but!
You could always buy a Guardian Snap Server on eBay that already has the newest OS and then port it over on the drives (easy to do) and even have a second Snap Server as a bonus. Just be sure it has the newest OS.
Like this one does (and is the only one there that does);
http://cgi.ebay.com/QUANTUM-GUARDIAN...QQcmdZViewItem
And let this be a lesson to you and others who buy those " less expensive" Guardian units and expect the world. There is a reason some of them cost more than others. Namely, the OS and you just found out how expensive that can be. BTW, it is only $1050 (they lied to you) for the 4400 OS upgrade.
Can you tell it touched a nerve yet?
I get a ton of people trying to tell me,
"but I can buy so and so's Snap Server for $200 less", etc etc etc... You know what I tell them? "
Go ahead, and have fun". Then those very same people come back to me, here, or wherever crying about that their OS sucks and doesn't work with XP, AD, Vista, OSx, etc etc etc etc, and begging for a hand out. Well guess what? Those of us that have it paid dearly for it, and it was worth it, easily.
You get what you pay for!
BTW Spyke, I am sorry, I did not mean to pick on your personally. It is just a very sore subject with me and I needed to vent a little steam...
P.S. Depending on it's configuration, I might take yours in partial trade if you want. And that goes for others as well.