Jimbo911 Posted April 25, 2020 Share #1 Posted April 25, 2020 (edited) Hello I currently have a DS 716+ and had 1815+ which I sold. I am keeping my DS716+ for documents sharing only now. I have build a box with the following, equivalent specs of DS3617Xs. Xeon W2123 Asus Mobo workstation motherboard. 2 X 10 TB and will expand to 40TB. 16GB EEC Ram. The unit is powering up. I am really new to xpenology. Essentially this box is to stream mostly media 4k etc. I am not sure if I should go with xpenology or freenas. Do you I need download DSM for DS316Xs and where can I download it? I am learning from My YouTube how I should proceed but I can't work out the download link, Thanks in advance Jimb0 Edited April 25, 2020 by Jimbo911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flyride Posted April 25, 2020 Share #2 Posted April 25, 2020 Consider the FAQ and Tutorials here instead of YouTube. https://xpenology.com/forum/forum/83-faq-start-here/ https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/7973-tutorial-installmigrate-dsm-52-to-61x-juns-loader/ Installing 6.2 is the same as installing 6.1. Download version 6.2.3 for 918+ or DS3615xs or DS3617xs PAT file from Synology per the installation tutorial. You need loader 1.03b for DS3615xs/DS3617xs, or 1.04b for DS918+. Use DS918+ if you want NVMe cache capability, or DS3615xs if you want RAIDF1 capability. The only reason to use DS3617xs is that has support for more threads, but you have a 4-core CPU and so 3615 and 3617 are equivalent. https://xpenology.com/forum/topic/13333-tutorialreference-6x-loaders-and-platforms/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo911 Posted April 25, 2020 Author Share #3 Posted April 25, 2020 Hope it' not too dauting for me. I have been using synology for about 5-6 years now, so I am thinking of sticking with the GUI. The purpose of the NAS is specifically for media streaming only (not external access), so still in between minds , xpendology or Freenas. Thank you very much. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbv3000 Posted April 25, 2020 Share #4 Posted April 25, 2020 I run real synology and xpe boxes and 'like' the gui too, but you have to be prepared to put some effort into getting an xpe nas working. if you like a 'simpler' gui, have you looked at openmediavault? Thats my 'next best' nas to dsm, I found freenas setup overly complicated you could try plex, jellyfin or ready-dlna plug ins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo911 Posted April 26, 2020 Author Share #5 Posted April 26, 2020 (edited) SHR is the biggest determining factor for me. I did install freenas yesterday for testing but way too complicated for me, not a big fan of RAID. It was easy for the install. Before synology, I was using BeyondRaid Drobo since 2008, I believe. I am a bit confuse about the bootloader. Can I install the bootloader on a SDD, purely for the DSM OS? As pendrive do fail. Or the pendrive always needs to be affixed to the NAS? This is a little project, XPE is a more difficult hack for newbies like me, serious effort is required. I have downloaded this pat DSM_RS3617xs_24922.pat I do not know what this one means DSM_RS3617xs_24922.pat.md5 Thank you for the explanation. Edited April 26, 2020 by Jimbo911 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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