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[waffles]

TPM sd suppressor.

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Beyond jealous

[bradbn4]

I have been using a vm (virtual machine) running samba to play with having a network attached drive. It worked, but I rather not keep a 'real' computer running just to play some music, etc.

So I bought one of these on Amazon Prime days....ordered the NAS+memory+SSD drive and had the NAS disappear at the local Colorado Springs Amazon shipping area.



I did get about 80 dollars off, stuffed in a SSD for speed...thinking I will put a secondary ssd (m.2 style) to allow faster write times.
I only installed one 8T drive, with only one drive bay used. Installed some plex server software so it can be a media server.
Upgraded the memory (RAM) from 4 gig to 8 gig.

The NAS supports 2 M.2 ssd drives for read and and write cache. The max write up on the NAS indicates that it can store 40T for total storage using 10T drives. They do have 14T drives out there but not sure if the system has been upgraded to work with that size drives.

The cache will be 2 500Gig m.2 ssd drives when I have the budget for the upgrade.

I just wish the NAS and my network supported something faster than 1G network. Right now loading files I show I am using 100% bandwidth between my computer and the NAS.

Configuration is using JBOD.

[Gman]

I run a DS918+ at home. Have a 2 x 256 GB Samsung M.2 read/write cache + 4 x 4 GB HDD using btrfs. Also upgraded the RAM. These things are pretty slick.

You can create a 'bonded' LAN connection using both 1GB NICs to increase your throughput.

I have an older 5-bay model that I loaded with the Virtual Machine Manager last week to use as a lab.

Have fun with your new NAS!

[bradbn4]

I run a DS918+ at home. Have a 2 x 256 GB Samsung M.2 read/write cache + 4 x 4 GB HDD using btrfs. Also upgraded the RAM. These things are pretty slick.

You can create a 'bonded' LAN connection using both 1GB NICs to increase your throughput.

I have an older 5-bay model that I loaded with the Virtual Machine Manager last week to use as a lab.

Have fun with your new NAS!

Cool tech....I do run a few VM's (virtual machines) on my computer mostly for fun. Doing the base load of files is sure slow over the network...esp if you miss the pop up question asking for a response. Maybe I will try the external usb drive method to see if copies would be faster.

Found the USB copy package for the hardware....this should help out a bit...if my external hard drives are recognized.

While waiting for the current copy to finish I will play with my new home drone...
Dang it is a bit smaller than I thought....

[Ridge]

Mags mags mags

[Bailey Guns]

Not really a purchase...product review freebie. Installed it yesterday.

[Irving]

Well, our dishwasher sucks, so let us know how it does.

[Jer]

Not really a purchase...product review freebie. Installed it yesterday.

We just upgraded to a Bosch dishwasher but had to pay for ours. While it was a killer deal it wasn't free. How in the hell did you get a free dishwasher?

[Spdu4ia]

[Bailey Guns]

How in the hell did you get a free dishwasher?

A program where I get free products in exchange for unbiased reviews. Pretty good gig. Only used it once. Works great...as you'd expect from a $1300 dishwasher. But the stainless finish attracts fingerprints and smudges from pup noses like a light attracts bugs.