Current promos 410 & EDR

[MaddMatt]

Adaptec have some really nice things happening right now on the SnapServer... These are aimed at the business market but they may be of interest here...

SNAP 410
Currently there is a promotion on the Snap410 where if you buy a 410 Unit (they now come in 1 2 3 & 4 TB Versions) you will get 3 Years of Silver ATS free Valued at A$1,800 RRP Approx.
- The 3 year Silver is a Service & Support Contract for NBD Onsite Service + Full Access to all product downloads, documents & Software updates etc + 24x7 phone support. over the entire Hardware warranty period of a Snapserver.

SNAP EDR
Also there is a program for SNAP EDR (Enterprise Data Replicator, the more granular replacement to S2S) where it can be purchased at a 50% Discount for all models.

NEW OS UPDATE?
There could also be a new GOS update released by the end of the year if the rumor is true.

10 years of Snap server PDF's
Let me know if you would like me to upload these anywhere???

I was cleaning up my work files and I have nearly 10 years of Snap server PDF's & other items (no OS images!) for most Snap models including units like the 14000, 2000, 4400, SD30 and others....
I couldn't bring myself to delete them and I would like to share them with all of the Snap Forum members, they are quite amusing!

Enjoy

PS. Is there are for sale area yet?

[blue68f100]

MaddMatt, I have no idea what the PDF's are. My guess is the tech notes on the Snap OS. How much storage space is required for these? I would like to take a look at them to see if we need to post in the wiki sections of FAQ's.

As far as the Silver Tech support we get a lot of negative input from users that have used Adaptec (USA). It seams there most common repair is to wipe every thing clean and start over.

[MaddMatt]

Yes, the PDF's are the product datasheets there are also some whitepapers, admin guides, images and alike, all up they are less than 64MB uncompressed. I thought you guys would like a look at them...


The Silver ATS is nice... e.g. if/when a drive dies and once reported the replacement arrives with an installer the next business day... the units themselves rarely die but if one did the replacement would arrive the next business day with an installer also, you also get full access to OS updates etc...

Without ATS you get 90 Days access to OS updates etc from date of purchase...

RE: the negative input...
My guys tell me that they only need to wipe a snap when someone gets a little over excited and does something silly like type Linux commands into the console etc... they can reload things but when the whole thing is rooted the only thing you can do is wipe it and start again.

Not sure that it is to do with the support service, more the user...

I do it with Windows on my home systems too - wipe it and start again... I get all huffy with Bill too...

[blue68f100]

I do know of a bug with the AV. It is also very picky on which browser you use too. IE works most of the time for me but FF will report a 404 error. There seams to be no problem if it's left running 24/7 but reboots does cause problems.

Adaptec fix for this is to do a clean install, and all that is needed to recover is to manually run the uninstaller. Then you can reinstall and set it up again. But it's short lived till the next reboot. I'm thinking its a JAVA problem that the AV. And this is with XP.

ps. I sent you a PM.