Successfully installed DS3612xs 64bit 3211 but..

[gorillaa]

Hi,

I am new at XPEnology forum. I have had windows server as my nas but then i got a macbook pro and and mac pro, as you all know support for apple products on windows is very limited, so i decided to buy a synology nas.. i googled a bit and i came across your port project of synology dsm software, so i thought i give it a try its works really well but except for my skystar hd2 dvb-s2 pci card.

I tried tvheadend from the synology community repo but it doesn't detect the card and dvblogic refuses me to give a free trail period.

 

Can anyone help me please

 

and where do i get the firmware files if a new version comes out.

 

Thanks

[fonix232]

First of all, sort out your needs. What do you want to use the server for? From these, what are the features that do not work well on a Windows Server with OS X? Can you get those features via a third-party app to support Mac?

 

If you can get those features without Synology, I suggest you go for it. Main problem is, that you have specific hardware, that needs specific drivers. Most probably this is the reason why your DVB card is not detected, and adding a driver to the OS is not the easiest thing.

 

I for one would hate to say that you have to go back to Windows, as their server solutions mostly target corporations with a skilled IT team to work with the system. I had the chance to try Server 2012 Essentials, and while setting up my domain stuff (ActiveDirectory, RADIUS, e-mail server, and a simple web server with PHP and SQL) took about 10-15 minutes, or maybe half an hour the first time on Synology software, it took me almost two hours on Windows, not to mention the countless reboots because of updates, activated services, etc.

 

But if you really cannot live on Windows, and your card cannot be supported by the Synology kernel, there are a few more really good NAS-oriented Linux distros. One of them that I can suggest is OpenMediaVault. It is still in beta, regularly updated, has a lot of extra packages, plus Debian-based, meaning you can easily find apps and install them. Of course they won't have a web UI unless defined otherwise, and you cannot control them from the web interface, but it is a lot more open than Synology's solution.

[gorillaa]

I need a central file storage which has some usefull mobile apps, i searched for the third party apps for windows to support os x specific services but the solution i found was not useful. every function that i was looking for is integrated in dsm, so i would really like to use this software.

 

I installed everything did the hdd setup and tried every function and its working without any problems, except for the dvb-s card, maybe someone has the drivers for it..

 

if so please share it with us

[fonix232]

I need a central file storage which has some usefull mobile apps, i searched for the third party apps for windows to support os x specific services but the solution i found was not useful. every function that i was looking for is integrated in dsm, so i would really like to use this software.

 

I installed everything did the hdd setup and tried every function and its working without any problems, except for the dvb-s card, maybe someone has the drivers for it..

 

if so please share it with us

 

The DSM Mobile apps are everything but useful. Okay, maybe the Gallery and Music Player apps are okay, but the others lack functionality.

Also you are still not specific. What OS X specific services? Because I'm pretty sure OS X has support for most of the Win solutions, as most of the companies use Microsoft Server (including my school, and everything works for Mac users, even remote printing via a Microsoft Server).

[gorillaa]

I tried smb shares with a windows 2012 server to my macbook pro and the result is i can't copy on this share, nfs is not a option for me.

i need a afp share but windows is not able to handle this.

 

I am currently thinking of building a centos nas server lets see