[can i install the whole system into usb?]

If you mean can you use the USB as the boot loader & data storage then no you can't.

[Copy Download Staion settings to new DSM?]

Have you tried backing up the configuration, I can't remember if it includes download station but it's worth a try.

[Expand USB Boot]

The bootloader image is only 15mb, hence the 15mb partition. Why do you want to expand the partition anyway, it's not really useable.

[any way to check what is keeping the disk running? / N54L]

I believe SABNZBD will prevent the HDD's spinning down.

[help recovering crashed volume on ProLiant N54L]

Yes, just put that image on a USB and boot from it.

[2 Issues: expanding SHR array fails / Update from 5.0-4493]

There was an issue with expanding SHR arrays with 5.1 which seems to have been solved with a test build from sancome, see page 3 about halfway down this thread for the image. viewtopic.php?f=2&t=5233&start=20

[XPEnology.nl down?]

Sorry Poechi, it's not working for me.

[migrate esxi to bare-metal]

It depends on how you have presented the disks to ESX1, if you used RDM then you should be able to create a USB drive based on the same version of xpenology you were using in ESXi & boot from it.

However if you used VMDK file you will probably need to backup your files & restore manually.

[USB drive]

Don't worry about the format of the old USB, just use something like win32diskimager to create a new one USB.

[HUGE amount of space used in Hyper-V]

I can't help you with Hyper-V & I think most people are either running bare metal or ESXi, I've run both & not had the issues you have.

[migration from 5.0.4528 to 5.1.5004]

You might want to try reading through the forums before posting, if you had you would know that DSM 5.1 hasn't been implemented in Xpenology yet. Various people on here are working on it & will hopefully get it working, till then DSM 5.0 is as far as you can go.

[Volume not expanding]

As I said a screen shot would help.

[Uppgeade fron 8*4tb disks to 8tb disk]

I don't think you'll get the extra space just by upgrading one disk, I believe you will only get the extra space by upgrading 2 or more disks.

[Volume not expanding]

SHR & Raid 5 are the same, did you have a look at the calculator I linked to, a screenshot from storage manager/volume would probably help.

[Volume not expanding]

Are you sure you're using SHR & not raid 1. According to the Synology raid checker the amount of free space you have is correct for a raid 1 array, 3 of your disks are being used for protection & only 1 for data. https://www.synology.com/en-us/support/RAID_calculator

[Reliability and Safety]

hello everyone and Merry Christmas .

 

I installed Xpenology (DSM 5.0 -4528) on a computer with CPU INTEL DualCore everything works fine is a great OS , ( I have a QNAP NAS (TS-459Pro) I must say that Synology DSM is much better . )

 

I have some important question .

You can install Xpenology in production ?

Xpenology is reliable?

 

I would install Xpenology in company with many users , data security and reliability must be the principal thing .

 

thanks in advance

 

If you're intending to run in a commercial environment you really should purchase genuine Synology hardware, that way you have access to Synology support & all the latest updates.

[My Nanoboot got Excution Error]

Hi,

 

I know it's a long time ago, but Do you resolve your problem ?

I have the same things and I can't resolve mine.

 

Thanks

What hardware platform & version of DSM are you trying to install?

[NEW DSM 5.1-5004 AVAILABLE !!]

Thanks to everyone who is working on getting 5.1 to work your efforts are appreciated, enjoy the holidays with your loved ones 5.1 can wait for a while.

 

I hope you all have a great Christmas & a Happy New Year

[Drive help - No Serial or SMART information - ESXi Raw Devic]

If you're running under ESXi none of these things work or show correctly, it's a known problem & can't be fixed. If they're important to you need to run bare metal. I'd also suggest that you do a bit of reading on the forums to familiarise yourself a bit more with Xpenology.

[5.0-4528 - Single Drive Sleep]

I have a similar concern. I have 6 disks in my Xpenology, and I want to convert them to JBOD. I currently have RAID5, but that keeps all drives spinning at all time, and every time I access a small file, all 6 disks are being accessed. I was thinking to go to JBOD, so ideally, if the file I access is only on drive 1, only drive 1 will spin up and being used.

 

So, Dfds's respond, i would run into similar limitation as well?

 

Hi Wenlez, I'm not sure if having the disks as JBOD would make any difference, but the only way to know for sure would be to test it out.

[5.0-4528 - Single Drive Sleep]

Sadly there isn't any way round this as DSM wasn't deigned to work that way.

[NEW DSM 5.1-5004 AVAILABLE !!]

Happy to help test on either ESXi or N54L bare metal if needed.

[[Solved] Software or hardware RAID management?]

Let the virtual server handle the disks.

[Intel E7400 which version]

X64/DS3612xs

[Ddns]

Try adding the following to /etc.defaults/ddns_provider.conf

 

[123-reg.co.uk]

modulepath=DynDNS

queryurl=www.123-reg.co.uk/api/?hostname=__HOSTNAME__&myip=__MYIP__

 

I can't guarantee it will work, but it's worth a try.