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Unread 08-21-2011, 08:16 PM   #2
Phoenix32
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Default Re: Modify SCSI Backplane for SATA Drives

I think some people around here might get offended at your comment about nobody here having "the Chops" to do the conversion on the 4100. Plenty of people here, or at least during that time frame, had/have the chops to do it.

I was a late-comer to that particular subject, but was involved in the late ends of the conversations about it. It was not about "the chops", but rather about being worth the tremendous effort that would have to go into it.

Given the slow ethernet speed of the unit and limitatios of the OS, it just wasn't worth the hard work that would have to go into making it work with larger drives than it could already do given the Snap 4400, 14000, 4200, 4500 etc that were already available.

As a side note, YOU WERE WRONG IN WHAT YOU SAID IN THAT BLOG. It was not about a driver in the SNAP OS, it was in the firmware/BIOS. That is not an easy mod and was just not worth doing.
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6 x Snap 4400 (SATA Converted)
2 x Snap 4500 (SATA Converted)

1 x Snap 110
5 x Snap 410
3 x Snap 520

2 x Sanbloc S50

Drives from 250GB to 2TB (PATA, SATA, and SAS)

GOS v5.2.067

All subject to change, day by day......
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