[j-nsp] M7i Hard Disk Replacement

[Eugeniu Patrascu]

Kevin Oberman wrote:
>>> Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2009 12:19:41 -0400
>>> From: Brendan Mannella <bmannella at teraswitch.com>
>>> Sender: juniper-nsp-bounces at puck.nether.net
>>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I was wondering if anyone has successfully replaced a hard disk on a 
>>> M7i
>>> RE-5.0. If so with what model disk, and once installed what is the 
>>> procedure
>>> to get the disk back to working/formatted condition.
>>
>> No magic involved. Just replace it with a disk of the same or greater
>> capacity. Be sure it's one rated for continuous operation, not a
>> standard laptop drive. (This will make the drive a lot more expensive!)
>>
>>
>> Then just "request system snapshot partition" for format, partition, 
>> load
>> the drive.

I've played a little bit with an SRX5600 and I noticed that the RE has 
an SSD drive instead of an IDE or S-ATA one, so you might give it a try 
a 32 GB SSD that's rated for servers.