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so should this one I just installed 6.02 and 6.1.1u4 on my spare lenovo thinkserver TS140 this weekend, and on both installs, I had no issue seeing all of the synology packages in the package center. either there is something temp wrong with their service, or you have something wonky with your build IMO. I can't get my 10gig cards to work, but the package centre was stable

That's not gonna happen. Synology has checks that will stop it from booting. Plus the chances are you will have driver issues. Just use Jun's

Is the data important or do you just want to start over? in any case you can try 6.1, you can always grab another USB key, write the IMG again, and try from that. While working on a seperate issue, I build a functional 6.11U4 system quite simply. for the 6.02 guide , but using the 1.02a IMG, the DSM version you need to download was listed in the synology assistant after you boot from the stick. The other key was to fix the PID/VID using the "boot from stick, hit C to launch command prompt, pid command, pid 0x(your 4 digits),vid command, vid 0x(your 4 digits) hit esc, then continue to boot. after that it will install and there was no issue upgrading it to 6.1.1U4. (well I STILL have a problem using 10gigabyte NICs, but so far no issue with 1gigabyte NICs)

Maybe you reformated the ext HDD into a volume format that synology does not support? EXT4 or FAT32 are supported. do they work on your MAC / PC?

dl and get plex from plex directly, then use manual package install.

Trying to clarify what you are hoping to do. Are you trying to build an xpenology system from a spare generic D525 board then migrate your existing disks from the old synology 712+ NAS? Jun loader will not identify the exact CPU you have, nor will it accurately list the number of disks/slots that you have, but thats OK, it will not cause a problem.

Is anyone having any luck yet using 10gbe with 6 or higher versions on baremetal DSM? Jun 1.01 and 1.02a loaders give me same results. Using a broadcom BNX2 card, I can write 300-500 MB/sec but only read a 1-3 MB/sec. using an intel card, I get link lights, but not even DHCP will function. Booting off Ubuntu 15.10 live linux, both function as expected. Using (intel, a couple varieties) 1GBE NICS, all works as expected.

Is anyone using 10gig ethernet on bare metal install?

Anyone have a known working 10GigE NIC for this loader? I have two card that should (on supported hardware list) but don't (correctly.) Even the intel is not working now.

I suspect there may be driver issues with the three types of 10G cards I own. OEM of Intel SFP+ -shows up but will neither accept a static IP nor a DHCP address, instead defaulting to a 169.x.x.x -Firmware up to date -Intel 82599 chipset (not listed specifically but it is seen and part of intel bundle so I "hoped" it would work) -work OK in XPenology 5.2 IBM OEM 42C1792 -Broadcomm NetXtreme 2 (bnx2x) (listed and should work) -firmware bnx2x-e1-7.0.29.0, maybe firmware is not in correct locations (in 5.x it was copy bnx2x-e1-7.0.29.0.fw into /lib/firmware/bnx2x) -shows up accept a static IP, good Write performance (400-800 MB/sec) terrible Read Performance (1-2 MB/Sec) -Broadcomm BCM57710 -work OK in XPenology 5.2 Mellanox ConnectX-2 1 Port SFP+ -firmware=unknown -not listed, not expected to work. -not seen on boot, stops boot progression in fact. -works OK in Windows test

2.2 is not worth worrying about. It has problems not even mentioned here, like functionality with some 10gig cards. Some cards that are supported do NOT work correctly (works on 5.x and Windows.) Let's back off and give the dev the time they need to build a quality product on their own schedule.

If top speed is the only criteria, I found using a Windows 10 box to copy from one to the other yielded the best result. I even have a real synology in the mix. robocopy, even free filesync offer flexibility and speed. If you must copy directly, I found that if you initiate the copy on the better nas (cpu/ram) that also made a difference. That being said, I have never seen speeds as low as what you describe.

I will try again once 2.3 is release, but at this time SHR is not available. (had to manually enter USB PID/VID as I got the / error) I am using bare metal install, on Levono TS140 server (24GB ECC and Xeon E3-1225v3) 5xHDD

I also have a real syno DS1813+, plus owned another in the past. my interest here is to get some use out of older hardware. I installed in on an old Intel NAS, a handful of older core 2 era systems, plus a brand new system for cases that I need plex to have some trans-coding power. I am far more likely to buy another real syn because of the existence of XPenology.

