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  1. Do you have multiple volumes in the storage pool?  If so, it won't know which one to expand.

     

    Once your expansion is complete and are absolutely certain no restripe/resync/other activities are occurring on your system, and you still don't see all the usable space in the storage pool allocated to a volume, you can manually grow it in this way (assuming btrfs and example of volume1):

     

    $ sudo btrfs filesystem resize max /volume1

  2. That particular server has been up on 6.1.x since October 2017.  It's a pretty complicated build, so I haven't rushed to upgrade it, although I think all its services are now supportable on 1.03b and DSM 6.2.2.

     

    The only inbound services on my network are IP and port firewalled VPN termination points and a guacamole (remote access proxy) server. Personally, I wouldn't ever expose a Synology server directly to the Internet for any reason. Therefore, I don't have too much heartburn about the latest security patches not being available.  Even on 6.2.2, Synology lags so far behind core OS support, I'm not sure it matters all that much.

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  3. On a separate note, why do you need to transcode at all with the iPad Mini, it's got better than 1080p resolution so it should not need to.  Are your client settings correct to not force transcoding unless required?  Also, you might be transcoding audio which does not use Quicksync hardware?

  4. You would be unable to check the box for hardware transcoding on Plex if it was not working in some capacity.

    Plex does not use the syno codec activation (you bought Plex Pass to unlock the hardware transcoding support for that product).

     

    To clarify, the existence of /dev/dri lets you know that an Intel i915 driver has initialized the hardware.  "ls /dev/dri"

    The driver may not be working well with the version of QuickSync embedded your J4105 silicon, or Plex itself may not like the J4105 hardware or driver.

     

    You can try and change the i915 driver by modifying extra.lzma

    Or, take it up with Plex.  It's their software.

  5. 15 minutes ago, dk2000 said:

    I have Dell Power Edge R320

    What is the best and latest Loader should i use ?

    Please help me

    thanks

     

    On ‎1‎/‎25‎/‎2020 at 10:27 AM, IG-88 said:
    On ‎1‎/‎25‎/‎2020 at 10:20 AM, carmeb said:

    I would like to know how can I update to 6.2 and which bootloader I have to use.

     

    https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/13333-tutorialreference-6x-loaders-and-platforms/

     

    Please read at least a few of the posts in the thread!

  6. 43 minutes ago, raultaboraz said:

    thank you very much for explanations. If can I make a suggestion, I would say that a warning would be nice for avoiding disasters like mine ;-) I think there is any information about "missing" drivers. Thanks

     

    Here are three topics from the very prominently featured FAQs that may be considered as such a warning:

    https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/9392-general-faq/?tab=comments#comment-95507

    https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/9392-general-faq/?tab=comments#comment-113011
    https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/9394-installation-faq/?tab=comments#comment-81100

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  7. The purpose of this thread is to help with the selection of a loader (based on its supported DSM versions) and a DSM platform (based on its feature and hardware support).

     

    Can you give an explanation or example of what could be communicated by your request?  I'm not sure what to report.

     

    ESXi is just a hardware spec like the many bare metal choices. All the 6.x loaders support baremetal or ESXi boot menu option. AFAIK the only difference between selecting a baremetal or ESXi option is to affect how the loader tries to hide the VID/PID of the boot device, which is cosmetic only.

     

     

  8. Core support is a kernel compile parameter, and we have no ability to rebuild the Synology kernel.

     

    Based on this additional feedback, I think your motherboard isn't actually booting in Legacy mode.  Some BIOSes are not entirely obvious in how this is done.  Sometimes you need to turn on or off a "CSM" (compatibility) mode in addition to setting the Legacy boot device type.

  9. Generally modern Intel hardware should be compatible.  Since you have a CT card, try BIOS disabling your on-board LAN.

     

    Also, Sometimes DS3617xs has problems, try DS3615xs and see if it works.  I realize you want all 12 threads to work, but you will lose very little if you turn off Hyperthreading.

  10. 11 hours ago, shortcircuitaz said:

    because there's not compatable hardware list. and no real guidance on which Synology bootloader to use. (Thanks Jun I LOVE IT) 

    you need to find the one that is the most compatable with your systems. I was under the impression that the bigger number is better, and that I'd be happier with 3617. 

    but I found that THAT is the reason I couldn't load the PAT file.

     

    I hope this is helpful to someone just starting out with this. because it was a 3 day ordeal of frustration and failure for me. 

     

    um,

     

    This link from the FAQ: https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/9394-installation-faq/?do=findComment&comment=81092

    And this link from the Guide section: https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/13333-tutorialreference-6x-loaders-and-platforms/

     

    Both of these discuss the relative merits of each bootloader and platform and some discussion of compatible hardware.

  11. 7 minutes ago, Hiromatsu said:

    I would really like to experiment a little, because I have two nvme devices here (not m.2, but PCI-E) and a Arago SAS3 controller + a 36 bay 4u chassis

     

    At some point you have to make some decisions on which features you want to support.  NVMe direct support is only in DS918.  RAIDF1 support (if you ever need it) is only in 3615/3617.  10Gbe and SAS support is better in 3615/3617 but somewhat mitigated if you experiment with add-in drivers from IG-88.

     

    My main system is similar to yours - 10Gbe, and I use enterprise SATA SSD drives now so RAIDF1 is important.  I also have two U.2 NVMe drives, and the only way I found to get everything to work was to use ESXi to run DS3615 (for RAID F1 and 10Gbe support) and present the NVMe devices via RDM.

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  12. DSM installs OS and data to the same devices.  This is intrinsic to the system and not really negotiable.

    The USB key is not a boot drive, it's a bootloader that stages the OS to be loaded from the partitions on the disk devices.

     

    I think it is "possible" to use the ESXi version of the bootloader and install it to a generic boot device in lieu of the USB key, but it's not straightforward.  It's also "possible" to use the USB devices in DSM but only after modifying the disk bitmask, which you can't easily do until after you've installed (which you can't do because there is no addressable disk in the system). Bottom line, everything you are trying to do will be a lot of trouble and will probably break your system on every update.

     

    With all candor, the Brix platform really isn't suitable for DSM and you should find something else.

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