Cyber50 Posted October 28, 2022 Share #1 Posted October 28, 2022 I actually bought a DS1512+ while I was taking the N40L offline, originally, I planned to get that at 2.5GBe but it doesn't work. The N40L does though: N40L Jun's loader for DS3617xs (6.2-23739) DSM 6.2-23739 from Synology Website R8152 2.15.0 Broadwell Drivers Silverstone ECU03 USB Card - sadly PCI-E Gen2.0 x2, I need a x1 so then I can try some faster RAID cards too Sabrent USB 2.5GBe ethernet adapter With a single 250GB SSD installed, I can read from the N40L at average 282MBytes/s, at this moment in time (just got it running) the write speed averages to 65MBytes/s. So I am losing 1/3 in write speed for 2.5x the read speed. More testing to come Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber50 Posted October 28, 2022 Author Share #2 Posted October 28, 2022 So took a chance and migrated from DSM5.2 to the 6.2 (above). That went just fine. The system has 6x 4TB drives: writing to N40L averaged 175 MBytes/s and reading 253 MBytes/s - single 60GB ISO file (see images) For a $50 (AUD) adapter that's a nice upgrade Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber50 Posted October 29, 2022 Author Share #3 Posted October 29, 2022 (edited) So long term stability might be an issue, needs investigating (1GBe vs 2.5GBe over several hours). I have ordered a PCI-E 2.5GBe (RTL8125B) card, see how that goes. If all good I could then try the Adaptec 6805t, P410 and/or LSI 9260. Perhaps the write speed will increase. Ideal outcome is stability with 2.5GBe and USB3 support, if that comes off I'll sell the DS1512+ Edited October 29, 2022 by Cyber50 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber50 Posted November 22, 2022 Author Share #4 Posted November 22, 2022 So the system was up and remained stable for over 20 days, this was with only the 1GBe LAN plugged in - the 2.5GBe still showed as available though. I created the auto task as per instructions online to get the USB 2.5GBe working after boot, worked fine when I ran script after booting and on 1GBe. It did NOT work when booting with only 2.5GBe connected to LAN. As I am running a PCI USB3 card, I thought maybe the script ran too early - trying to enable the 2.5GBe before the UBS3 card is even loaded. As such, I set a delay in the script, now works. sleep 1m ifconfig eth3 up synonet –dhcp eth3 Please note I am eth3 as I also have a dual 1GBe adapter installed, not being used. It was still working after 24h, only went down as power company works meant I had no power all day today. So I am thinking, when I booted with 1GBe on the LAN, then enabled the 2.5GBe and unplugged the 1GBe cable - the 2.5GBe then fails after some time. Is it trying to default back to the LAN it started on? So now that I have the 2.5GBe from startup all is good. I will see how it goes over the next few days. The Edimax PCI 2.5GBe has arrived, the chip says RTL8125AG -so fingers crossed it works. Unfortunately I just sold my spare Microserver and I am hesitant to make changes (for testing) if this USB 2.5GBe stays working Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyber50 Posted November 27, 2022 Author Share #5 Posted November 27, 2022 Please see here for my latest results: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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