@@corrpendragon the difficult part is when you are so scaled (# of drives) that you can't easily migrate data. I got 48 spinnin rust on a virtualized TrueNAS Core VM, but I just got a synology system to keep backups of all infrastructure stuff (VMs running on VMWare ESXI, 3x Raspberry Pis, and 3 PCs)
Thank you for this video. I'm spec'ing this out unit right now for a non-profit and was worried that the upgrades are what broke it. Whew... Didn't know about the PCIe card so thank you.
Dude, Optane durability is so high (at least 4 to 8 times higher compared to any Samsung SSD), and since you're using it only for caching, you could use just 1 optane and one Samsung for storage.
I splurged for an E10G21-F2 dual-SFP+ card for my DS1821+ because I wanted a redundant connection, and also upgraded memory to 32 GB. I dodn't bother with SSD cache for now because device uses any free RAM as a cache, and I've got plenty of it free (just running a couple of docker containers, as well as Synology Drive for backing up my PCs). I heard that this CPU actually supports up to 64 GB of RAM, but I just couldn't be bothered to try, even though I do have a pair of 32 GB ECC DDR4 memory modules (they are currently installed in my mini-pc, which is set up as an xcp-ng server).
I have the Synology MD2D20 NVME card which for my RS3618xs, and it gives me the option of storing my btrfs metadata in the cache. The only problem with this is that this metadata (at least in my NAS) takes about 300Gb. So going for the smaller and better quality NVME drive may be good, but I think this stopped you from taking advantage of having fast btrfs metadata stored in the cache. I am not 100% sure that this can be done with E10M20-T1 card, but I am getting this card for a smaller NAS in a different office and I am hoping this will work exactly the same. Since the NVME cards you used were only 60Gb I assume the option was not displayed because it would not fit.
Yeah you def can but mine were only 60GB so I avoided the metadata cache. It was displayed but I rambled a bit too much went talking about it so just cut it lol
I have a DS920+ with 8 Gb RAM and 2 Samsung 980 1 Tb SSD for caching and my DSM states i use over 300 Mb cache and I am the only user on my NAS. I disagree that anything smaller than 512 Gb is not really utilizing the cache system Synology designed.
I was wondering if I really need to use Synology network card or maybe I can go with any 10G card for SFP+? Do you or anyone else have some experience? Thanks a mill
Many thanks for your all amazing Videos... I have NAS Storage, RAID 5 configured with 1 volume, Right now data is 43% only but issue is after 10 or 15 days storage will be reaching to 100%, then it will be auto refresh to 43%, My concern is... Between the process getting WARNING ERROR. Please suggest me how fix it. Don't want to reach 100% Unnecessary
Nice video.. I''m getting a used Synology NAS and thinking about doing some docker containers for my Unifi controller.. Anyway. It looks like that second top RAM stick wasn't seated all the way as that loud clank sound I think was the clip getting forced over the board that wasn't cut in? The pins looked like they were too far out
Great video! Thanks for sharing and for making me laugh while breaking stuff..I think I'll buy that NAS + the expansion card you mentioned! 🎉 Just curious to know more about those two SSDs: is it possible to configure one of them as dedicated VM hard drive ?
Im rocking a DS-920+, added the ram upgrade, and been eying the 422 for a while..but lack of memory upgrade says i need the higher end model..... you just answered my question on ram and nic upgrade. guess ill be adding a rack mounted NAS here soon! ill be more careful not to snap off the clip lol. thanks for the great vids.
OMG, that's the exact same card I used for my 8 bay Syno 1221+. I've been waiting for support from Unifi because the 10gb connection between the Enterprise XG 24 and this card keeps dropping connection!!! Do you by chance have yours connected to this switch? It works fine if I use a SFP+, but then that defeats the whole point of buying the 10gb ethernet switch!
Seeing that RAM clip break brought back memories of a cheap laptop I bought secondhand on the cheap. Opened up the RAM compartment and the RAM sprung up. All the clips were busted and missing, instant e-waste! ☹
@@RaidOwl it’s nice when you break your own stuff because then you can do jank fixes. I was hoping to resell the laptop, and went as far as trying thermal pads.
@@RaidOwl Makes sense! Makes it easier for people without a full rack setup as well. Thanks for the reply! Great stuff on the channel btw, keep up the great work :)
