Hello,
if speed and costs are the main driver, then a (few) high density servers with with XFS are unbeatable from a price / value perspective. That would work for everything except Veeam Backup for M365 which runs best on object storage.
With object storage, you can use the database plugins with capacity tier (not in backup copy jobs). That needs to be considered during design.
For object storage itself: you need to find a vendor that goes through the details and then size it accordingly, that would be an option. I just don't see whether the amount of data you have is big enough that object storage "pays off".
As I have Linux background, I would probably install Minio on a Linux server instead of going for pre-configured object storage appliances. As second alternative I would try to get a "single-box object storage" only for VB365 and have Linux repositories for the rest in parallel. Please keep in mind, that this is my personal preference and not a general advice, because giving advice on object storage is pretty complex because of the various design options.
Best regards,
Hannes
if speed and costs are the main driver, then a (few) high density servers with with XFS are unbeatable from a price / value perspective. That would work for everything except Veeam Backup for M365 which runs best on object storage.
With object storage, you can use the database plugins with capacity tier (not in backup copy jobs). That needs to be considered during design.
For object storage itself: you need to find a vendor that goes through the details and then size it accordingly, that would be an option. I just don't see whether the amount of data you have is big enough that object storage "pays off".
As I have Linux background, I would probably install Minio on a Linux server instead of going for pre-configured object storage appliances. As second alternative I would try to get a "single-box object storage" only for VB365 and have Linux repositories for the rest in parallel. Please keep in mind, that this is my personal preference and not a general advice, because giving advice on object storage is pretty complex because of the various design options.
Best regards,
Hannes
Statistics: Posted by HannesK — Dec 29, 2023 8:15 pm
