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08-05-2006, 07:52 PM | #1 |
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1 TB Limit?
Okay, time to ask once and for all (hey, it's worth a shot, maybe people will reply).
How many of you have, or previously had, or know of someone who has a SNAP Server (not Guardian) with 1TB (1000 GB) or more worth of hard drives? If so, please, let us know. Also, if at all possible, please try to provide - The SNAP Model number - The HW revision - The BIOS version - The OS version - Any problems encountered - Any information you can provide on the hard disk configuration Hard Disk configuration would include things like - How many drives - What brand(s) and size(s) of these drives - Drive Model number if known - The RAID Mode, JBOD, or Single Disk(s) If you don't know all this stuff, just provide what you can please. You may be helping out some fellow SNAP user down the road with this information (like me) or saving someone some money they didn't need to spend. |
08-05-2006, 07:57 PM | #2 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
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How many of you have tried, or know of someone who has tried to get a SNAP Server (not Guardian) to 1TB (1000 GB) or more worth of hard drives, but could not get it to work? Please, if you can, provide all the same information asked for above that you can. |
08-06-2006, 03:25 AM | #3 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
Good Idea
David - Can you Sticky? When we get some info, i'll add it to the wiki for you
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08-06-2006, 03:22 PM | #4 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
FYI so everyone knows, as David said to me in a PM, the real issue here has to do with RAID 5, but gathering this info on various SNAPs at or above 1TB can still help or could provide sources for investigation.
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08-08-2006, 02:38 AM | #5 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
Bump!
Also, "pocketrocket" just upgraded his 4000 to 4 x 320 drives (1280 GB) using RAID 5. I hope he drops by this thread and provides all the info needed (hint hint). Last edited by Phoenix32; 08-08-2006 at 09:10 AM. |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
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08-14-2006, 10:58 AM | #7 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
David, go ahead and delete this thread. I think I was the only one interested...
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08-14-2006, 01:12 PM | #8 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
Phoenix,
I don't think that was the problem, we only have 2 regular users that have the 4x00 models.
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08-14-2006, 04:53 PM | #9 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
...and mine's a #@$%#$^% 4100 that won't upgrade...yet....
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08-14-2006, 10:40 PM | #10 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
I think the key word there was "regular".
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08-15-2006, 11:52 AM | #11 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
One of these days I may join the 4x00 club. But I'm tempting to go with a guardian OS so I can learn more about those units. Only one problem $$$$.
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08-15-2006, 08:23 PM | #12 | |
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08-24-2006, 06:08 PM | #13 | |
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08-24-2006, 06:30 PM | #14 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
Welcome back Davesworld, it's been awhile.
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08-24-2006, 07:03 PM | #15 | |
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08-24-2006, 08:17 PM | #16 | |
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08-24-2006, 08:55 PM | #17 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
Well, remove the boot drive and mount it in a Linux machine. Make a clone of it. Mount the clone, locate the Password file in the /etc directory. Providing they didn't rename all the directories with numbers. Modify it till yours heart's content.
You can test your hardware with FreeBSD v6.1 If it reconizes all of your hardware it will run the FreeNAS. There is a way to do a blind install. I haven't tried it. It has been proven that it will run on a guardian OS snap, with a minor change. But the guardian snaps have video and keyboard jacks.
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08-25-2006, 03:51 AM | #18 | |
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09-29-2006, 06:45 AM | #19 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
I have a SNAP 14000 running with 12 x 120GB drives in RAID 5 with a hotspare, currently sitting at 1.08TB
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09-29-2006, 08:16 AM | #20 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
Dave, quick, GRAB HIM! Looks like we got a Guardian user so we can pick his brain...
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09-29-2006, 08:18 AM | #21 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
I have another Guardian 14000 at the office crammed with 250GB drives, so the bigger units can handle large arrays. I noticed that they run software RAID - I'm impressed that they perform we as well as they do, considering that it's just a P3 1266 inside there...
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09-29-2006, 06:08 PM | #22 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
Oooohhh,, we need a drive image from the boot drive 120gb so we can get this 4500 up and running.
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09-29-2006, 09:33 PM | #23 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
But 14000s boot from flash, not from the HDD...
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09-29-2006, 09:58 PM | #24 | |
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09-30-2006, 07:34 AM | #25 |
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Re: 1 TB Limit?
Did he just say a Guardian unit that boots from Flash Ram?
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