jasse Posted July 5, 2015 Share #401 Posted July 5, 2015 I got the comfirmation email that my half-minipcie sata card is shipped. Apperently from here, but I can't read french so their website don't make sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasse Posted July 10, 2015 Share #402 Posted July 10, 2015 I just tested my new half-sized minipcie dual sata card: http://www.kalea-informatique.com/mag/fr/product-8723648.htm When this card is mounted, it replaces two of the mobo's sata ports. Bummer. But my current 4x3Tb raid5 setup will be enough for me, so I'll be fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted July 10, 2015 Share #403 Posted July 10, 2015 I just tested my new half-sized minipcie dual sata card:http://www.kalea-informatique.com/mag/fr/product-8723648.htm When this card is mounted, it replaces two of the mobo's sata ports. WHAT? How the f...?!? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasse Posted July 11, 2015 Share #404 Posted July 11, 2015 Well, it was kind of expected, but it was worth a try. If you read the manual of any recent motherboard, you see that installing a M.2 SSD disables two SATA ports. The Q1900DC manual states that the minipcie connector only can be used for a wifi module, but it seems it can be used for anything. I am currently copying files back to redundant storage (new xpenology install and I see that the CPU maxes out at 25%. Neat. Is that because I have an Intel nic installed ??? If I replace that with a pcie SATA card and using the Realtec motherboard nic, are there some performance penalties for that stunt ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klez Posted July 12, 2015 Share #405 Posted July 12, 2015 I just tested my new half-sized minipcie dual sata card:http://www.kalea-informatique.com/mag/fr/product-8723648.htm When this card is mounted, it replaces two of the mobo's sata ports. Bummer it is... However the mini pcie port can still be filled with lan card (with extender) vide http://www.speeddragon.com/index.php?controller=Default&action=ProductInfo&Id=499 And regular pcie port could be used for sata card... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasse Posted July 12, 2015 Share #406 Posted July 12, 2015 So, instead of using the builtin Realtec powered lan port, you intend to use 2 Realtec powered lan ports. It has an Asmedia chip too, it might do the same as the Asmedia chip on my minipcie sata card that seems to "steal" a pcie line or something similar. But I'm really interested to hear from you if it works. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasteleman Posted July 12, 2015 Share #407 Posted July 12, 2015 I use a Intel gigabit card with a risercard in the mini expres slot. No problems at all. I've disabled the realtek card, but if i enabled it, both cards are seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasse Posted July 12, 2015 Share #408 Posted July 12, 2015 I have a Intel based lan card in the pcie slot already. Have anybody benchmarked Realtek vs Intel nic's ??? Are there some severe performance penalties for using the Realtek chip ??? Hmm, does the xpenology software support gigabit networking using a usb3 <-> lan dongle ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasteleman Posted July 12, 2015 Share #409 Posted July 12, 2015 No measurements, but had some drops in throughput so decided to go for the Intel card Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kussler Posted July 21, 2015 Share #410 Posted July 21, 2015 I'm using the Q1900DC-ITX and updated to Xpenoboot 5565, now my WOL doesn't work anymore. I did the usual settings (the "g" and the startupscript) and also the rmmod=8169 insmod=8168 in syslinux.cfg which worked before, but now it just doesn't WOL. I also tried rmmod=r8169,r8169_new insmod=r8168 The command "ethtool -i eth0" even shows, that it uses r8168 instead of r8169, but no luck. Also tried mac1:MYMACADDRESS and mac1=MYMACADDRESS (using my real MAC, of course, not separated by ":") Anyone got a solution? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vieira.pedro Posted July 22, 2015 Share #411 Posted July 22, 2015 I'm using nanoboot 5.0.3.2 with DSM 5.0-4493 Update 7 on Hyper-V 2012R2 and everything is working wonderful! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Does Hyper-V support something equivalent to the ESXi Raw Disk Mapping function? Are you able to pass through SMART data through the hypervisor to the DSM OS? SMART is not working for pass through disks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Hi Schnapps I have been following you, since i would like to build a "cheap lab" exactly like you , but i have 2 doubts which maybe you already have come across. 1 - If SMART is not passed you do not get warnings about a degraded disk, right ? do you have a workaround this? maybe a trigger warning from the host could solve this 2 - If the SSD where the host/VM's are fails, how do you recover VM with XPenology and the SHDR1 inside? new installation would be sufficient? would it make sense to have a RAID for the SSD from the Windows server 2012 called Storage Spaces? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
