OS for SNAP server? Upgrading a SNAPserver?

Posted by timothy on Monday July 16, 2001 @09:37AM from the snap-snap-snap dept.

baboonia asks: "I have a 10GB SnapServer appliance. I'm trying to upgrade it to a 40GB drive. Does anyone know what OS SnapServer uses? It looks like some kind of proprietary flavor of Linux but DriveImage 4.0 and Norton Ghost 6.5 don't seem to like it. (DriveImage supports LinuxSwap and Linux Ext2 but sees the drive as Unallocated.) Has anyone figured out how to move contents of a SnapServer to a larger physical drive? I'll buy you a donut if you can help me out ..."

These units look like a great idea, but since hard drives tend to get larger at a faster rate than people buy new servers (even server appliances) it would be great to upgrade when 10GB is as small as it is today. Have any readers figured out how to do this?

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I did it! by flyman · 2001-07-17 10:47 · Score: 4

I have a Snap 2000 that I upgraded from 20Gb (2 x 10gb drives) to 60Gb (2 x 30Gb IBM drives) and it was quite easy. The box complained at first about the missing setup, but then allowed me to format like new. The hardest part was getting the case off.

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