topic Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server in Installation & update

Computer for BIMcloud Server

Narska — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:03:30 GMT

I just bought a mac mini, so I have a dedicated always-on (never sleeps) computer to host my company's BIMcloud basic server.

I'm really happy with the setup.

What do you use to host your server?

I've had a computer burn a hard drive out after two years of nonstop hosting of my BIM server. Has anyone experienced this?

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

Lee Hankins — Fri, 02 Sep 2022 11:32:58 GMT

We use a 2013 MacPro, (the dustbin one) which has been absolutely fine and to be honest, probably overkill. It has just been vintaged so we are looking to upgrade it to a Mac Studio.

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

justdhruv — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 17:11:47 GMT

Is it a M1 Mac mini?

I have had lot of BIMcloud basic corruptions where I have had to reinstall it.

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

Narska — Tue, 06 Sep 2022 17:28:04 GMT

Yes, M1 mini, that's good to know. Have you isolated where the issues are coming from?

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

justdhruv — Wed, 14 Sep 2022 03:06:46 GMT

Not really, but has to do with corruption of some database files

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

webberstudio — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 19:48:25 GMT

Hi,

We use a mac mini with SSD for AC24 ( Intel Processor) BIMCLOUD

My plan is to get a new Mac mini w M1 or M2 chip for AC26 BIMCLOUD.

Has anyone had success with Apple Silicon /Bimcloud hosting?

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

Lingwisyer — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 04:02:39 GMT

The thought of hosting projects on a device without a mirror worries me...

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

webberstudio — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:17:18 GMT

We have a external back up drive and offsite back up for our Bimcloud basic data.

Please share whether you successfully use Apple's M1 or M2 chip for Bimcloud manager.

Thanks!

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

Narska — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 16:18:22 GMT

Im using an M1 mini fully updated to the newest software with out any issues.

How is your external backup set up? Do you do it manually or do you have some kind of auto backup set up?

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

webberstudio — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 16:37:30 GMT

Hello Narska, Thank you for the comment.

all our back up schemes are implemented by my IT guy. But it is Automatic.

Very best.

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

Narska — Wed, 18 Jan 2023 16:40:57 GMT

Remember that all projects have a local copy on each computer that accesses the server. Your server could burn up any moment, and you would not lose a thing.

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

Lingwisyer — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 01:03:22 GMT

True, but does any office work purely in AC? Or do you resort to spending extra on a second server? Though I guess you could put all your Adobe files onto their cloud, and all the Microsoft files onto theirs, etc... or all the rest onto Dropbox or Onedrive...

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

Narska — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 13:00:31 GMT

I have a small office, and yes, I have a computer that is just a server, and we are militantly only Archicad. My AC files are local to the server and only get up in the cloud when we back up every couple of days.

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

webberstudio — Thu, 19 Jan 2023 15:35:42 GMT

We have a Synology server for our work files, and our Bimcloud mac Mini is solely for AC24 files.

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

TjardaRV — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 11:04:34 GMT

thanks for sharing. I am looking also into replacing the trashcan Mac Pro for a M1 Mac mini. Do you have 8gb or 16gb or ram?

Re: Computer for BIMcloud Server

Narska — Sun, 12 Mar 2023 13:36:22 GMT

8gb is prob enough, the server doesn't use that much.

The main thing is to get a 1 terabit harddrive, as bimcloud files and backups get big quickly.