panika Posted August 2, 2015 Share #412 Posted August 2, 2015 WOL is working Did you change the MAC of the LAN-adapter ? If so what app did you use for? I'm not able to change the MAC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OleS Posted August 3, 2015 Share #413 Posted August 3, 2015 - ssh into your xpeno-box an edit syslinux.cfg on your boot stick (xpenology), ususally in /volumeUSB1/usbshare - append mac1=aa:bb:cc:dd:ee:ff (replace aa:bb... with your actual mac) to all lines starting with 'APPEND' - reboot - start up dsm assistant, right click your xpeno-box an choose wol - no need to flash the nic (at least for me) Cheers, Ole Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here2rock Posted August 10, 2015 Share #414 Posted August 10, 2015 Trying building my own or get the HP N54L Micro Server, what are the Pros and Cons? Which one is more stable and faster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unmesh Posted August 11, 2015 Share #415 Posted August 11, 2015 Trying building my own or get the HP N54L Micro Server, what are the Pros and Cons? Which one is more stable and faster? N54L is fast enough and it will be hard for you to assemble a compact NAS case like it on your own with parts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here2rock Posted August 11, 2015 Share #416 Posted August 11, 2015 Trying building my own or get the HP N54L Micro Server, what are the Pros and Cons? Which one is more stable and faster? N54L is fast enough and it will be hard for you to assemble a compact NAS case like it on your own with parts. It is not hard but not sure if it makes sense to build one economically. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unmesh Posted August 11, 2015 Share #417 Posted August 11, 2015 Trying building my own or get the HP N54L Micro Server, what are the Pros and Cons? Which one is more stable and faster? N54L is fast enough and it will be hard for you to assemble a compact NAS case like it on your own with parts. It is not hard but not sure if it makes sense to build one economically. Fair enough since "hard" could be interpreted as meaning "difficulty of effort". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here2rock Posted August 13, 2015 Share #418 Posted August 13, 2015 What are the options if you want to use more than 4 drives with this MB? Is there a recommended add on SATA card for this MB? Can you run raid 5 with MB? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djelusion Posted August 14, 2015 Share #419 Posted August 14, 2015 Trying building my own or get the HP N54L Micro Server, what are the Pros and Cons? Which one is more stable and faster? as mentioned unless nobody mentioned it before. Its always cheaper to build something yourself Unless the parts you are putting cost so much it makes you question the validity of the project. there are a few people here who have certain network cards / raid cards that cost several thousand bucks. Seriously if im going that route id plunk down and buy an emc vnx storage cluster and tell synology to suck my digital dick. Ok to get back on topic with the right amount of expectations you can buy a motherboard with decent specs for about $50-$150 it would kick the crap out of these n54l garbage boxes. Buy a fractal node case and a nice gigabyte mATX board and a nice low powered i3 and bam all under 500 - 400 you can have a blazing fast system. Ive got one setup and man is it quiet sips little power if any and its got 6 sata connections. Its A LOT faster than the N54L 16GB ram paired with an i3 or i5 or i7 would be a serious machine. in fact my mediasmart server is faster than a microserver. older technology and limited to 4gb ram but is got a faster cpu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Here2rock Posted August 15, 2015 Share #420 Posted August 15, 2015 I know what you mean. mATX board and a Fractal Node case have crossed my mind, the only issue I have with them is that they are a bit too big and more power hungry. If I had the server placed in the garage then it probably would not have mattered so much but it would be sitting along side my desktop unless you pair it with Node 804 or like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unmesh Posted August 18, 2015 Share #421 Posted August 18, 2015 Today I installed Hyper-V using Windows 10 and then installed a lightweight Linux distro called Elementary OS as a VM. It is possible that I did something incorrectly but it was way slower than on my N54L with ESXI6 whose CPU is supposedly slower than the J1900. Waiting for my PCI-E extender cable to arrive to install ESXI6 with a VGA card and see what that performance is like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted August 18, 2015 Share #422 Posted August 18, 2015 The J1900 is quad core @ 2GHz but it's not that fast. You can use it with Hyper-V for a home lab as I do but don't expect miracles. It has a TDP of 10W Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasteleman Posted August 18, 2015 Share #423 Posted August 18, 2015 And there are a few people that claim they got esxi running on it. Unfortunately no luck on this side. Tried many options, still no go for esxi! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schnapps Posted August 19, 2015 Share #424 Posted August 19, 2015 Well, you have 2 choices: 1. Take the "hypervisor HDD, mount it in another PC and start the ESX installation there. When done, just move the HDD back to the Q1900 PC. 2. Attach a standalone GPU to the Q1900 MB and perform the installation directly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kasteleman Posted August 19, 2015 Share #425 Posted August 19, 2015 Option 2 did not work for me. Unfortunately don't have a pc to try option 1. Well that is, no pc that is esxi compatable..... Anybody with a working image wanting to share? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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