Can you run gigabit ethernet on Snap Servers?

[jhuehne]

I have two Quantum Snap 2000 servers, as well as a Quantum Snap 4000, and Dell 705N (snap 4100 oem). I'm wondering if there is a way to upgrade any of these to use gigabit ethernet?

Has anyone tried this?

[blue68f100]

Not to my knowledge. The chips are soldered in. Then you would have a driver issue. There would be no performance gain. They are unable to match the 100mbps now.

David

[Davesworld]

Not to my knowledge. The chips are soldered in. Then you would have a driver issue. There would be no performance gain. They are unable to match the 100mbps now.

David

I believe SnapOS 4 has gigabit capability and it does show up in the debug section. I also believe it is a Realtek driver. As far as performance gain, what you said is true of the 2000 but the 4000 series can saturate a 100mbs connection with only one drive let alone raid. Other than the lack of a newer Promise driver for the 4100/Dell705N, thus limiting each drive to 137GB, they could be kickass enough to make a 1TB+ raid server and benefit from a gigabit chip. Of course, 1000mbs would be the line speed and you would not likely hit even 500mbs with this hardware but even doubling the current throughput of the 4100 would be a great help. The newer than 4100 snaps have expansion and the P4 based ones have gigabit nics in them already as well as using Guardian OS which is Linux based, not BSD as SnapOS is.

[TobySmurf]

The OS does support it - my 14000 unit comes with a couple gigabit interfaces.

[Phoenix32]

But the 14000 is a Guardian unit is it not?

[TobySmurf]

It had gigabit when it was running SnapOS 2.6 as well.

[TobySmurf]

but yes the unit itself is labelled as a guardian not a SNAP

[re3dyb0y]

Toby - 2.6 i believe is/was a version of the Guardian OS

v2.4 was the Snap OS in that range

[TobySmurf]

Possibly, but it did call itself snapos on the unit itself.

[blue68f100]

Must be using Snap as Generic Term.

[TobySmurf]

It could be. I just bought guardian OS 4.2 and now it says guardian instead of snap. Plus it added a ton of features :-)

[Hallis]

To answer the origonal poster. No, At least it wouldnt be worth it. Just upgrade to a unit that already has it. And sell me the old ones ;)

Shane

[jontz]

To answer the origonal poster. No, At least it wouldnt be worth it. Just upgrade to a unit that already has it. And sell me the old ones ;)

Shane

Ohhhh trust me. If I could upgrade the old 4100 to gigabit, it WOULD be worth it...I have more time than money. :D

[Hallis]

Ohhhh trust me. If I could upgrade the old 4100 to gigabit, it WOULD be worth it...I have more time than money. :D

Yep, gigabit ethernet, no greater than 480gb of total storage. Well, at least you'd be able to offload the drive fairly quickly. Especially in RAID5, but you'd better be transfering it to a RAID5 to realize the full bandwidth. lol

Shane

[jontz]

You're telling me that you would rather have 12.5MB/sec transfer rate rather than the full 35-40/sec that a normal computer can handle, regardless of space? Hmmm....

[Hallis]

You're telling me that you would rather have 12.5MB/sec transfer rate rather than the full 35-40/sec that a normal computer can handle, regardless of space? Hmmm....

I'd rather have tha massive storage in total. I use my 1100 for streaming to my xbox and it works beautifully.

Shane

[jontz]

I'd rather have tha massive storage in total. I use my 1100 for streaming to my xbox and it works beautifully.

Shane

Well YEAH, we all would, but if I could get gigabit on my 4100, I would be a happy camper. 480GB of space is nothing to sneeze at.

[Davesworld]

I know that the SnapOS 4.x supports at least the RealTek version of a gigachip. If it's pin for pin compatible with the one in the Snap 4100's, could be a nice soldering project.

[jontz]

Hmmm...now I have something to research. Thanks for the info!

[blue68f100]

Davesworld,

Where did you read about the chip support?

And what others new features were added?

Always seeking knowledge....