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    DSM 5.2-5967 Update 3

    in DSM Updates Reporting

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    I updated from 5.2-5967 update 2 to update 3 via control panel and everything seems to be working fine.

     

    I am running a bare metal build based on the ASRock C2550D4I.

     

    I am using XPEnoboot_DS3615xs_5.2-5967.1.

     

    Thanks again to everyone here.

    Micro-ITX build advice

    in Archives

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    I appreciate the hot swap feature a lot. I started my NAS with five 4TB drives and expanded to eight 8TB drives. The hot swap bays made life much simpler for me.

     

    Also, as a DS380 owner, I have not experienced any issues with cooling.

    Transfer Speeds >1Gb/s

    in General Questions

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    Good to know that AFP protocol doesn't limit the bandwidth too much. I have an Intel X520-DA2 on the way for my Hackintosh.

     

    Yes, I am extremely happy with the performance I am seeing. It's truly amazing.

     

    Does OS X have native support for the Intel X520-DA2? If not, where do you find the drivers?

     

    I had to search on several of the manufacturers' websites before I found that SolarFlare offered OS X drivers.

    Transfer Speeds >1Gb/s

    in General Questions

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    10GbE can be had for fairly cheap if you go with SPF+ connection instead of RJ45.

     

    I have one of these in my Xpenology server and its supported with fairly recent XPEnoboot images.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/671798-001-HP-1 ... SwDuJW0Pd9

     

    If your server and client is within 5 meters of each other, you can go with a SPF+ Twinax cable like this below to directly connect them without a switch.

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/121884479854?_t ... EBIDX%3AIT

     

    Between server and client, I can get raw network speed of 10Gbit. For file transfers, I've been able to hit around 500MB/sec on my 12x2TB RAID6 array. I suspect I can reach higher if my array wasn't so full.

     

     

    Hello, Kandeo.

     

    Thank you very much for this info!!! I followed your directions and have 10GbE running on my XPEnology build. I used a SolarFlare 10GbE card in my Mac Pro which I purchased for about $55.

     

    I am getting approx 300MB/s writes and 800MB/s reads over AFP. My array consists of eight Seagate 8TB archive drives in SHR2.

     

    Thanks again for posting this valuable info!! :grin:

    My First post here: NEED NAS BUILD ADDVICE

    in Archives

    Posted

    Not sure of the term bare metal.

     

    I will be using plex but shall only be transcoding occasionally,

    Own Cloud is a must. but need long term storage area for photos etc

    virtual machine is something i am getting into. Video cam server for storage

     

    But goal is a solid array with high availability and little maintenance, So question is will my hardware run out of the box with Xpenology and be reliable.

     

    Bare metal means to run XPEnology directly rather than going through virtualization.

     

    Look at the hardware I use in my signature. I have this system running 24/7 with Plex. I stream to my Apple TV 4 with absolutely no problems.

     

    I have never tried Own Cloud or security cameras.

    Reliability and performance vs unRAID?

    in Archives

    Posted

    It seems reasonable... As far as I understand, the command creates and new image on the USB flash from the .img file. Then, from the DSM web interface, I update the DSM itself using the modified .PAT file which has been downloaded prior to the update, right? Works this method for minor and major updates?

     

    Thanks again for your kind help and patience :smile:. I do so many questions because I consider migrating the OS of my server quite important I don't want to screw things or put more job on my agenda :wink:

     

    Yes, that's exactly how I've been doing it and it has worked fine.

    Reliability and performance vs unRAID?

    in Archives

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    Also, I've tried to research here and there about minor and major updates for XPEnology and they seem quite complicate to me, needing to extract the usb flash memory, copying a new image, and rebooting (I guess I need also a screen connected to the server to do it), and following the wizard. Some tutorials I've seen use SSH too, and all these options seem to be much more complicate than unRAID right now. Is it like that? Or did I just looked at the wrong tutorials? :wink:

     

    Here is the procedure I use to update the boot loader on the USB flash drive:

     

    1. SSH to the NAS.

    2. type in the following commands:

    [spoiler=]wget m https://download.xpenology.fr/XPEnology ... 5592.2.img m (use appropriate link based on version of boot loader)

     

    find you usbdrive with fdisk -l

     

    dd if=XPEnoboot_DS3615xs_5.2-5644.1.img of=/dev/sdg1 (sdg1 should be replaced with whatever your USB flash drive ID is)

     

    3. Update the Synology DSM from your web browser.

    4. Reboot.

     

    I learned this procedure from: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9835

     

    I use this method because I do not have a monitor or keyboard connected to my NAS. I use the Terminal app in OS X to do it all.

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    Reliability and performance vs unRAID?

    in Archives

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    But it seems it lacks info about the SHRAID solution (the one I'm interested the most, because it's the one closer to unRAID :wink:.

     

    When you first create your volume, selecting the default will result in an SHR array.

     

     

    One last question: I've found many questions during setup about Synology services, like Quickconnect. Is it possible/safe/recommended to enable and use them in XPEnology? It could be great to have access to music and files no matter where I am :wink:

     

    This is a bit of a gray area among the users. While technically possible, some feel it immoral and has the potential of jeopardizing future development of XPEnology. But much of the same functionality can be replicated simply by using a DDNS service such as no-ip.com or duckdns.org.

     

    In regards to add/removing drives, when I started off, I used whatever spare drives I could find laying around. I then migrated data from my old unRAID and a Drobo. Along the way, I pulled drives from those systems and used them to replace smaller drives in my XPEnology build. I went through this six times within a month and a half. Everything went as expected and I didn't lose any data.

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