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    DSM 6.1.x Loader

    in Loaders

    Posted

    Looks like DSM 6.x.x Loader currently ending up with AMD support issue...

    And as usual, please be patient... patient... and patient...

    Yes, we have been being patient... No offence.

    DSM 6.1.2-15132

    in DSM 6.x

    Posted · Edited by Elpee

    On ‎6‎/‎15‎/‎2017 at 10:37 AM, jensmander said:

    Today (2017-06-15) DSM 6.1.2-15132 has been released.

    I tried an update on a bare-metal Intel system (Loader 1.02a, DS3615XS) with NO luck! To get the system up and running again you have to boot from a live linux system, mount the system partitions and copy all files from 

    
/lib/modules/update

    to 

    
/lib/modules

    After that unmount the partitions, shut down the system and plug in your XPEnology boot stick/card. 

    Polanskiman wrote an excellent tutorial on how to gain access to this partitions: 

     

    Thanks for the info.

    But how to unmount the partition when I'm done? The tutorial that Polanskiman wrote didn't mention it either.

    Thanks.

    DSM 6.1.2-15132

    in DSM 6.x

    Posted

    4 hours ago, Balrog said:

    On bare metal you have to have a real serial port built into the server where you can connect a real serial RS232-cable to a real serial port (e.g. a usb-2-serial-converter). Then you are able to use putty and can work over this connection.

     

    Or you have a HP Gen 8 server. Then your are able to enable a virtual serial port over iLO. The howto to this solution is in this forum, you must search it.

     

    @Ronny: nice to read that the information is useful and working. :smile:

     

    My current bare metal is Asrock Q1900-ITX that has real serial port. I connected my nas to a monitor, of course, thru a serial cable too and I can see it's booting up on the screen of the monitor. 

    344899-137735-product_original-plyta-glo

     

    Then, how can I use putty and "work over this connection?"

    Thanks.

     

    DSM 6.1.2-15132

    in DSM 6.x

    Posted

    7 hours ago, Ronny D'Hoore said:


    So indeed, it worked. Through the web interface, I chose to update from 6.1.1-15101 to 6.1.2-15132. After rebooting, the web interface does not come back. I logged in through the serial connection (using the same login info as web interface), and did following two commands:
    ............................
    .............................

    Please see the line I bolded. I just don't know how you logged thru serial connection?

    Should I go for bare metal or ESXi?

    in General Installation Questions/Discussions (non-hardware specific)

    Posted

    I agree with b0fh and also prefer Esxi. SMART works as long as you passthrough a Sata controller.

    NeoID, I checked your blog posts or video tutorials but didn't see any instruction talking about SMART works as long as we passthrough a Sata controller.

    I'm running a virtual machine on VMWare WS 12 and have no way to "passthrough Sata controller."

    Can you (or anybody) help?

    Thanks.

    Link Aggregation

    in General Post-Installation Questions/Discussions (non-hardware specific)

    Posted

    Before you spend more time on link aggregation, are you sure you understand what advantage it offers? If you are trying to get more that 1gbps between your NAS and a single client, IT DOESN'T WORK THAT WAY. No matter how many NICS in your PC or NAS, no matter how you create your bonded channel, 1 client maxes at 1gbps.

    What you can hope to achieve (and its hardly easy) is have multiple clients simultaneous aggregate to over 1gbps. And even if you can get the networking done right, you will still need to have the disks to keep up. When you have simultaneous devices accessing your NAS, thats a someone random activity, and you need ALOT of hard drives to exceed 1gbps of random activity, unless you create an all SSD volume.

     

    even if you get everything working how many minutes a week is everything gonna line up perfectly?

     

    there are two solutions that do work to give you over 1gbps somewhat often.

    a-10gbps NICS and a 10gbps switch - used cards and switches are very affordable - this is what I do

    b-multichannel SMB 3 - right now only works on windows systems, available in linux based systems using the latest samba systems if enable EXPERIMENTAL features.

