RobPulsar

I want to echo my thanks to all those who helped with this solution. I now have my NVMe working as a read-only cache.

Hi @flyride Thanks for answering above. It is a shame that I can't use the NVMe as a separate volume as that was the intended purpose. I think running VMs for DSM is beyond my technical capability (and sounds risky regarding the volume of data I already have and would not want to lose). Perhaps I'll take a look at ESXi before completely dismissing it though... in for a penny and all that. I did a little SSH last night actually (just following a guide for something else) so perhaps I can give it a go and at least make use of the NVMe as a cache? Thanks again for helping me out.

Hi all, I am looking to use an NVMe drive as a separate volume (for installing a certain application to) rather than using as a cache. So far I have installed the drive and verified that it is seen in the BIOS and also confirmed that DSM is not showing it as available for use. This led me to this thread. I have read most of the pages / posts and understand that the common use of an NVMe is for cache. I also saw @Hackaro's useful summary on page 6: 2 questions if I may: Should the above process work for me to be able to see the drive in DSM and configure as a new volume? I am a novice when it comes to linux. Do I perform the above task using SSH? Can anyone offer some further guidance (or point to a resource) that lays it out in baby steps for me please? Thank you guys for you help and support.