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Hello everyone, my name is pdbear. Recently, I've been exploring the setup of media servers like Emby, Plex, Jellyfin, etc., within Synology NAS. I noticed that the lack of GPU transcoding functionality was something missing. As a vGPU user, I took some time to adapt it accordingly. Currently, the driver is based on 510.108.03, and it supports almost all x86 Synology NAS with kernel 4.4.302+. Feel free to give it a try. github link: https://github.com/pdbear/syno_nvidia_gpu_driver

You need to understand that SAS controllers and disk shelves are backwards compatible with SATA disks, but you can't connect SAS disks to a SATA disk cage and backplane (which is what the Gen8 has). The disk cage and backplane in a Gen8 will not support SAS disks. To use SAS disks with a SAS controller in a HP Gen8 you'd need an external SAS drive tray or similar.

Have a read of my thread on getting this config working from this post onwards: Even though I'm running DSM in ESXi, I'm passing the controller through to the VM, so as far as DSM is concerned it's the same hardware configuration. From what you've shown me (not posted here in the forum), you're loading the correct driver for the P222, and can see connected HDDs in dmesg I'm pretty sure this is a sataportmap problem

i blew one of the sata ports on my gen8 motherboard when the psu blew a couple of weeks ago after chatting to @WiteWulf i bought a hp p222 controller (you also need the cache board and battery for it to work, so dont just buy the bare card) off ebay for around £25 (£10 for the card, £15 for the cache/battery) currently struggling with getting it setup (upgraded to dsm7) but WW has his all working nicely, although bear in mind the card runs HOT so hopefully your microserver is kept somewhere the extra fan noise isnt going to bother you HTH

Main System - Outcome of the update: SUCCESSFUL - DSM version prior update: DSM 7.1.1-42962 - Loader version and model: ARPL-i18n v23.9 and DS918+ - Using custom extra.lzma: NO - Installation type: BAREMETAL - Maxsun MS-J3455, SATA Card 4 port Marvell 88se9230, 3x4TB Seagate IronWolf, 2xSamsung SSD 850 Pro - Additional comments: change USB and Loader from TRCP to ARPL-i18bn, had to reconfigure but no data lost. Test System - Outcome of the update: SUCCESSFUL - DSM version prior update: new installation - Loader version and model: ARPL-i18n v23.9 and DVA3221 - Using custom extra.lzma: NO - Installation type: BAREMETAL - Maxsun MS-J3455, 1x old HDD lying around for testing, MSI RTX2060 6GB - Additional comments: all working, including DVA Features Planning to update main System to DVA3221 model.

Yep. The random reboot was not the loader but my motherboard (hardware pb). Since I changed it, no problems at all...

some news for M.2 nvme sliverstone has a new M.2 5-port card "ECS07", as its 5 port it will most likely be jmb585 (costs around $65) as seen in the picture it addresses the mechanical problems with a steel casing (looks like some sheet metal taken from a nvme cooling solution, that might also be a good DIY way to handle it and a easier to place cooling can be seen as a bonus) https://www.silverstonetek.com/en/product/info/expansion-cards/ECS07/ there are also ASM1166 M.2 based cards around, all mechanical problems will be the same and in addition there can be the 32port problems mentioned above https://nascompares.com/2023/03/24/cwwk-aio-t6-6-bay-nas-review-bang-for-buck/