Jimbo911

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.

Hope it' not too dauting for me. I have been using synology for about 5-6 years now, so I am thinking of sticking with the GUI. The purpose of the NAS is specifically for media streaming only (not external access), so still in between minds , xpendology or Freenas. Thank you very much.

Hello I currently have a DS 716+ and had 1815+ which I sold. I am keeping my DS716+ for documents sharing only now. I have build a box with the following, equivalent specs of DS3617Xs. Xeon W2123 Asus Mobo workstation motherboard. 2 X 10 TB and will expand to 40TB. 16GB EEC Ram. The unit is powering up. I am really new to xpenology. Essentially this box is to stream mostly media 4k etc. I am not sure if I should go with xpenology or freenas. Do you I need download DSM for DS316Xs and where can I download it? I am learning from My YouTube how I should proceed but I can't work out the download link, Thanks in advance Jimb0