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I just want to make sure that I understand the procedure before I start. From what I've read on the forums, I think this is what I'm supposed to do: Go to the Synology downloads page for DS918+(my current loader/platform) and manually download the DSM_DS918+_64570.pat file From within DSM, Control Panel -> DSM Update -> Manual DSM Update, select the file I just downloaded Wait 10 or 20 minutes until completed Restart PC , from GRUB menu, select TCRP From terminal, run the following commands: ./rploader.sh update now ./rploader.sh fullupgrade now ./rploader.sh backup ./rploader.sh postupdate ds918p-7.2-64570 (say yes to all prompts) exitcheck.sh reboot Select RedPill (USB version) and Synology DSM should start normally on upgraded version. Is that correct or did I make a mistake or miss something? I really don't want to break things!

Fellow bounty hunter IG-88, I am going to buy a PCIe SATA card and could use some clarification. I'm hoping that you (or others) can help. Background: I built my Synology PC out of spare parts. The mother board has 4 SATA ports. I installed a PCIe 3.0 x4 6xSATA adapter card that has the ASM1166 chipset (https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08DFK4LZ7/ ). I have 10 drives working smoothly. I'd like to add a few more old HDDs to my array. I have one free PCIe 2.0 x1 slot available on my mother board. 1) How can I tell if a card has a multiplexer? If two chipsets are listed on the specs, does that automatically mean it has a multiplexer and thus all the SATA ports won't work with DSM? (e.g. Marvell 88SE92xx + JMBxx, or ASM1064+JMB575: https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B094VZJHK3/ or https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B099ZJ8V7W/ ) 2) Regarding the performance limitation of PCIe2.0 x1, is the only downside to having more ports/hard drives that they will read/write more slowly if more than one drive is being accessed at the same time? Or is it a more catastrophic problem? I'm mainly using it a file server with a few docker containers installed. No video. So I can live with slower read/write speeds. It's unlikely I'll be using multiple file viewing/retrieval apps at the same time. 3) If the 8-10 port cards won't work, is a 4 or 6 port card usable in a PCIe2.0 x1 slot? For example 4port (unsure of chipset) https://www.amazon.ca/dp/product/B08KTFRFZW/ or 6port ASM1166 https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B08L78QHSJ/