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This is a great new NAS Box for running XPEnology. - TerraMaster F2-220 2-Bay NAS - Intel J1800 Dual-Core Celeron with 2.41GHz - 2GB RAM (upgradable to 4GB) - 20TB Storage (max. 2x 10TB) - 1x Gigabit Ethernet - 1x USB 2.0 - 1x USB 3.0 upgraded to 4GB RAM - 2GB Transcend TS256MSK64W3N SO-DIMM, DDR3L, 1333, CL9, 1.35V Installation is straightforward as usual. Replace the internal USB-Stick with yours. Everything is working out of the box. (Gigabit Ethernet, SATA, USB 3.0) I used DS3615xs 6.1 Jun's Loader 1.02b with DSM_DS3615xs_15152.pat file.

Здесь ей самое место, посколько вопрос довольно общий.

9 - How do I reset DSM remotely without loosing my data? Contrary to a real Synology box, on an XPEnology box, reseting DSM from the Control Panel > Update & Restore > Reset will not only reset settings but ERASE ALL USER DATA. Therefore this method should not be used if you intend to preserve your data. The only way your data would be safe is if you had a real Synology box. Then you would also need to press the reset button located at the back of the box twice within a determined time frame to have your data preserved. More info here: https://www.synology.com/en-us/knowledgebase/DSM/tutorial/General/How_to_reset_your_Synology_NAS However there is a way to reset your XPEnology box without loosing data. DSM includes a tool to do so and it's called synodsdefault. Access your machine via ssh and type de following: sudo /usr/syno/sbin/synodsdefault This will output the following options: Synology DS Default Reset Util. Usage: synodsdefault --reset-config Reset DSM configs. --reinstall Reset to reinstall DSM. --factory-default Reset to brand new DSM. Include remove all data volumes. --help Show this help. Use the --reset-config or the --reinstall options to reset/reinstall DSM. The first one will only reset the settings while the second one will reinstall DSM. The third option --factory-default, you guessed it, will wipe clean you installation and all your data will also be erased so avoid that one if your point is to preserve your data.

8 -What is the bootloader for, and where is DSM saved when I install it on my machine? How much space does it take? The bootloader mimics an internal chip that is found in real Synology boxes. That internal flash chip contains the firmware (kernel) necessary to boot. When you install DSM thanks to the bootloader, DSM is installed on all drives present in the machine, NOT onto your USB key containing the bootloader. Now let us say you installed DSM and you decided to update DSM. DSM will be updated on all hard drives. If the update also comes with an updated firmware (kernel) then it will also be updated on the USB key. That is basically the only part being copied in the bootloader. That is why in some instances, if you had a running XPEnology box that for some reason broke and you try to reinstall an earlier version of DSM you will not be able to because the kernel contained in the USB key is newer than the one in the .PAT file you are using to reinstall DSM. Now, when you install DSM, two partitions are created. The system partition (~2.4GB) and the swap partition (~2GB) which are in RAID1 (always). Each time you add a new drive to your machine it is initialised and the two partitions are created and DSM installed on the drive. The purpose of all this being that as along as you have one working drive you will be able to boot DSM.

well dsm/xpenology is a appliance and in some points restricted, imho best alternative when it comes to plugins/docker (ZFS based is not a real comparsion here, dsm does not have this) is open media vault (omv), looks nice and it still my fallback if dsm is not going to work for me, it can use the lvm/mdadm raids created from synology so you can boot up ant instantly use your data raid (i tested this with a raid6 from dsm, not tested with SHR raids) you can still buy a used 8port controller lot of people use sas2008/sas2108/sas2208/sas2308 based controllers flashed to it-firmware (it in this case means Initiator Target) there a tons of cheap ones from dell (perc h200), ibm, fujitsu, hp (Hxxx series) sas3004/sas3008/sas3108 will work too and all of them are very reliable also working with 6.1, 8-port and not too expansive Marvell 88SE648x based like the HighPoint RocketRAID 2680 Marvell 88SE948x based like the HighPoint RocketRAID 2720 Adaptec HBA 1000-8i, (PMC chip based?) a save bet are ahci compatible controllers, often used are marvell based ones (cheap) but they usualy come with 4 ports, dont know if there is a "real" 4+4 port marvel based controller (two 4 ports chips together linked by a pci-e bridge chip) they are possible (i think) but i cant remember if i ever saw one, i guess the costs for such tandem will be bigger or equal as the bigger marvel chips like 88SE9485

if the card is a normal 4 port controller and a 5 port multiplex chip in one card then you will see 4 sata ports (if multiplex does not work) and if multiplex does work you will have 3 ports plus 5 pots from the one with the multiplex behind it (88SM9705 is a 1to5 multiplex chip) so it sums up to 3+5=8 with multiplex and its just 4 without kind of the same as when you connect a external 1to5 multiplex to a eSATA port of a original synology (that port can do multiplex but only with synology hardware because of driver limitation) - i know because i've tried this with a 5-port enclosure years ago, i this case you only see the first disk so in your case the 4th port is more the 1st port of the multiplexer but thats just technical detail of no importance if you remove the heatspreader you will find a 88SE9215 (the usual 4 port card chip) and 88SM9705 i guess

hi, "88SE9705" does not exist your picture show a 8 port syba controller SI-PEX40071 http://www.sybausa.com/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=160 "... Supports Port Multiplier FIS Based Switching or Command Based Switching Marvell 88SM9705 chipset ..." so its 88SM9705 http://www.marvell.com/documents/bbwogcndockcbnxejvpu/ and afaik synology blocks multipliers (they changed it 4 or 5 years ago? it coded into there kernel we use), only there own products (external enclosure) can use it so atm you will have to buy a real 8 port controller or 2 x 4 port there might be a way to enable multiplier if someone provides a patch for the synology kernel (a few years ago there was one by i cant find it anymore) but i guess thats not going to happen (i can't do this) - but as the ahci module is fixed compiled into the kernel (no module to load) it might be possible that even this is not going to work, its only possible if the multiplier code is in a kernel module we can compile and load after the kernel starts