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Looking for 180TB offshore storage server - RAID6, monthly, fast delivery

Hi all,

Looking for a large offshore storage dedicated server for a media library.
Requirements:

  • ~180TB usable (RAID6 - need to survive 2 drive failures, not RAID0)
  • Separate OS disk (SSD/NVMe) from the storage array
  • 1Gbps unmetered is fine (10Gbps a plus) — this is a storage/origin box,
    not the delivery edge

  • 32GB+ RAM

  • Debian or Ubuntu

Important:

  • Offshore / DMCA-ignored jurisdiction (Moldova, Bulgaria, Finland, etc.) —
    please state your location and how you handle abuse/copyright notices

  • Monthly billing (not 6-12 month prepay)

  • Fast delivery - days, not weeks
  • Crypto payment (XMR/BTC)

Budget flexible for the right provider with a real track record. Please share
specs, price, location, and delivery time. Reviews/references welcome.

Thanks!

Thanked by 1forest

Comments

  • allthemtingsallthemtings Member, Megathread Squad

    try tube-hosting not sure how fast they can deliver it these days though

  • jayjayjayjay Member, Patron Provider

    @SimCEO said:
    Hi all,

    Looking for a large offshore storage dedicated server for a media library.
    Requirements:

    • ~180TB usable (RAID6 - need to survive 2 drive failures, not RAID0)
    • Separate OS disk (SSD/NVMe) from the storage array
    • 1Gbps unmetered is fine (10Gbps a plus) — this is a storage/origin box,
      not the delivery edge

    • 32GB+ RAM

    • Debian or Ubuntu

    Important:

    • Offshore / DMCA-ignored jurisdiction (Moldova, Bulgaria, Finland, etc.) —
      please state your location and how you handle abuse/copyright notices

    • Monthly billing (not 6-12 month prepay)

    • Fast delivery - days, not weeks
    • Crypto payment (XMR/BTC)

    Budget flexible for the right provider with a real track record. Please share
    specs, price, location, and delivery time. Reviews/references welcome.

    Thanks!

    We should be able to do this and deliver today.

    Example spec:

    Dual 2650Lv3
    128 GB RAM
    400 GB SSD for OS
    12 x 18 TB HDD (in RAID6, 180 TB)
    1 Gbps Unmetered Outbound
    10 Gbps Unmetered Inbound
    DMCA Ignored
    Location: The Netherlands
    Crypto payment preferred

    Monthly: 569 EUR

    Ping if interested and we can get this moving quickly as its 11:30 AM in NL :)

    Thanked by 2SimCEO Marx07
  • SimCEOSimCEO Member

    @jayjay said:

    @SimCEO said:
    Hi all,

    Looking for a large offshore storage dedicated server for a media library.
    Requirements:

    • ~180TB usable (RAID6 - need to survive 2 drive failures, not RAID0)
    • Separate OS disk (SSD/NVMe) from the storage array
    • 1Gbps unmetered is fine (10Gbps a plus) — this is a storage/origin box,
      not the delivery edge

    • 32GB+ RAM

    • Debian or Ubuntu

    Important:

    • Offshore / DMCA-ignored jurisdiction (Moldova, Bulgaria, Finland, etc.) —
      please state your location and how you handle abuse/copyright notices

    • Monthly billing (not 6-12 month prepay)

    • Fast delivery - days, not weeks
    • Crypto payment (XMR/BTC)

    Budget flexible for the right provider with a real track record. Please share
    specs, price, location, and delivery time. Reviews/references welcome.

    Thanks!

    We should be able to do this and deliver today.

    Example spec:

    Dual 2650Lv3
    128 GB RAM
    400 GB SSD for OS
    12 x 18 TB HDD (in RAID6, 180 TB)
    1 Gbps Unmetered Outbound
    10 Gbps Unmetered Inbound
    DMCA Ignored
    Location: The Netherlands
    Crypto payment preferred

    Monthly: 569 EUR

    Ping if interested and we can get this moving quickly as its 11:30 AM in NL :)

    Thanks jayjay, this looks close to what I need. Two questions:

    1. Do you have an offshore location (Moldova, Bulgaria, Finland) in addition to
      the Netherlands? For a media library I'd prefer a jurisdiction fully outside
      EU DMCA/BREIN enforcement.

