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  1. I think you should switch to XPEnology on bare metal and throw away that FreeNAS. I did it and I don't even think of going back. No regrets! (Actually I tested all or most "NAS" OSes and none or better said, not even all combined are at 50% of what DSM is)

     

     

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  2. If I would go now for building another XPEno box, I would definitively change the Q1900-ITX board with another one: the Q1900DC-ITX which is slightly expensive than the normal Q1900-ITX because it comes with a DC power adapter but it's definitively less expensive than a normal Q1900 with a PSU.

    The DC version also comes in handy as you'll not need an internal power supply and therefore, your box is even more silent and less noisy!!! :grin:

     

     

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  3. The AM1b-ITX cannot be compared with the Q1900-ITX unfortunately as the Q1900 comes with an embedded J1900 quad-core, low-powered Intel processor and the AM1B with no CPU.

    Both boards can be used for XPEnology and both have advantages:

    - AM1B-ITX can be fitted with another, more powerful 30W TDP CPU (that comes in handy only in transcoding cases-Plex)

    - AM1B-ITX uses normal DIMMS DDR3 memory that can be used in a desktop and theoretically can be adjusted to more than 16GB of RAM (not that you'll need it on bare metal XPEnology) on the same 2 DIMM slots

    - AM1B-ITX has a PCIe 16x port

    - AM1B-ITX comes with more USB 2.0 ports (+2)

    - AM1B-ITX comes with 4x SATA3 ports comparable with 2xSATA2 & 2xSATA3 ports (in case you don't run your XPEno box on SSD only, you'll not need more than SATA2)

    - Q1900-ITX comes with an embedded low power, quad core, fanless, 10W max TDP CPU @ 2GHz

    - Q1900-ITX comes with a mini-PCIe x1 port that can be fitted with a mSATA half-size SSD or half-size mSATA to SATA adapter (theoretically and practically, 7 disks can be installed on this board)

    - Q1900-ITX consumes less power than the AM1B and is cooler and more silent due to fanless CPU and low power SO-DIMM capability

     

     

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  4. Thanks for that, will get me started on my weekend project!. Shame the SSD can't be used for booting/containing the OS.

    I did also find, after posting this, the guides on the .nl site very useful.

    I also read there's a setting for SSD caching, is this worth trying? People have reported that it crashes the system, any thoughts?

     

    Sell that SSD on eBay or use it on another system. DSM is smart enough to copy itself on all disks :smile:

    For a good protection of your data, use 3 or more HDDs (preferably) of the same size.

    Take a look at synology's raid configurator to see the advantages of different raid matrixes.

     

    Good luck!

  5. Maybe you should just work on the settings and enable encryption.

    It could also be a coincidence :smile:

    Do you mean if it was encripted, I would be ok ?

     

    The traffic can be seen as p2p only with some badass firewalls and traffic analyzers when encrypted. Try to use it by default like this.

  6. Hi mate, depending where you live in this magical and wonderful world, you could get into trouble if you download a movie from the internet or you could just download thousands of TBs and nobody would say anything.

    It's the kind of traffic that's probably being monitored and not the used tool.

  7. There is at least 2 ways as far as I know: bare metal vs virtual machine, and here are some basic differences:

     

    * Bare Metal:

    - Install DSM directly on your drive

    - Good enough for older or weak hardware

    - Might not able to take out HDDs and put in other machines

     

    * ESXi (Virtual Machine):

    - Install DSM on Virtual Machine

    - Require newer or stronger hardware (requirements to run VM)

    - Able to take out HDDs and put in another VMs

     

    Since my hardware are follows:

    - MB: old Intel mITX

    - CPU: old Intel Atom 1.6GHz (2 cores / 4 threats)

    - RAM: 4GB DDR3 (max supported)

    - HDD: 1TB 7200rpm x 1

    - SSD: 16GB (but not implemented yet, would use it for ESXi later)

    - USB: 64MB

    - PSU: 450W

    - Case: Cooler Master Elite 120 Advanced

     

    Since my hw is old and weak and I've got them all Free After Rebates except the case and 1TB HDD I've paid 20 bucks each after rebates and coupons, so I've only paid 40 bucks plus tax for the whole system, I'm using them to experiment and to familiar myself with DSM first, and note that don't use 32MB or smaller size USB since it will be formatted as FAT not FAT32 so use at least 64MB USB. Here is the Bare Metal guide that I've used:

     

    viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3462

     

    Then before I build a strong hw for real activities, I would use this same setup to experiment ESXi with these guides:

     

    viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3564

    viewtopic.php?f=15&t=3132

     

    Hope this helps :wink:

     

    You can definitively move the HDDs to a different physical environment!

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