DSM 7 Feedbacks

[BigKjju]

Hi Guys!

 

I wanted to ask few questions about redpill loader.

 

1. it is worth it to run it on BareMetal?

 

2. is it reliable for basic tasks?

 

3. Whats yours experience with DSM7 on BareMetal?

 

Some background info:

 

i used Juns loader BareMetal DSM 6 for maybe year or so, with absolutely no problems really liked it, inspired me to someday buy real synology, chosing between some of the better ones when i save up some money, this NAS system is Awesome!

 

I tried DSM 7 RedPill on VMs, Oracle virtual box, ProxMox, was testing camera recordings from survailance station, multiple users downloading some files at once, Raid funcionality, just basic stuff, and it runs Awesome. Everything is working great BUT only tried the VMs. 

 

So in reality the question is should i migrate my old NAS DSM6 to DSM7?

 

on my DSM6 i use only basic functions:

-Synology Moments (backing up photos from Phone)

-General Backing up Files manualy

-Plex

-Camera Recording for my home door camera

2x 1TB Raid 1

3x 250gb HDD Raid5

1x old ssd for speedup but never noticed difference 

it is old PC i had around 12years picking dust, gave it second life.

 

BIG Thank you for your answers 

[Peter Suh]

 

It seems a bit ambiguous that BareMetal is talking about a better value than VM.
BareMetal / VM, the choice is yours.

Usually, the reason for choosing a VM is that if the PC is overspecified, the surplus resources can be used with various virtual OS at the same time.

 

I think I've been using the DSM7 BearMetal since last spring.
DSM 6 has been around longer than that, but
DSM 7's Redpill is equally stable.

 

While using Redpill TCRP with the server turned on for over a year longer than me
I also heard reviews from users who said they had no problems.

 

And since your case is already using BareMetal DSM6
Migration to BareMetal DSM7 seems easier.
 
The easiest way to build TCRP FRIEND, one of Redpill's representative loaders, is suggested below.

 

https://github.com/PeterSuh-Q3/tinycore-redpill/releases/tag/v0.9.3.0-1

 

Below is a guide to using the menu.
 
https://github.com/PeterSuh-Q3/tinycore-redpill/blob/main/README.md

 

[BigKjju]

Hey!
Thank you for recommending that awesome "Friend Loader", it worked, really quick and easy build. So now i begin some testing on BareMetal
Question: I have in that PC one NVME drive and DSM7 is not able to recognize it. Is there anyway (preferably easy) to make it work?