Polanskiman Posted October 17, 2017 #1 Posted October 17, 2017 Do what the title says and introduce yourself here. Just don't leave any personal information such as emails. Please don't ask technical questions or ask for support here. Instead use the appropriate section of the forum Quote
fedonofrio Posted October 26, 2017 #2 Posted October 26, 2017 Hi everyone. I'm an IT consultant in Buenos Aires, Argentina. I am wanting to install XPenology on a fileserver with 4 TB disks, so as to provide my client with more space for their files. They now have a Synology DS416slim, and probably will buy another NAS next year (this time, a big one). But for now, I want to give them more space, and don't want to use FreeNAS or other solutions. I am new here, and will try and get the needed information for preparing the pen drive with XPenology. Thanks for your help! Quote
fero_rf Posted October 27, 2017 #3 Posted October 27, 2017 Hello guys! My name is Ferid. I'm an IT specialist, specializing in fiscal devices in Bulgaria, im NAS newbie at all. I have HP MS Gen8, ive tried several free NAS OS's but xpenology's "Synology" is very good, and user friendly, i'm fascinated! I'm using my "Xpenology" with two volumes (2x1TB and 2x2TB, RAID1), one for media server, other one for media backup and synchronizing mobile devices (photos, videos). I want to thank all of the devs here, people keep up the good work! Quote
zulu7 Posted November 24, 2017 #4 Posted November 24, 2017 (edited) Hi guys, My name is Dan, i was in IT since 2001 during college until 2011 when i jumped ship into creative industry. now i shoot videos/photos, designs, make simple web for clients in my country (i own a humble, little company here). i'm in desperate need of a NAS solution for all the datas from the DSLR & broadcast camera. every week for sure we have at least 70GB of new data, 95% of it is videos. some weeks we'll have at least 120GB new data. my backup was to manually copy all the files into an external drive using a USB 3.0 or USB 2.0 plug. (crazy, ikr?!) i've experience data loss from HDD crash, and would like to avoid it at all cost, that's why i decided to use NAS. and believe it or not, right that day i decided to use NAS, i've got an invitation from Synology in my country to attend their product update. they introduce the DSM 6.2 and the new 18 series (DS218+, DS718+ and DS918+) as well as their High Availability features. i thought to myself this DSM bundle is so good, easy to use and complete that i had to compare their product to competitors. so i lurk in the web and found other NAS product, and just found out that FreeNAS is actually just an OS that runs the NAS, unlike QNAP, BUFFALO, etc. and i think to myself, heck, if there is a FreeNAS OS, can i install the DSM 6.2 in other hardware? that's when i found this XPEnology. so i'm a complete noob here. Edited November 24, 2017 by zulu7 Quote
cydlinn Posted December 11, 2017 #5 Posted December 11, 2017 Hi Everyone, My name is Cyd, I'm working here in Singapore now as SysAdmin. I have 5 Synology box right now and scattered in different places. I am planning to deploy Xpenology for testing and secondary central backup. Quote
dholdi Posted December 11, 2017 #6 Posted December 11, 2017 Hello, A little late this post but better that than never. My names Dave, from the UK and am a keen PC diyer, now looking to expand my home network. Quote
compuman Posted December 16, 2017 #7 Posted December 16, 2017 Hi, I'm new with xpenology... I hope this forum can help me in my modding Quote
BroadbandElf Posted December 18, 2017 #8 Posted December 18, 2017 Hi, I am a student at the University of Cincinnati and am looking to install DSM on one of my home rigs Quote
Salir Posted December 21, 2017 #9 Posted December 21, 2017 Hi, I posted already multiple times, hence I figured it is about time to introduce myself I am a Computer Science student in Germany and apparently a tech and networking interested person. After using a Synology Diskstation for a couple of months now, I wanted to expand my homelab with a more capable machine as an actual server. Therefore, I was looking into server hardware for a couple of weeks and asked colleagues of mine for their opinion, which let my to buy a HPE Microserver Gen8 and some WD NAS drives (see my signature). Since I had good experience with Synology's DSM on my Diskstation and some successful tests in virtual machines, I wanted to install Xpenology on the new server. Then the issues started to arise, so here I am. Quote
kychn Posted December 21, 2017 #10 Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) Hi, I am a middle school student in northeastern China. Last year I've built up a NAS with J3455ITX from Asrock to provide some home server functions, like download torrents from private trackers (for my home theater)backup family album, using openmediavault. Have 2tb WD Green x1, 4tb HGST x1 in total. Recently, I have obtained a OneDrive account with 1TB capacity. After some research , I decided to immigrate to DSM for the Cloud Sync ,PhotoStation and other features. Edited December 21, 2017 by kychn correct spelling mistakes Quote
Joseps Posted January 6, 2018 #12 Posted January 6, 2018 Hi lads, Joseps here, running a DS3617xs DSM 6.1.4- 15217 Update 5, Jun´s 1.02b loader, on an 8 disks baremetal setup (Asus E2KM1i deluxe + Syba Marvell 88SE9215 ). I´ve just created the account to report my outcome in the last critical update. Great forum for a great software. Cheers! Quote
