂

    Not if you’re only sharing it with me….

    Don’t you have your own collection?

    I’m why would I pay to store something that’s freely available within a couple of clicks of the mouse?

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @jbiloh said:
    I would think someone should be able to offer this within your budget.

    Top contributing.

  • MikePTMikePT Moderator, Patron Provider, Veteran

    @MrRadic can probably do this for you.

  • MrRadicMrRadic Patron Provider, Veteran

    @Need100TB said:

    • Contract running time: 6 months; prepayment for 6 months is ok for renowned server companies

    It's going to take more time to recoup the cost than 6 months, wouldn't make sense for us to build it.

  • ralfralf Member

    You obviously know your use case best, but for that amount of data, there's probably a way to shard it and process chunks on different servers and aggregate it on some other servers.

    Another fairly obvious observation is that most of your data is being computed (because otherwise it'd take 4 of the 6 months streaming data from the net to just fill the drives), so you might even benefit from more cores writing to SSD using cheaper hosts.

  • YamiraanYamiraan Member
    edited May 2022

    for this kind of use i suggest rclone + dropbox buiness, then you can add many streaming servers depend on your traffic

  • @MrRadic said:
    It's going to take more time to recoup the cost than 6 months, wouldn't make sense for us to build it.

    So which contract term would be fine with you?

  • nvmenvme Member

    Let's see if @PulsedMedia have some :smiley:

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  • @ralf said:
    You obviously know your use case best, but for that amount of data, there's probably a way to shard it and process chunks on different servers and aggregate it on some other servers.

    Thank you for your remarks.

    The more servers I deploy, the more time I will spend with housekeeping. That's why I would prefer the "one big box" solution, even, if it costs $200 or $300 more per month in the end than a set of smaller machines. Otherwise, sharding would be possible with the event time as a parameter (like 2019 data goes to box 1, 2020 data to box 2 and so on). For full simulations on all past data, the CPUs in the 2019 box could process the 2019 data, the CPUs in the 2020 box could process the 2020 data and so on.

    But for certain reasons, I run simulations on the current data (the last few months) more often, and then, I would be limited to only the CPUs in the box with the 2022 data. Disk read rates are too high to use NFS or similiar, at least over a 1 Gigabit/second ethernet. And moving to 10 Gigabit/second Ethernet would drive cost up a lot.

    To make matters worse, already the data collection / preprocessing task keeps a substantial number of cores busy. Doing everything on eight core desktop CPUs therefore would seriously limit resources for the mentioned "last months" simulations.

    To sum it up: One big box is easier to administrate and more flexible in the use of the collected data.

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  • devpdevp Member
    edited May 2022

    @Need100TB said:

    @ralf said:
    You obviously know your use case best, but for that amount of data, there's probably a way to shard it and process chunks on different servers and aggregate it on some other servers.

    Thank you for your remarks.

    The more servers I deploy, the more time I will spend with housekeeping. That's why I would prefer the "one big box" solution, even, if it costs $200 or $300 more per month in the end than a set of smaller machines. Otherwise, sharding would be possible with the event time as a parameter (like 2019 data goes to box 1, 2020 data to box 2 and so on). For full simulations on all past data, the CPUs in the 2019 box could process the 2019 data, the CPUs in the 2020 box could process the 2020 data and so on.

    But for certain reasons, I run simulations on the current data (the last few months) more often, and then, I would be limited to only the CPUs in the box with the 2022 data. Disk read rates are too high to use NFS or similiar, at least over a 1 Gigabit/second ethernet. And moving to 10 Gigabit/second Ethernet would drive cost up a lot.

    To make matters worse, already the data collection / preprocessing task keeps a substantial number of cores busy. Doing everything on eight core desktop CPUs therefore would seriously limit resources for the mentioned "last months" simulations.

    To sum it up: One big box is easier to administrate and more flexible in the use of the collected data.

    Are you simulating data patterns from unstructured data points.
    Can be machine learning algorithm as well.

    If you requires faster processing for data points and machine learning on dedicated GPU servers you can have a talk to @lentro for resources.

    @lentro is representing Tensordock here at LET forum.

    Thanked by 1lentro
  • For your setup try these guys for a quote. I have been personally very happy so far working with them. Their pricing is hard to beat.

    https://www.gorillaservers.com/services.html

    [email protected]

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  • lentrolentro Member, Host Rep

    @devp said: If you requires faster processing for data points and machine learning on dedicated GPU servers

    Thanks for the mention!

    @Need100TB

    @Need100TB said: For full simulations on all past data

    If you're running simulations or training models on your data, you might want to try a GPU server to take advantage of hardware acceleration a (or CPU-only server). We are more expensive than other LET providers, but our resources are dedicated, and we have 10 gbit networking. We also bill by the hour and charge only for storage when your server is off. And, we have an API too :)

    Theoretically, you could create a program to start a processing/modeling server via our API, upload your data, process the data, and stop the server. That way, you only pay for the compute you actually use.

    P.S. -- remember to make backups! 200TB would be a lot of data to lose.

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  • PulsedMediaPulsedMedia Member, Patron Provider

    Yea i think we can fill your need at that budget, sounds like not a problem.

    24 or 36x drive AMD EPYC 24/36core should fit into that budget, from order it will take likely 4-8 weeks to get parts from Supermicro. They've been constantly low on stock at Europe.

    That is actually run of the mill server for us, and a bit under specced how we typically set this type of server up. We have many similarly specced in production right now, and was just considering buying more.

    Even your schedule matches up perfectly for what it takes to get parts.

    Background;
    We've been in business for more than 12 years now, we are well known in our own niche. We have our own network, hardware and datacenter in Helsinki, Finland.

    Contact by emailing sales ** pulsedmedia - com and remember to link this thread and let's get your server needs sorted out! :)

    @nvme thanks for the ping! :)

  • TekoTeko Member

    Hi Need200TB

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @Teko said:
    Hi Need200TB

    Family, or simply a prankster-at-large?

  • TekoTeko Member

    @Nekki said:

    @Teko said:
    Hi Need200TB

    Family, or simply a prankster-at-large?

    prank

  • NekkiNekki Veteran

    @Teko said:

    @Nekki said:

    @Teko said:
    Hi Need200TB

    Family, or simply a prankster-at-large?

    prank

    Bully! Bully, I say!

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