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blue68f100 · 05-28-2009, 01:49 PM

There's two cards that fit the 4500. One is a SCSI for running a tape backup unit. This card is std on 4500's. There are 2 different slots types on the MB for expansion cards. The other slot is for the S10 expansion, (PCI-E and PCI-X I think, It been a long time since I have opened mine up). The SATA cards that Snap uses sells for ~$400 on ebay. You may get lucky and find one cheaper.

As far as the cable I'm going to pin it out this summer to see if a std SCSI card cable will work. Adaptec/Overland says NO but I don't trust them. They put a lot of info out to force you to buy from them.

05-28-2009, 01:49 PM	#4
blue68f100 Thermophile Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Plano, TX Posts: 3,135	Re: Snap Disk 10 Appliance cable There's two cards that fit the 4500. One is a SCSI for running a tape backup unit. This card is std on 4500's. There are 2 different slots types on the MB for expansion cards. The other slot is for the S10 expansion, (PCI-E and PCI-X I think, It been a long time since I have opened mine up). The SATA cards that Snap uses sells for ~$400 on ebay. You may get lucky and find one cheaper. As far as the cable I'm going to pin it out this summer to see if a std SCSI card cable will work. Adaptec/Overland says NO but I don't trust them. They put a lot of info out to force you to buy from them. __________________ 1 Snap 4500 - 1.0T (4 x 250gig WD2500SB RE), Raid5, 1 Snap 4500 - 1.6T (4 x 400gig Seagates), Raid5, 1 Snap 4200 - 4.0T (4 x 2gig Seagates), Raid5, Using SATA converts from Andy Link to SnapOS FAQ's http://forums.procooling.com/vbb/showthread.php?t=13820