Tuesday 12 January 2016

Storage 216TB = $15,292, 1PB = $64,495

*Please note all prices are is US$. 

Config 1 - 216TB CIFS/NFS Storage:
Linux or Windows 2012 with Storage Spaces and Deduplication - 216TB = $15,292, $0.071/GB. Assuming 5 years lifecycle = $0.0011/GB/month:
  • Supermicro Server with Dual Xeon E5-2600 CPU, 32GB memory, redundant fans/power, Dual 10Gb ethernet. 36 3.5" hot-plug disk bays, 3 yr warranty: $4,492 
  • Drives with 5 yr warranty: 36 x 6TB SAS = $10,800 
Config 2 - 1 PB CIFS/NFS Storage:
Linux or Windows 2012 with Storage Spaces and Deduplication - 1 PB = $64,495. $0.064/GB. Assuming 5 years lifecycle = $0.0010/GB/month:
  • Supermicro Server with Dual Xeon E5-2600 CPU, 32GB memory, redundant fans/power, Dual 10Gb ethernet. 3 yr warranty: $4,492 
  • 3 x Expansion drawers each with 44 3.5" hot-plug disk bays,redundant fans/power. Dual SAS expanders, 3 yr warranty: 3 x $3,231 = $9,693
  • Drives with 5 yr warranty: 168 x 6TB SAS = $50,400

Hardware components:
Supermicro server - Dual Xeon E5-2500,32GB memory, redundant fans/power, Dual 10Gb ethernet. 36 3.5" hot-pug disk bays, 3 yr warranty


Expansion drawer, Dual 12 Gb SAS expanders, redundant fans/power, 44 3.5" hot-pug disk bays, 3yr warranty:


6TB 3.5" SAS drive:

Linux software:
  • Red Hat 7 / Centos 7 - Simple NFS Server with large number of internal disks
  • LSI 3108 MegaRAID levels 0, 1, 1E, 5, 6, 10 and 50
  • Highly available hardware with redundant power supplies, fans, disk
  • 2 x 10Gb ethernet for NFS
  • dm-cache for flash caching (optional)
  • XFS filesystem

Windows software:
Windows 2012 Storage Spaces:

Windows 2012 Deduplication:


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