indyslim
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Hi, I have a 1.04/918+ install working very well on a AsRock J4105-ITX system. The board only has 4 SATA ports and one PCIx2 expansion slot.
However, there is also an M.2 E-Key slot meant for Wifi/BT. My NAS is plugged in via ethernet and i will never use the M.2 slot for wifi.
My question is whether anyone has used a M.2 E-key to miniPCI-E adapter? I would like to use that for SSD cache disk instead of using one of the 4 SATA ports.
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Hi, I had a few basic questions about how Xpenology works.
- Where is the USB boot drive equivalent in a Synology NAS? Is the boot information in an embedded disk? or is it in the hard drives themselves?
- In Xpenology, once the system has booted and is running, is there any active access to the USB boot flash drive? I wonder because, I worry about the life of the boot disk if there are constant reads/writes happening.
- Is it possible to set-up a back up USB boot disk that will kick in if the main USB stick fails?
thank you
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Why does the 918+ install show 16 available slots when the real 918+ has only 4 bays?
Is 16 the theoretical maximum using expansion bays?
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Looking for an update as well. Any one else try this? Looks like the OP disappeared.
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If I understood the process correctly, going back to the original image would mean that I have to install DSM/migrate the install. It is not a drop-in transparent back-up.
If that is correct, can I shut down my NAS, pull out the boot USB drive and make a couple of clones so that I can plug in and pretend like nothing happened if current stick fails for whatever reason?
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Can I also use this tool to make a back up copy of the boot USB stick from a functioning DSM installation?
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Hello,
Looking for input as to whether upgrading from 16 GB to 32GB has any significant advantages?
Use case:
Standard NAS for 3 home computers - (2 Mac + 1 PC)
Running a few Docker containers
Plex transcoding is rare, but potential use as DVR storage for Silicon Dust HD tuner.
Current setup: ASRock J4105 with 16GB stick, one empty memory slot. 4 HDD in SHR. Running 1.04/918+
Additionally - the intel specs say that J4105 can hand max of 8GB RAM. However DSM seems to recognize the 16GB stick. How can I know if DSM is capable of using the full installed RAM?
Thank you.
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Thank you.This is critical info.
Then it is good to have a back up of my stick so that if this drive fails, I can replace and bring the NAS online quickly.
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Thank you for the clarification. I assumed this was similar to FreeNAS and you could remove the USB once the install is done. My bad - not reading carefully enough.
So, does the USB flash drive have to stay on the NAS for ever?
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Thank you, Thank you. Yes, that was all it took - the modules from IG-88.
I'm in business !!!
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Just now, Jseinfeld said:
I think you'd need these extra files -
Thank you for your pointer. I will try that. I thought these files were for encoding/decoding video so I did not pay much attention.
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Hello noob here,
I read through a lot of the posts and it looks like the J4105 board is mentioned a lot as having no issues with installing and running DSM.
However, I am stuck and have no clue how to proceed.
System Details:
- MB: ASRock J4105
- RAM: 1x16GB stick
- HDD: Seagate 2x2TB.
- Loader: 1.04b (no extras)
- DSM - 6.2.3 (25426) for 918+
I am able to boot into the boot loader and I can see the machine using Synology Assistant. Further I am able to install DSM to completion until it triggers the reboot.
However, when I remove the install USB stick and reboot the machine now goes into the ASRock UEFI BIOS and can't exit since it can't find a boot device. The Hard Drives are listed in the SATA list, but don't show up in the boot options.
Tried moving around the drives to different SATA ports, re-installing/migrating DSM - nothing has helped.
On a side note - I was able to install FreeNAS and boot up from the same setup, so I do not think it is a hardware failure.
Is there something I am completely missing? Any help would be appreciated.
thank you.
Use M.2 E-Key to mini PCI-E adapter?
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Thank you both. I went with a m.2 E to mini PCI-E https://rb.gy/d7cw27.
I am going to buy a miniPCI-E card with 2 or 4 sata slots and see how that works. I will update the thread,