    2. What's your company name / how long have you been operating? Happy to check
      references.

    The spec and monthly billing work well for me otherwise.

  • 180TB?

  • edited August 25

    Hi mate

    i run a similar setup

    i bought multiple storage boxes from hetzner auction. @ 196TB for around 350$ @ 1.80$/TB

    In my experience DMCA ignore hosters were very unreliable in Uptime.

    i ended up setting up a 10gbps reverse proxy infront of Hetzner NL offshore 99.99% uptime

    Costed me about 550$ Monthly for full setup

  • DupondtDupondt Member
    edited August 25

    If it works for your use case, a Hetzner server (or other affordable onshore option) and offshore VPS acting as reverse proxy might be an option worth exploring. Best of both worlds.

    You can pay for most hosts with crypto by using one of the dozens upon dozens of crypto card solutions out there. No need to limit yourself to just those who take crypto directly.

    Edit: Basically, what @runnerfromfeds said. Didn't see it before posting.

  • SimCEOSimCEO Member

    @runnerfromfeds said:
    Hi mate

    i run a similar setup

    i bought multiple storage boxes from hetzner auction. @ 196TB for around 350$ @ 1.80$/TB

    In my experience DMCA ignore hosters were very unreliable in Uptime.

    i ended up setting up a 10gbps reverse proxy infront of Hetzner NL offshore 99.99% uptime

    Costed me about 550$ Monthly for full setup

    This is really helpful — the reverse-proxy-in-front-of-Hetzner approach is smart.

    A few questions:
    1. Where's your reverse proxy hosted? (which provider / location, and is it
    DMCA-ignored?)
    2. How do you lock down Hetzner so it only accepts traffic from the proxy —
    firewall rules, WireGuard tunnel?
    3. Have you had any DMCA issues reach Hetzner despite the proxy, or has the
    hiding held up?
    4. What proxy software are you using (nginx, HAProxy)?

  • edited August 25

    Response to @SimCEO

    1. Currently i am not using a 10gbps but a 40gbps proxy from hostslick , due to new infra. Hostslick has a clear policy on streaming

    2.Have Claude setup everything for you. Ask it to do a complete security audit so its locked down .I know this may see unconventional but trust me it works from my experience

    1. Never ever had DMCA issues , my backend are all hosted on hetzner.

    2. Just double checked , its nginx. I do not care much about the technical aspect since Claude just does it lol

  • luckypenguinluckypenguin Member
    edited August 25

    @runnerfromfeds said: I do not care much about the technical aspect since Claude just does it lol

    Not something to be super proud about, in case something goes wrong you won't know where to start because you just blindly copy pasted instructions. You final price came near to the offer of @jayjay, so I'm not sure if such complex setup actually makes things more reliable other than just going with a single host.

  • @runnerfromfeds said:
    since Claude just does it lol

    Lol indeed

  • @Dupondt said:
    If it works for your use case, a Hetzner server (or other affordable onshore option) and offshore VPS acting as reverse proxy might be an option worth exploring. Best of both worlds.

    You can pay for most hosts with crypto by using one of the dozens upon dozens of crypto card solutions out there. No need to limit yourself to just those who take crypto directly.

    Edit: Basically, what @runnerfromfeds said. Didn't see it before posting.

    A card needs kyc, while a simple wallet doesnt need it.

  • @ascicode said: A card needs kyc, while a simple wallet doesnt need it.

    Some do. Some don't.

  • @luckypenguin said:

    @runnerfromfeds said: I do not care much about the technical aspect since Claude just does it lol

    Not something to be super proud about, in case something goes wrong you won't know where to start because you just blindly copy pasted instructions. You final price came near to the offer of @jayjay, so I'm not sure if such complex setup actually makes things more reliable other than just going with a single host.

    Well I'm not sure if you do use Claude but it can SSH into your machine
    Personally i trust it enough to just do everything for me .

    " I'm not sure if such complex setup actually makes things more reliable other than just going with a single host."

    Was just simply explaining my setup which is nearly identical to OPs 🙃

  • layer7layer7 Member, Host Rep, LIR

    @luckypenguin said:
    Not something to be super proud about, in case something goes wrong you won't know where to start because you just blindly copy pasted instructions. You final price came near to the offer of jayjay, so I'm not sure if such complex setup actually makes things more reliable other than just going with a single host.

