Snap Server 2000 & some Snap History

MaddMatt · 12-08-2006, 05:41 PM

Snap 2000

I did have the impression that I would have to do the Drive imaging but found with the Snap 2000 that all I need to do was add drives....

Snap 2000
(A.K.A. "The Boat" and if Viewed from above "The Richard"!)
Original Drives - 2x Quantum 10.2gb (P/N:LB1A011 Rev0.1A)
New Drives - 2xDeskstar's, 1xIBM40gb (P/N:07N9679) 1xHDS40gb (P/N:07N9218)

*HDS (Hitachi Data Systems) Brought IBM's HDD Division & the HDS drive was 1 of 2 that I received back as an RA Replacement on 2x dead IBM's (I brought 4x 40GB (IBM drives) drives and 2 failed within 1 year...)

Will go up to >LBA48bit soon I hope;

Some Snap History;
I am in IT Sales and I have been selling Snap Servers since introduced to them by Meridian Data back in 1999 or 2000? (it seems so long ago).

At the time of there introduction they were not received too eagerly and most resellers either did not understand or want to understand how they worked or how they could be useful...

They must have thought they would be simply loosing Traditional Server sales if they sold the Snap Server but it was not too long before we started to see them move especially for specialist applications & SOE Rollouts then latter remote backup staging…

I think I sold the first one in my country but I will have to check and confirm this.

The original unit we had was a dual drive 8GB (2 x 4GB Drives) but Meridian Data (who had a big focus on CD Serving Solutions) really tried not to promote the unit on product on spec’s back then, Their angel was ease of use and it was just "plug it in and it works within 5 Minutes you will have an extra 8GB’s on your network".

At the time I actually thought the original snap was 1 x 8GB Drive in the 2000’s shaped shell but Meridian had weird P/N’s that were 10-12 digits long! Yuck. It makes it hard to recall.

The 8GB was followed by the 16GB and a 32GB… Not sure if the timeline is 100% but next thing we new Quantum took over and the sizes started coming out in 10GB 15GB 20GB 40GB and the Meridian Data models eventually ceased and we sold hundreds of units.

I still get calls today from people asking me should I decommission my old SNAP? I say what do you have and they tell me they are housing files on an old snap they have had for 5 years. (I usually tell them to get real, write it off, take it home and put their Licensed MP3's on it!).

I have sold every model from the original 8GB in 98/00 way up to the Latest Guardian OS 520 2TB upgraded with an s50 to a total of 8TB with 1 exception the 18000 (I am quoting one right now actually)… I even sold the Guardian OS 14000, and the old Snap OS 12000 960GB with 1x 10/100Nic Port!

In fact the Snap OS 12000 960GB that I talk about had its first Disc failure Last month! After almost 4 years, that is 1 out of 8 drives in 4 years… Once I brought 4x 40GB (IBM drives) drives and 2 failed within 1 year... (these are what I used to upgrade my snap 2000, one of each!)

I have trialed a few at home, the 2000 36GB and the 4200 640 as loaners (the 4200 was a bit Noisy for a home computer room) and a 2200 80GB I upgraded to a 160GB… they all worked well but unfortunately even though I had the 4200 for 5 months I have never owned one to really screw around with it properly…

Until today 8th DEC 06 when I was OK’ed to take home an RA'ed Snap 2000 20GB with 1 dead drive and turned it from a 20GB into an 80GB! {Whoopee!!!} But they were the two closest Disks I had in hand... I was shocked to see that I could possibly upgrade it with 2x 750GB drives as OzDave did! what a champion! I might have to settle for a couple of 320GB drives though.. I will have to see what is on special when I get some spare $Coin sorted out…

I did find Joe’s Original Snap Upgrade guide back then (when I fixed the 2200) but until today when I found this site I did not realize just how much people really love the Snap Server! What a wicked site, thank you to the creators I am very happy to be accepted as a member.