    Thank you very much. That definitely answered my reading (and I think) for most of us here. Why bother or waste time on Link Aggregation, huh?

    And yes, I still keep an eye on 10gbps NICS and a 10gbps switch. They are still at high prices these days.

    DSM 6.1.x Loader

    in Loaders

    Posted

     

    Ok, I reverted back to 6.0.2 with AMD Support. And guess what, all 8GB are now useable.

    But now I'm Not able to use the "virtual machine manager" :-/

    I Hope AMD Support for 6.1 is coming soon.

    Me TOO :grin:

    Jun's Alpha Loader for DSM 6.1

    in DSM 6.x

    Posted

    Photostation 6 Video Playback with DSM 6.1.1-15101 Update 2 - Differences between DS3615XS and DS3617XS

    When running DSM 5.2 on my xpenology DS3615XS, the Photostation application worked flawlessly and had no problems displaying both photos and videos that were in the Photostation folders.

    Since I upgraded to DSM 6.1.1-15101 Update 2 (and earlier iterations of 6.1) as a DS3617XS, Photostation continues to work OK, but it will no longer playback the video segments that were playing correctly in the earlier version of Photostation. The very same videos play correctly on my Synology DS1513+ (Atom based) NAS under DSM 6.1.1-15101 Update 2.

    I'm thinking that perhaps I should create a Jun's DS3615XS bootloader v1.02a to replace the Jun's DS3617XS v1.02a2 that currently booting the xPenology box. I'm thinking this may solve the Photostation video playback issues.

    Does anybody have any cautionary warnings before I go down this path.

    If I create a new DS3615XS bootloader using Jun's v1.02a, is it simply a matter of shutting down the xPenology DS3617XS, replacing the v1.02a2 bootloader USB stick with one with the DS3615XS v1.02a loader, and restarting the NAS? Am I missing any issues that would stop the box continuing to operate, this time emulating a DS3615XS with the same version of DSM (DSM 6.1.1-15101 Update 2)?

     

    My box comprises: Supermicro X10SL7-F mbrd, Xeon E3-1241v3, 16GB (2x8GB ECC), 4x8TB WD80EFZX HDD in RAID 6 config: baremetal.

     

    My question. You were running DSM 5.2 on xpenology DS3615XS just fine. Why did you upgraded to Jun's DS3617XS instead of the same Jun's DS3615XS bootloader?

    Jun's Alpha Loader for DSM 6.1

    in DSM 6.x

    Posted

    Installed another bare-metal system with 1.02a2 successfully, running DSM 6.1.1-15101 Update 2:

     

    - ASROCK FM2A78M-ITX+

    - AMD AD786KYBI44JC

    - 2x4GB DDR3

    - 4x4TB Seagate & 1x120GB SSD (read cache)

    A quick question.

    Any benefits if using SSD for cache in real world? I'm asking because I have to sacrifice a SATA port in my Nas for the SSD drive.

    Thanks.

    Jun's Alpha Loader for DSM 6.1

    in DSM 6.x

    Posted

    Right now I collect all stuff that I have in my basement and saw that for a NAS I only need a CPU and a case. All other things are here. I order right now a i5 4570T and a SilverStone CS380. Rest that I have is 32 GB RAM (was for a different project but that dies) with a MSI Z87-G43. Hopefully CPU and Case will come next week. Than I can build up a bare metal NAS. Think the DS3615 is best image (USB) for that.

    Don't know why you HAD to buy a i5 4570T for your bare metal NAS? I mean a Pentium or even a Celeron CPU can do the same job.

     

    The P440 is really cheap at ebay.

    Link please?

    Jun's Alpha Loader for DSM 6.1

    in DSM 6.x

    Posted

    Hello

    After the update DSM 6.1-15047 Update 2, DS3617xs crashed.

    So not yet quite ready this versions.

     

    Every person that has updated to u2 has had no problem as far as I know.

    Agreed.

    Question. When do we have an official 6.1 loader? I think, after a month, it's a right time to launch it.

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