    Hi,

    changing front end proxy takes some minuets/hours.

    Changing the location of your 180 TB takes weeks.

    And most locations in europe are not really dmca free -- also not netherlands or finland by the way.

    So having the data somewhere save and the proxy somewhere ( as much as possible dmca free ) is the basically (only) right approach.

    Everything else is just gambling hard.

    If you lack of knowledge to do it yourself or of enough knowledge to tell it to your favorite AI to make sure that in + out traffic traverse only over the proxy, maybe you should search for another project...

    Thanked by 2sillycat forest
  • alexhostalexhost Member, Patron Provider

    @SimCEO said:
    Hi all,

    Looking for a large offshore storage dedicated server for a media library.
    Requirements:

    • ~180TB usable (RAID6 - need to survive 2 drive failures, not RAID0)
    • Separate OS disk (SSD/NVMe) from the storage array
    • 1Gbps unmetered is fine (10Gbps a plus) — this is a storage/origin box,
      not the delivery edge

    • 32GB+ RAM

    • Debian or Ubuntu

    Important:

    • Offshore / DMCA-ignored jurisdiction (Moldova, Bulgaria, Finland, etc.) —
      please state your location and how you handle abuse/copyright notices

    • Monthly billing (not 6-12 month prepay)

    • Fast delivery - days, not weeks
    • Crypto payment (XMR/BTC)

    Budget flexible for the right provider with a real track record. Please share
    specs, price, location, and delivery time. Reviews/references welcome.

    Thanks!

    Hello

    We have that but only until 120TB. Is out of stock right now. If you wish that, we will verify and maybe we can do something related with that, just contact us.

    We also have cheap dedicated servers with you can customize.
    https://alexhost.com/dedicated-servers/

    You can use reverse proxy (we have Ryzen VPS, Platinum VPS, Intel Xeon VPS)
    Crypto payments including XMR and BTC are accepted :)

    Looking Glass
    https://lg.alexhost.com

    Telegram: @alexhost_on
    Note: If you really wish 120TB dedicated server storage contact us through ticket or telegram and we will see.

    Best Regards,
    Alexhost

  • I don't think "media library" is the best primary description of your actual intended use.

  • forestforest Member

    @TimboJones said:
    I don't think "media library" is the best primary description of your actual intended use.

    It's likely an accurate description, though. I'm assuming it's a large collection of videos, so media library is apt.

    What it likely is in more detail: Origin box for video piracy streaming site.

    Thanked by 1Obelous
  • forestforest Member

    @runnerfromfeds said: 2.Have Claude setup everything for you. Ask it to do a complete security audit so its locked down .I know this may see unconventional but trust me it works from my experience

    LOL

    Thanked by 2Obelous jsg
  • 2.Have Claude setup everything for you. Ask it to do a complete security audit so its locked down .I know this may see unconventional but trust me it works from my experience

    Don't forget "make no mistakes"

  • jayjayjayjay Member, Patron Provider

    @SimCEO said:

    @jayjay said:

    @SimCEO said:
    Hi all,

    Looking for a large offshore storage dedicated server for a media library.
    Requirements:

    • ~180TB usable (RAID6 - need to survive 2 drive failures, not RAID0)
    • Separate OS disk (SSD/NVMe) from the storage array
    • 1Gbps unmetered is fine (10Gbps a plus) — this is a storage/origin box,
      not the delivery edge

    • 32GB+ RAM

    • Debian or Ubuntu

    Important:

    • Offshore / DMCA-ignored jurisdiction (Moldova, Bulgaria, Finland, etc.) —
      please state your location and how you handle abuse/copyright notices

    • Monthly billing (not 6-12 month prepay)

    • Fast delivery - days, not weeks
    • Crypto payment (XMR/BTC)

    Budget flexible for the right provider with a real track record. Please share
    specs, price, location, and delivery time. Reviews/references welcome.

    Thanks!

    We should be able to do this and deliver today.

