[arch-devops] Let's change our primary backup to a managed storage box

Sven-Hendrik Haase svenstaro at gmail.com
Thu Jul 9 10:07:50 UTC 2020



On 30.06.20 06:48, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote:
> 
> 
> On 29.06.20 22:12, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote:
>>
>>
>> On 26.06.20 22:38, Sven-Hendrik Haase wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> I want to suggest we change our primary backup box to a managed box,
>>> namely a BX60 from Hetzner [0] for 40€/m with 10TB capacity. We
>>> currently have a SB35 with 2x3TB in a RAID1. The current box (vostok) is
>>> getting full and is sitting at 20% capacity remaining.
>>>
>>> The storage box supports Borg and so it's unlikely that we'll have to
>>> change our backup scheme.
>>>
>>> Why a BX60 and not a BX50 even though the capacity would currently
>>> suffice? I'd like to also start backing up the archive. The archive will
>>> become more relevant in Arch as reproducible builds gain more popularity
>>> and I think keeping the archive alive and well is an important part of
>>> that. We currently do not back up the archive for capacity reasons but
>>> we should start doing that. BX50 with its 5TB puts us too close to our
>>> projected needs (roughly 2.3TB (current effective backup size) + 2.3TB
>>> (archive)).
>>>
>>> Advantages of a BX60:
>>> - Less stuff to manage as Hetzner will handle disk failures and updates
>>> for us
>>> - More redundancy (FAQ says it can tolerate multiple disk failures while
>>> we can currently only handle a single disk failure)
>>> - Much higher capacity (about 3.4x as much)
>>>
>>> Disadvantages:
>>> - 10€ more per month
>>> - We'll have to migrate (though probably pretty easy to do as the backup
>>> stuff is pretty nicely ansibled)
>>> - Only 10 connections allowed at once (workable for us but worth mentioning)
>>> - We currently have no operating experience with storage boxes from Hetzner
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Sven
>>>
>>> [0] https://www.hetzner.de/storage/storage-box/bx60
>>>
>>
>> Since there are no naysayers and I'd really like a full archive backup
>> soon, and since Bluewind told me in IRC that the boxes work well, I'll
>> just go ahead now get a BX60.
>>
>> I'll then sync vostok to that box overnight and after verifying that I'm
>> able to read/write backups from all current backup clients on the new
>> box, I'll start decommissioning vostok. I won't delete any data or
>> cancel boxes without at least one other person checking that work, though.
>>
>> Wish me luck!
>>
>> Sven
>>
> 
> vostok has been entirely migrated to the new storagebox with success.
> See https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/infrastructure/-/issues/51
> and linked MR.
> 
> I've also started backing up the archive now as promised. We'll let all
> of this run for a few days and if all seems fine I'll erase and cancel
> vostok.
> 
> Sven
> 

Jelle has reviewed my migration work and has approved it. vostok has
been erased and is scheduled to be cancelled on 2020-07-16. Overall I'm
pretty happy with the performance of the storagebox and with how the
migration went.

Sven

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