SHR is the biggest determining factor for me. I did install freenas yesterday for testing but way too complicated for me, not a big fan of RAID. It was easy for the install. Before synology, I was using BeyondRaid Drobo since 2008, I believe.
I am a bit confuse about the bootloader. Can I install the bootloader on a SDD, purely for the DSM OS? As pendrive do fail.
Or the pendrive always needs to be affixed to the NAS?
This is a little project, XPE is a more difficult hack for newbies like me, serious effort is required.
I have downloaded this pat DSM_RS3617xs_24922.pat
I do not know what this one means
DSM_RS3617xs_24922.pat.md5
Thank you for the explanation.