[Help newbie]

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.

 

 

 

[Help newbie]

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.

 

 

[Help newbie]

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