Hack a Snap Sever 1000?

[HLouie]

I've used all generic 256meg PC133, 128meg PC100 ram double sided with no problems with the Snap Server 2000, 4100.

What I have noticed is 512meg doesn't work, single or double sided.

Single side has problems, the Snap Server only see half of the ram and has problems booting up.

When the box reboots, I check the system logs to see how much memory has been released.
Is there any other way the check how much memory is in the unit? (config command)

The standard Snap Server 2000, 2200 come with 48-64meg, Snap Server 4100 comes with 64meg. The upgrade to 128meg had a 25% increases in performance. 256meg had very little increases.
Is there any testing software, to test the throughput via Snap Server network connection and the PC, I'm wonder if newer hard drive will make a difference in speed? (IOZone)

[kcrossley]

Great info! Thanks for the post.

[kcrossley]

Originally Posted by blue68f100

Get to the debug page and enter "ide 48bitLBACounter get"
If the results are not 0 (zero) then it is enabled. 0 means NO

I just tried this and I got a 2. Does that mean that 48 bit is enabled on both drives?

[kcrossley]

Man, I'm having a GREAT night with my Snap Server 2000. Not only is it working great with the new Hitachi drives and higher CFM fan, it also seems snapier (pun intended). I've haven't checked the transfer speed yet but it seems a lot more responsive. I wonder if this has anything to do with installing the ATA100 drives as opposed to the ATA133 that were in it previously.

Plus, for years I haven't been able to get this Snap to recognize 32-character filenames with my Macs. I tried a trick someone had posted on the Internet and it worked! Woohoo! Now watch it catch fire.

You know you're old when you can get excited about small things like this. My wife just shakes her head. Thanks for your help guys!

Kelly

[kcrossley]

Okay, I just tried transferring some files. The test file is 4.44 GBs. Here are the connections I tried:

AFP: Transfer time 14 min, 5.41 mpbs (long filenames not allowed)
SMB: Transfer time 22 min, 3.44 mbps

Both of these seem really slow. How should I set this Snap up to obtain the fastest transfer speeds?

[kcrossley]

Originally Posted by HLouie

The upgrade to 128meg had a 25% increases in performance. 256meg had very little increases.(IOZone)

So the 128MB chip improved your transfer speeds by 25%? About how much extra improvement was there with the 256MB chip?

[kcrossley]

I spoke too soon. I have SMB enabled, but it's real finicky with my Mac. Sometimes if I move a folder with files to the Snap Server, the Snap won't let me delete the files I just moved because of a permissions error. Has any Mac users ever seen this? Perhaps I'll have to stay with AFP connectivity. Rats!

[re3dyb0y]

Originally Posted by kcrossley

So the 128MB chip improved your transfer speeds by 25%? About how much extra improvement was there with the 256MB chip?

He said very little

I presume only a few percent.

Ie 128mb may be the maximun that the snap can utilise easily



I've found it easier on windows to set an identical named user and with the same password if one is used


And my WD ATA100 250GB 8mb Cache is due today! Can see if my snap will let me upgrade

Cheers



Sam

[gwengalon]

Hello,

I've a snapserver 2200 with no disk, i need snap2200.bin to reload software.

can anyone give me a link to download it ?
links in other thread seem to be closed.


Thank's
Gwengalon.
France

[re3dyb0y]

Will get back to you


My HD came

Got tommorow afternoon of college

Will try upgrading then!

[kcrossley]

How long should setting up a mirrored configuration on a Snap Server 2000 with (2) 250GB drives take?

[re3dyb0y]

Originally Posted by kcrossley

How long should setting up a mirrored configuration on a Snap Server 2000 with (2) 250GB drives take?

IS there data on one of the hard drives?

[re3dyb0y]

I just turned my snap on to make a copy of the data before upgrading the secondary hard drive to a WD250, and it is doing disk valdation

ITs funny as it stays on 5% for ages, then jumps to 85%

Is this just a scandisk thing?

Ie the 'thorough disk check' as i know i have it to set only if there is a suspected problem

[re3dyb0y]

Drive 1

I  File System : Opened FDB for device 0x10000  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:44:57 PM  
I  File System Check : Cleanup completed...  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:44:54 PM  
I  File System Check : 1018 files, 7989412 used, 1581762 free (0 frags, 1581762 blocks, 0.0%% fragmentation)  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:44:54 PM  
W  File System Check : Clean flag not set in superblock (Fixed)  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:44:54 PM  
W  File System Check : Modified flag set in superblock (Fixed)  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:44:54 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 5 - Check cylinder groups  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:42:21 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 4b - Check backlinks  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:42:21 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 4 - Check reference counts  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:42:19 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 3 - Check connectivity  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:42:19 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 2 - Check pathnames  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:42:17 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 1b - Rescan for more duplicate blocks  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:42:17 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 1 - Check blocks and sizes  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:39:34 PM  
W  File System Check : partition is NOT clean.  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:39:33 PM  
I  File System Check : Executing fsck /dev/ride0a /fix  Disk 10000   1/18/2006   1:39:33 PM