Even though I am in sales I really dig my hardware, I am also keen to assist if I can but you guys seem to have it all sorted!

mrb@exemail.com.au

http://wiki.procooling.com/images/d/d2/MB_fnt.JPG

http://wiki.procooling.com/images/3/33/MB_faultyhdd.jpg

http://wiki.procooling.com/images/e/e0/MB_int.JPG

http://wiki.procooling.com/images/d/dc/MB_orighdd.jpg

http://wiki.procooling.com/images/9/9d/MB_newhdd.jpg

12-08-2006, 05:41 PM	#1
MaddMatt Registered User Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Houston, Texas Posts: 65	Snap Server 2000 & some Snap History Snap 2000 I did have the impression that I would have to do the Drive imaging but found with the Snap 2000 that all I need to do was add drives.... Snap 2000 (A.K.A. "The Boat" and if Viewed from above "The Richard"!) Original Drives - 2x Quantum 10.2gb (P/N:LB1A011 Rev0.1A) New Drives - 2xDeskstar's, 1xIBM40gb (P/N:07N9679) 1xHDS40gb (P/N:07N9218) HDS (Hitachi Data Systems) Brought IBM's HDD Division & the HDS drive was 1 of 2 that I received back as an RA Replacement on 2x dead IBM's (I brought 4x 40GB (IBM drives) drives and 2 failed within 1 year...) Will go up to >LBA48bit soon I hope; Some Snap History;* I am in IT Sales and I have been selling Snap Servers since introduced to them by Meridian Data back in 1999 or 2000? (it seems so long ago). At the time of there introduction they were not received too eagerly and most resellers either did not understand or want to understand how they worked or how they could be useful... They must have thought they would be simply loosing Traditional Server sales if they sold the Snap Server but it was not too long before we started to see them move especially for specialist applications & SOE Rollouts then latter remote backup staging… I think I sold the first one in my country but I will have to check and confirm this. The original unit we had was a dual drive 8GB (2 x 4GB Drives) but Meridian Data (who had a big focus on CD Serving Solutions) really tried not to promote the unit on product on spec’s back then, Their angel was ease of use and it was just "plug it in and it works within 5 Minutes you will have an extra 8GB’s on your network". At the time I actually thought the original snap was 1 x 8GB Drive in the 2000’s shaped shell but Meridian had weird P/N’s that were 10-12 digits long! Yuck. It makes it hard to recall. The 8GB was followed by the 16GB and a 32GB… Not sure if the timeline is 100% but next thing we new Quantum took over and the sizes started coming out in 10GB 15GB 20GB 40GB and the Meridian Data models eventually ceased and we sold hundreds of units. I still get calls today from people asking me should I decommission my old SNAP? I say what do you have and they tell me they are housing files on an old snap they have had for 5 years. (I usually tell them to get real, write it off, take it home and put their Licensed MP3's on it!). I have sold every model from the original 8GB in 98/00 way up to the Latest Guardian OS 520 2TB upgraded with an s50 to a total of 8TB with 1 exception the 18000 (I am quoting one right now actually)… I even sold the Guardian OS 14000, and the old Snap OS 12000 960GB with 1x 10/100Nic Port! In fact the Snap OS 12000 960GB that I talk about had its first Disc failure Last month! After almost 4 years, that is 1 out of 8 drives in 4 years… Once I brought 4x 40GB (IBM drives) drives and 2 failed within 1 year... (these are what I used to upgrade my snap 2000, one of each!) I have trialed a few at home, the 2000 36GB and the 4200 640 as loaners (the 4200 was a bit Noisy for a home computer room) and a 2200 80GB I upgraded to a 160GB… they all worked well but unfortunately even though I had the 4200 for 5 months I have never owned one to really screw around with it properly… Until today 8th DEC 06 when I was OK’ed to take home an RA'ed Snap 2000 20GB with 1 dead drive and turned it from a 20GB into an 80GB! {Whoopee!!!} But they were the two closest Disks I had in hand... I was shocked to see that I could possibly upgrade it with 2x 750GB drives as OzDave did! what a champion! I might have to settle for a couple of 320GB drives though.. I will have to see what is on special when I get some spare $Coin sorted out… I did find Joe’s Original Snap Upgrade guide back then (when I fixed the 2200) but until today when I found this site I did not realize just how much people really love the Snap Server! What a wicked site, thank you to the creators I am very happy to be accepted as a member. Even though I am in sales I really dig my hardware, I am also keen to assist if I can but you guys seem to have it all sorted! mrb@exemail.com.au http://wiki.procooling.com/images/d/d2/MB_fnt.JPG http://wiki.procooling.com/images/3/33/MB_faultyhdd.jpg http://wiki.procooling.com/images/e/e0/MB_int.JPG http://wiki.procooling.com/images/d/dc/MB_orighdd.jpg http://wiki.procooling.com/images/9/9d/MB_newhdd.jpg Last edited by MaddMatt; 12-08-2006 at 06:02 PM.

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