Thinks are vastly simpler if you do introduce a 10gig switch in the middle. you only have to deal with a single network path. Even an inexpensive mikrotik CRS210-8G-2S+IN and another cable will do.

I have a real Synology 1813+ with HDDs: 6x Western Digital WD30EFRX Red 3TB (RAID 5) exactly. While I don't use FTP, I use CIFS from my W10 box and I always see 105-113 MB/sec. Your hardware is better and should have no issues. PS I also sometimes run a lenovoTX140 server with Xeon and 5x2TB Hitachi on Xpenology and it also performs about the same in sequential read / write. 1) have you tried CIFS? 2) are you POSITIVE there is no other activity on your NAS at the same time? a little mixed read/write or random mixed with your sequential and performance will drop.

with 5.2 there are also additional lag options that are simpler to implement that LACP. I was able to see more than 1GBE worth of outbound without using this trick. still, very good post!

As others have said, bonding is only useful when you have multiple simultaneous activities, as each stream is limited to a single GBE capacity. You really need to have a specific usage pattern to regularly exceed what a single GBE will do. Even if you have multiple simultaneous systems accessing the NAS, chances (unless you have SSDs in NAS) are that the disks will not be able to keep up with your clients. Add in a little bit of extra head movement on your NAS HDD and you will not be able to aggrigate to more than what a single gig link could do. bonding gets easier to do in 5.2, as you dont have to worry about configuring your switch in LACP.

creating volumes right on SSD works WAY better than SSD cache for VM in my opinion. I didn't find SSD read/write cache on a real Synology very useful to be honest.

Why even chance it? If you build something new, so with 5 or 6 TB disks, you will only need to buy 3 or 4 disks to move everything over. and if you did move them, that would leave you with a diskless 1812+. That a hell of a nice NAS to leave diskless, at least use it to back up you new one! hardware is very universal. Everything I have tried works (well some enterprise class 10gig ethernet cards didn't at first but..) desktop gear seams very well supported, some server class gear is a bit more picky. I would highly suggest you pickup a few new 5/6TB disks, round up a desktop made in the last 5 years or so (or older even if its a quad) and try it out. don't jump into buying anything but disks from the start if you have anything you can play with. patch availability can really vary. reccently it has been as easy as on a real synology, with no extra wait. However when major new versions come out, there may be a long wait. You just never know. it is part of the reason why I run one real synology and a couple Xpenology copies I don't think there is any reason at all to run any of the older versions, but I suppose there might be a third party driver added to one that the new team has not got around to yet.

I don't have one of these but it doesn't sound right. I build an xpenology system using an intel 4200 NAS with a much older/slower CPU (think it was a core 2 duo 4300) 2GB RAM, 4 green seagate 2TB drives in default synology RAID (RAID5) writing large files to it I would see greater than 90MB/sec, usually closer to 100+

I run both real synology NAS plus Xpenology NAS. legality is likely not an issue, but please realize that this product is something Synology actively works on stopping. Its available despite their efforts, not because of it more CPU is exactly why I run XPenology in addition to my real Synology. the most recent versions, so fat, seem to update the same as a real Synology, but in the past that was not the case. You should be OK with being a bit behind Synology's last versions. advantages are - cheaper and bring your own hardware. This means better performance for the $ than real Synology disadvantages are -no support in failure -not all features work -not all hardware works -more difficult installation and maintenance -unknown future -if you really rely on it I recommend you have a sandbox system, something you can play with. Something you can test upgrades and changes on. I know that sounds like a lot of negatives, but its work it in a lot of cases. I have built four or five xpenology systems now, and these days it is quite easy and working well. I have no idea about cameras sorry.

Since I posted My Broadcom 10Gig Cards are now supported in Xpenology. I believe that I tried the CX2 cards a few weeks back and they worked (sorry I didnt keep any notes)

I am not sure if this is all you need to do, but I changed my serial (XPEnology boot 5.1-5022.3 running 5022 update 4 OS) (as it shows up in Synology assistant and in Control Panel / Info Center) by editing the 3 occurrence in USBshare1\syslinux.cfg

for Sure. I have a 1TB Samsung 840 EVO on an Ivybridge system native 6gig SATA.