Backup Ideas

[rcurran]

Tossing around some ideas at work, have about 50-60 users on site. We're thinking of possibly going with a mac mini server and a 5 bay thunderbolt drobo.

Obviously hardware sever choices are limited, but storage isn't.

Is this a good way to go? I'd obviously like the performance to be as ideal as possible.

Thanks!

[tadholyfamily]

For general backup purposes? Should be fine, but I've never tested the write speed of a Drobo. Are you planning on using the mini with the Server app as a Time Machine destination? If you aren't, it seems like attaching it to a mini doesn't get you anything over connecting each client to the Drobo as network storage.

[rcurran]

General backup, would like it to be redundant hence the attractiveness of the drobo. And yes, I'd like to OS X Server unless there's a better way. I haven't had the best luck at home using time machine to network shares manually.

Thanks!

[rcorbin]

We use the Promise Thunderbolt Raids. They are pretty fast. And the pricing is probably comparable to the Drobo.