    Example spec:

    Dual 2650Lv3
    128 GB RAM
    400 GB SSD for OS
    12 x 18 TB HDD (in RAID6, 180 TB)
    1 Gbps Unmetered Outbound
    10 Gbps Unmetered Inbound
    DMCA Ignored
    Location: The Netherlands
    Crypto payment preferred

    Monthly: 569 EUR

    Ping if interested and we can get this moving quickly as its 11:30 AM in NL :)

    Thanks jayjay, this looks close to what I need. Two questions:

    1. Do you have an offshore location (Moldova, Bulgaria, Finland) in addition to
      the Netherlands? For a media library I'd prefer a jurisdiction fully outside
      EU DMCA/BREIN enforcement.

    2. What's your company name / how long have you been operating? Happy to check
      references.

    The spec and monthly billing work well for me otherwise.

    DM'd you back :)

  • @SimCEO said:

    @jayjay said:

    @SimCEO said:
    Hi all,

    Looking for a large offshore storage dedicated server for a media library.
    Requirements:

    • ~180TB usable (RAID6 - need to survive 2 drive failures, not RAID0)
    • Separate OS disk (SSD/NVMe) from the storage array
    • 1Gbps unmetered is fine (10Gbps a plus) — this is a storage/origin box,
      not the delivery edge

    • 32GB+ RAM

    • Debian or Ubuntu

    Important:

    • Offshore / DMCA-ignored jurisdiction (Moldova, Bulgaria, Finland, etc.) —
      please state your location and how you handle abuse/copyright notices

    • Monthly billing (not 6-12 month prepay)

    • Fast delivery - days, not weeks
    • Crypto payment (XMR/BTC)

    Budget flexible for the right provider with a real track record. Please share
    specs, price, location, and delivery time. Reviews/references welcome.

    Thanks!

    We should be able to do this and deliver today.

    Example spec:

    Dual 2650Lv3
    128 GB RAM
    400 GB SSD for OS
    12 x 18 TB HDD (in RAID6, 180 TB)
    1 Gbps Unmetered Outbound
    10 Gbps Unmetered Inbound
    DMCA Ignored
    Location: The Netherlands
    Crypto payment preferred

    Monthly: 569 EUR

    Ping if interested and we can get this moving quickly as its 11:30 AM in NL :)

    1. Do you have an offshore location (Moldova, Bulgaria, Finland) in addition to
      the Netherlands? For a media library I'd prefer a jurisdiction fully outside
      EU DMCA/BREIN enforcement.

    Bulgaria and Finland are in the EU.

    Thanked by 1oloke
  • @gremeyer said:

    @SimCEO said:

    @jayjay said:

    @SimCEO said:
    Hi all,

    Looking for a large offshore storage dedicated server for a media library.
    Requirements:

    • ~180TB usable (RAID6 - need to survive 2 drive failures, not RAID0)
    • Separate OS disk (SSD/NVMe) from the storage array
    • 1Gbps unmetered is fine (10Gbps a plus) — this is a storage/origin box,
      not the delivery edge

    • 32GB+ RAM

    • Debian or Ubuntu

    Important:

    • Offshore / DMCA-ignored jurisdiction (Moldova, Bulgaria, Finland, etc.) —
      please state your location and how you handle abuse/copyright notices

    • Monthly billing (not 6-12 month prepay)

    • Fast delivery - days, not weeks
    • Crypto payment (XMR/BTC)

    Budget flexible for the right provider with a real track record. Please share
    specs, price, location, and delivery time. Reviews/references welcome.

    Thanks!

    We should be able to do this and deliver today.

    Example spec:

    Dual 2650Lv3
    128 GB RAM
    400 GB SSD for OS
    12 x 18 TB HDD (in RAID6, 180 TB)
    1 Gbps Unmetered Outbound
    10 Gbps Unmetered Inbound
    DMCA Ignored
    Location: The Netherlands
    Crypto payment preferred

    Monthly: 569 EUR

    Ping if interested and we can get this moving quickly as its 11:30 AM in NL :)

    1. Do you have an offshore location (Moldova, Bulgaria, Finland) in addition to
      the Netherlands? For a media library I'd prefer a jurisdiction fully outside
      EU DMCA/BREIN enforcement.

    Bulgaria and Finland are in the EU.

    Moldova is also in the process of becoming a member

    Thanked by 1oloke
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