After reading the forum I've replaced the original four 30GB Quantum HD with 160 and 300 GB Maxtor drives on Snap Server 4000 with success
.
Info about my system:
Model:
4000 series
Software:
3.4.803 (US)
Hardware:
2.0.1
BIOS:
2.0.252
I was lucky to download the software version 3.4.805 when was avaiable on Snap Appliance site. Now, as you know, there is only v.3.4.803
.
Apparently the only difference between the two versions is the 48 bit hd support with the IDE command.
The following is what I did:
1. Replaced original disks with:
IDE 1 Master Maxtor D540X.4G 160GB 5400RPM U133 4G160J8
IDE 1 Slave Maxtor Diamond Max 16 160GB 5400RPM U133 4R160L0
IDE 2 Master Maxtor Maxline II 300GB 5400RPM U133 5G300J0
IDE 2 Slave Maxtor Maxline II 300GB 5400RPM U133 5G300J0
2. After reboot they were formatted automatically with the 130GB limit
3. Software update to
3.4.805 (UK) release.
4. After reboot on snapname/config/debug page the commands:
a.
config devices info
to see the drives partition number:
10000 for drive 0 IDE
10008 for drive 1 IDE
10010 for drive 2 IDE
10018 for drive 3 IDE
b.
ide 48bitLBACounter reset
to fix the 130GB limit.
c.
config devices format 10000 /reinit
to format the first drive.
d.
config devices format 10008 /reinit
to format the second drive.
e.
config devices format 10010 /reinit
to format the third drive.
f.
config devices format 10018 /reinit
to format the fourth drive.
g.
reboot
to reboot the Snap Server.
5. After reboot they were formatted automatically without the 130GB limit with this
results (15-20 min):
160 GB Drives: Size (KB): 160086016; Size Formatted (KB): 156656120
300 GB Drives: Size (KB): 292969984; Size Formatted (KB): 287224624
Conclusion: the subrelease 3.4.805, that was removed from Snap site, must be installed to solve the 130GB limit without buying the very expensive version 4.
I hope this will help.
Thanks to Yvette and Norm2k for tips.
PS: Any tips to find v4 at more reasonable price
.
MarcoP