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Ok I get it. I've not seen anything in DSM or Synology that talks about creating a single volume across several DSM Servers, its a clever idea though. I guess it would be emulating a diskstation with 2 expansion units or 'master' DSM and two 'slaves' However, thinking of the costs/complexity, it might be cheaper and easier to setup a single server with say a 12 drive system of 3tb drives?

this might work for you http://www.amazon.co.uk/Icy-Box-IB-545S ... B006BQYSFA

provided the setup meets the synology rules then I dont see why not https://www.synology.com/en-us/knowledg ... orials/585 however, remember that XPE/DSM is a 'fun' project, its not a business/production grade solution so why would need HA? but it could still be 'fun' to setup HA to know how it works

Have a look through this thread (there are others if you search) too viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9540 There are variants of some of these with esata (will be harder to find and more expensive I expect) Also, be careful about esata/port multiplier cards, XPE doesnt support port multiplier cards very well (usually only one or two ports work). When I have used an external chassis for drives, I've found it easier to get some thin long sata leads (eg startec) and bind them but connected to internal port card

Hi I'm not an expert in any way on Linux partitions, but it might be worth checking the mount information. I think that the XPE layout may be slightly different to 'real' DSM, so you need to change the command syntax to find and mount at the right points Good luck

these are linux drivers for realtek nic and disk controllers (eg marvell, LSI if you google them you can find the exact device) should not be a problem unless they are the devices you are trying to use it might be that the dell hardware is not compatible with nanoboot - there are some threads on dell hardware here so it may help to look at them

this is a good powerful board for xpe, 4 sata, but you could expand with an add on card. http://www.amazon.co.uk/ASRock-QC5000-I ... 5DA447H8W6

if you are going > 12 drives, the 3615 standard number, you will need to change the disk configuration in synoinfo.conf. there are plenty of threads on here about how to do that

if you use a smartphone to take a video of the screen booting you can watch it in slow-motion to see the errors , if they are driver errors it may be because your hardware is not supported or incompatible There are some Syno forum posts about error 21 on installation, it may be hardware fault or the disk fault. I would reformat the HDD to remove any DSM partitions and try the installation again, make sure you choose 'install' from the nanoboot menu

DSM handles the raid, it doesn't matter if the drives are on on-board or add-in controllers

1 - 4 thats right - but dont forget to **backup your data as well** The 'installation' option is for XPE and is usually the way to upgrade boot loaders to match to the latest DSM version. When you boot to XPE install mode and run assistant, you should see a 'Diskstation' and status 'migratable' and when you open the web assistant 'migratable and the choice to manually install the matching DSM. I've done this a few times between hardware and it works ok

I have not used a HP microserver, but I would do the following, if changing hardware Create a new USB XPE boot drive with latest XPE. Use a 'spare' SATA disk (if you have one) and setup the HP with XPE/DSM, and check through all the forum threads on microserver setup to get it to work as you want eg checking bios settings, bios version etc etc Soak test it for a few days and test DSM features you need and apps once you are happy its 'stable' backup all your data on existing server moves the drives across to the microserver boot with latest XPE - install option use the migration process via DS Assistant/web page

If you read the threads in detail you can see that you have to change 3 values as well as the max disks; esataportcfg usbportcfg internalportcfg The exact values will depend on your setup, these work for me for 16 disks esataportcfg="0x0000" usbportcfg="0x30000" internalportcfg="0xffff" my advice would be to setup XPE/DSM with a single drive, then mess with these settings to see if Storage Manager gives the right values and it reboots ok, then add your drives.

I've used these; 4 port - http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B00A ... ge_o05_s00 8 port - http://www.supermicro.co.uk/products/ac ... LP-MV8.cfm You can find the Supermicro on ebay (second hand) for about £40 both work > 3tb

check these threads, everything you need should be there viewtopic.php?f=2&t=9398 viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2028

setup a ddns service on your router, setup your NAS with a fixed IP and create port forwarding rules on the router to the NAS

enable telnet and ssh, use winscp or similar to login as root/your admin password then look in the root folder. you will need to change the settings for max disks, esataportcfg, usbportcfg and internalportcfg to match the hex settings that your system needs

search this forum for how to edit the synoinfo.conf files to allow more than 12 drives I've built 16 and 24 drive units and it works fine provided you get the conf correct for your hardware

Hi Patrick I have not installed on Dell 32 bit machine but you could try the following :- In the BIOS; Reset the BIOS to 'default' Disable any peripheral devices not required eg serial port, parallel port, sound card, floppy disk Disable IDE controller Set the SATA mode to IDE Good luck!

sounds like a very corrupt dsm partition/config. If you can see your shares then I can imagine the only option is to copy your data to another device and then reinstall and recreate your volumes etc

I've swapped between h/w several time and it works ok. but i always did a 'test' first with a spare hdd and xpe usb to boot up and make sure DSM could see the drive, NIC worked etc and also the bios did not reset on reboot. Also give you a chance to set bios settings to work best with XPE/DSM (ie SATA mode, disable peripherals etc).

check the storage manager HDDs not the disk group, they are probably there. I had a similar problem with a couple of failed drives in a 1 disk tolerant array and somehow SHR/DSM is able to make shares and data available even though the volume has crashed. I was able to copy my data and then replaced the disks but had to delete the volume and create

afaik DSM does not have virtualbox or kodibuntu plugins, (packages) and I cant see how you could set it up to output video through an hdmi, its not designed the same as the asustor. I think your only option is as I said before, run kodibuntu as the main O/S and for media playback and install virtualbox to run a vm version of XPE/DSM for data storage and DSM features you like

Ok so you want to use Kodi with the HDMI output of the mobo to your TV? Might be easiest to install Kodibuntu, then use Virtualbox to run XPE/DSM

I would start 'simply' and build an xpe/dsm NAS and install synology media server and or Plex media server and try streaming to your tv and projector. If you 'must' have Kodi, I'd setup a Raspberry Pi for that