digitalscreen Posted January 6, 2018 #13 Posted January 6, 2018 Salut et bonne année 2018 , heureux de pouvoir m'enregistrer !! comment j'ai galeré pour trouver la reponse a la question lol enfin me voila parmi vous ! je suis donc français , du sud de la france. passionné d informatique de serveur et autre lol Merci de m'accueillir ici ! 2 Quote
Jeandossantos Posted January 9, 2018 #14 Posted January 9, 2018 Hello everyone, I was recently introduced to this community by another member, pastrychef. I was initially looking for a solution to keep my files safely stored in one area, regardless if I was traveling or home. I then learned that NAS could be used for this as well as a media server among many other things. I'm now just starting to do my homework on NAS and how to build one as I'm entirely new to this type of system. I recently built a hackintosh thanks to pastrychef's help and NAS will be my next project. Quote
isis Posted January 14, 2018 #15 Posted January 14, 2018 (edited) Hi from France, I own a DS211+ and I'm playing with an HP ML350-G6. The XPE 32 bit version is OK and I have to try the 64 bit one. Thanks & Happy New Year ! Edited January 14, 2018 by isis 1 Quote
erikbvo Posted January 20, 2018 #16 Posted January 20, 2018 (edited) Hi I am Erik, working in IT for many years (in management) and love to play with technology (mainly at home). I am since 2015 a big Synology supporter and use a DS415, DS216play and a DS115 for business and private use. After starting using these NAS devices i could get rid of many "hard disks of the past". And next to that I recently installed Xpenology on an quite old (2010)- but still working very well - Dell Laptop E6400 (4Gb, Intel I3) with 2 x 1Tb disks inside, installation went easy and the result is perfect! I use Xpenology mainly for test purposes so i can free up my DS115 for other use.. Edited January 20, 2018 by erikbvo Quote
wedtaur Posted January 29, 2018 #17 Posted January 29, 2018 Hi, I'm a HP Gen8 owner and I'm thrilled to try Xpenology! Quote
Alan Sh Posted February 12, 2018 #18 Posted February 12, 2018 Hi - I'm Alan from the UK. I've been using real synology boxes since 2012 and have just found this forum I wasn't even aware we could build our own. Sounds like fun - but where do I start? Alan Quote
Polanskiman Posted February 13, 2018 Author #19 Posted February 13, 2018 5 hours ago, Alan Sh said: Hi - I'm Alan from the UK. I've been using real synology boxes since 2012 and have just found this forum I wasn't even aware we could build our own. Sounds like fun - but where do I start? Alan Welcome. Start by reading the FAQs. This should give you a pretty good idea of how all is done. Quote
Polanskiman Posted February 16, 2018 Author #20 Posted February 16, 2018 @kychn and @rehtori This is not a discussion thread. It is merely aimed for introductions. I have moved your posts to the Hardware Modding section for you to discuss the subject further. Thank you. Quote
kaktuss77 Posted February 16, 2018 #21 Posted February 16, 2018 Bonjour, Je m'appelle Nicolas, j'ai 27 ans, je suis passioné d'informatique. je suis de France, J'espère pourvoir apporter mon aide sur le forum. Je n'ai pas peur de tester de nouvelles choses. Cordialement, -------- Hello, My name is Nicolas, I am 27 years old, I am passionate about computer science. I am from France, I hope to provide my help on the forum. I am not afraid to test new things. Regards, Quote
nualexan Posted February 16, 2018 #22 Posted February 16, 2018 Hello! My name is Nuno and i'm from Portugal. I have 2 HP Gen8 (8GB). Only one in use with a VM environment. Hope i can get and share usefull information about this wonderfull OS. Quote
George Posted February 23, 2018 #23 Posted February 23, 2018 Hi all figured I should probably also post here as I've posted and chatted to some of the guys in other threads. George here, from alberton in South Africa. Using a NetGear ReadyNAS 102 at the moment, as a document/mp3 and Plex Media server. In the process (placed the last parts order this morning) to build a XPenology, onto which all my various external drives data will be copied, including all the data residing on the ReadyNAS at the moment. Hopefully be done some time next week. CPU: Intel i5 7400 MB: Gigabyte+GA-B250M-D3H RAM: 16GB RAM DDR4 SSD: 1 x 128GB M.2 SSD as a /volume1 for Package installs and as a Plex cache location. HDD: 6 x 4TB Seagate Ironwolf HDD's configured with SHR/BTRFS /volume2 PSU: corsair-rmx-cp-9020090-550w USB: 3216-adata-dashdrive-uv150-32gb-usb30-black (nice USB3 stick to go into a USB 3.0 port) Current case: 1871-cooler-master-n400-midi-tower-black-atx Going into a cheap M-ATX case for now, capable of handling the 6 x 3.5 inch drives, will be rebuild into a Fractal Design Node 804 case as soon as I can. G Quote
gogoagogo Posted February 26, 2018 #24 Posted February 26, 2018 Hi one and all, I have an older DS411J+ and this virtual one. Working my way through using this on my pc. Quote
Bucket Posted March 23, 2018 #25 Posted March 23, 2018 Hiya. I love the synology software, but hate the cost and low performance of their hardware, so here I am! I work in IT, so this is the perfect project that keeps my mind busy when there's downtime Quote
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