Drive 2

   Message  Source  Date  Time  
I  File System : Opened FDB for device 0x10010  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:52:03 PM  
I  File System Check : Cleanup completed...  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:52:03 PM  
I  File System Check : 14 files, 42 used, 9806479 free (0 frags, 9806479 blocks, 0.0%% fragmentation)  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:52:03 PM  
W  File System Check : Clean flag not set in superblock (Fixed)  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:52:03 PM  
W  File System Check : Modified flag set in superblock (Fixed)  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:52:03 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 5 - Check cylinder groups  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:49:42 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 4b - Check backlinks  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:49:42 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 4 - Check reference counts  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:49:42 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 3 - Check connectivity  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:49:42 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 2 - Check pathnames  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:49:42 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 1b - Rescan for more duplicate blocks  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:49:42 PM  
I  File System Check : ** Phase 1 - Check blocks and sizes  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:44:57 PM  
W  File System Check : partition is NOT clean.  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:44:57 PM  
I  File System Check : Executing fsck /dev/ride2a /fix  Disk 10010   1/18/2006   1:44:57 PM

Everythings fine!

[kcrossley]

I just installed a 256MB DIMM in my Snap Server 2000. I ran the debug memory command, but I'm not quite sure how to read it. Can you tell from this is my Snap is recognizing all 256MBs?

01/18/2006 11:55:53 Command: debug memory

Total System Physical Memory: 268435456
File System Memory Allocated: 248796144
Memory To be Written: 0
Memory On Loan: 8304
Loan Count: 1
Heap Memory: 229196912
Memory In Use: 226397312
Objects Allocated: 24
Communication Memory Allocated: 2059232
Memory In Use: 466040
SDB Non-Volatile Memory Allocated: 65536
Memory In Use: 15734
Handles Allocated:4679
Handles In Use: 336
SDB Volatile Memory Allocated: 98304
Memory In Use: 278
Handles Allocated: 11705
Handles In Use: 10
System has been configured!

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[re3dyb0y]

268435456 (bytes?)
/1024

262144 Kbyte
/1024

= 256 MegaByte

So yes, that is fine! 100% of the space

[kcrossley]

Outstanding! When does the extra RAM really help the Snap?

[re3dyb0y]

Transferring files

Java apps and stuff, more stability

[re3dyb0y]

GET IN

I just stuck my WD 250GB in as secondary, and it automatically started formatting, showing 237,182 MB in the formatting thing

No LBA faffing, no config devices reinit and stuff

Took 5 minutes or so to format


233,938 233,704

[firestar2k3]

Hi
Im new here, have been reading much of this very long post.
I recently purchased a Dell PV 705N (Snap 4100) and would like to upgrade FW from Dell V3 to SnapOS V4 (if poss the latest version) can somone provide links and any info and tips I may require in order to upgrade my 705.

Thanks!!!

[kcrossley]

Where did you purchase your 705N? Is it new?

[dgoodrich]

Ken, can you give us a brand and part # for the 256MB ram you put in? I'd like to maximize file transfer rate since I will be using mine to host my mp3 collection.

Thanks,
Dave

[kcrossley]

That's pretty interesting. How would you set something like that up? Is it an iTunes collection?

[firestar2k3]

I purchased a second hand 705N/4100 SNAP. Ive upgraded it to the latest os from snap. 4.0.860

I have a 250GB HDD, but have the common problem of only being able to get 128GB due to 48Bit.

What can i do to make it work? Like a command or somthing to reset it.

12/07/2006 22:40:29 19 D SYS | IDE: A 48 bit LBA capable Hard Drive was detected ...
12/07/2006 22:40:29 19 D SYS | IDE: 48 bit LBA is not supported on 4100 and 12000 platforms.
12/07/2006 22:40:29 19 D SYS | IDE: Setting the hard drive size to maximum addressable by 28 bits: 131071 MBytes.

Also...

Hardware version 2.2.1
Bios Version 2.4.437

I rekon that sounds like quite a new/late version of the 4100 and i must be able to get 48bit by just being able to run a few commands, Please help!

[kcrossley]

I've heard it's a BIOS issue, but I haven't read about anyone that's been able to crack it yet. I'm very interested in the 705N as well. Does anyone know if what firestar is talking about is possible?