[Xpenology and SAS Controller - HBA]

I am not exactly sure... But during several experiments with upgrades of DSM version (and so with resulting bad *portcfg values) I issued two types of problems in different hardware configurations (including those with up to 15 hdd-s in one array).

 

The worse one - 1 hdd from array is lost. Array is degraded. After changing internalportcfg to correct value the lost hdd becomes visible, but the only way to restore array to fully functional state is a full rebuild.

 

If there are two or more hdd-s that are invisible, array is non-functional. But after changing internalportcfg to correct value and reboot everything becomes fine (without need of rebuild).

 

In both situations system and swap partitions are degraded after changing internalportcfg value. But it is really not much of a problem.

 

Anyway I can't guarantee that it is definitely so in all the situations... And also there can be a problem of full data lost while migrating between different types of boot images (or/and different DSM versions).

 

I think when 2 disks are missing the raid is stopped.. so no changes are made.. where as 1 drive missing would just look like a drive failure so the raid carries on working.

 

so when you add the 2 disks back the raid is automatically turned back on?? or am i wrong,.

[Xpenology and SAS Controller - HBA]

Hi Stanza, excellent work. thats exactly what i thought may happen.

 

My setup has a H200 Raid card connected to a Suppermicro 12 Bay case..

 

i had to use your hack to get the last 2 drives detected as Disk 1 was being used by ESXi and Disk 2 is just missing. so my drives start from disk 3 onwards..

 

what would be great is if Trantor can accommodate the changes into his build that way the drives will always show up and not break the raid.

 

 

Thanks

[Xpenology and SAS Controller - HBA]

Hi Stanza, what happens if you decide to upgrade to a newer version... i presume all the changes you made to synoinfo will revert back and cause the system to not see all the drives again... will this break any SHR raid ~?

 

i have my system setup but afraid that it will break when it comes to upgrading to a latest version of xpenology. is there a way to upgrade while keeping the changes in place?

 

 

 

 

Cheers

[Drivers requests for DSM 5.2]

Hi Trantor i have installed beta 6 on my system under ESXi 5.5..

 

I have my Dell Perc 200H set-up through pass-through to a Vm Client. all drives are detected but i am noticing that the internal transfers are slow.

 

copied 48GB from one volume to another and noticed that the transfer was rather slow.

 

I have attached the drive utilization which seems to be max'd out on Volume 1 which is a SHR raid compromised of 2 x 2TB Sata disks and 1 x 3TB Sata disk. write speed of 66MB seems very slow?

 

what do you make of this? is the normal?

 

Thanks

[[SOLVED] How to change MAC DS3612xs - DSM 4.2 build]

Hi i changed the mac and Serial by editing the file that resides on the USB...

 

File is located under boot\grub\grub.conf

 

this is what mine looks like

 

#serial --unit=0 --speed=115200

#terminal serial

default 1

timeout 4

hiddenmenu

fallback 0

 

title SYNOLOGY_1

root (hd0,0)

hw_model

kernel /zImage root=/dev/md0 ihd_num=5 netif_num=1 syno_hw_version=RS3612xs

initrd /rd.gz

 

title SYNOLOGY_2

root (hd0,1)

# cksum /grub_cksum.syno

# vender /vender

# hw_model

kernel /zImage root=/dev/md0 ihd_num=5 netif_num=1 syno_hw_version=RS3612xs mac1=00113205V7U8 sn=B7J4N00000

initrd /rd.gz

 

 

 

All you need to do is add the MAC and Serial number.. please note the mac address format.. 00-11-32-05-C8-7B will not work.

 

to edit the file on windows i used notepad++ which is free to download.

[Folder Sync Schedule issue]

Hi. in have xpenology installed on my HP N54L works great... other than Folder Sync.

 

i have another DS210J which i have set up to be the destination.. the first sync worked fine however no matter what schedule i set it on it does not kick of it self.

 

initially i had it on file modification that didn't work so i changed it to every 30 mins.. which does not seem to run... if i run it manually it works fine..

 

 

any ides whats going on?

 

 

thanks