HP Microserver+XPEnology

blue_max said:
Hi Deuse,

I was in the same position as you and had the 5 beta and done the first update to 4418 Update 1.

Was there some reason why you chose not to just do the same again to go up to 4458?

Is there some advantage to move over to gnoboot? I am not too technical with no pc background, so it would not be a step to take lightly. But if a little pain here makes life easier further down the line, I'll jump too.

Your thinking would be much appreciated.
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I went the gnoboot way because I could install the update(4458) and then I could update
two packages one being video station. Now I can use the DS Video app on my phone to send films to my LG smart tv.

If I was you I would wait a bit to see if Trantor updates to 4458 ect. But don't forget you must always have a backup.
 
ro55o said:
Hopefully you guys can help me out a bit here. My transfer speeds to and from my N54L are terrible. When copying files across the speeds hover around the 1-2 mb/s, so definitely frustarting when I've got quite a few photos and video files that take up a lot of room and it takes days to transfer it all. The main problem is accessing photo's on the server through photoshop and they take forever to load.

Wondering what could be causing these issues? The server is connected directly to my router (sky hub) via cat6 cable. I'm still really new to all this and have read this thread and many others on the xpenology forums but can't seem to locate the exact problem. There are a few other issues, like accessing the server outwith my home, but I'd like to get the speed issue resolved as it's driving me mad.
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What version do you have installed? and is this a fresh install or a update?
 
philip2009 said:
So I'm new to this and am playing around with my Microserver and XPEnology, can anyone explain why I should select XPEnology over something like FreeNAS? Obviously I'm looking for data integrity and a hassle free experience - XPEnology does not seem to be hassle free and I'm not sure what the future holds for it.
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The best thing you can do is get a spare HD and install Freenas and the two different versions of XPEnology.

I've moved from Trantor to gnoBoot as it's easier to setup. I can use all the Android apps and
it does what I want it to do. Which is mainly streaming video to wan\lan and to my tv\phone\tablet via DS Video.
 
ro55o said:
I'll check when I get home, but I'm sure it's connecting at 1gb. I'll also check the cable, thanks.



I'm running XPEnology DS3612xs DSM 4.3 build 3810++ (repack v1.0). It was a fresh install, haven't updated it.

I know I'm still a complete beginner with this, but I'm getting there, just need this sorted out so the server is 'useable'.
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First make sure your N54L has a static ip addy. To do this go to control panel(micro server)
then Network and it may tell you you need a static IP and do you want to set tis up. Say yes.

After that go to "external access and click on the router option. It will look to see if it knows your router.
If it does it will ask if you want to set it up. Again say yes but don't forget to click on save before you leave.

Try that and come back. Just thought have you got any 10\100 on your network?
 
blue_max said:
I do appreciate your posting. Is this specific to the Gnoboot firmware as I did try with my trantor release and got the following error message when I ran the script and tried to update.

"Temporary directory access error during update."

I know you had success updating this way previously, so maybe there is a setting or something that needs to be done to make this work.

It's not much to go on, but if anyone can hazard a guess, it would be much appreciated. Thank you.
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Originally Posted by deuse View Post


Once 4.3 is installed it will tell you about some updates, click download DON'T click update
go to scheduled tasks and create a custom task and copy+paste this in to the box.

sed 's/flashupdateDeb/flashupdateDeb1/' /[email protected]> /[email protected]
mv /[email protected] /[email protected]

Then go back and click update

I would make sure you have a backup mate.
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After a search :D
 
alx said:
Not sure if this is right place, but if you've got XPEnology on a HP Microserver (54L) and you're just using it as a NAS/media pc how much RAM do you realistically need? Is the standard 2GB enough?
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Should be ok. As I always say install a spare HD and have a play to make sure it does what you want.
Also you can pick which version of XPEnology you want to use Trantors or gnoBoot

If you have a android\apple phone you can use the apps as well.
 
Bluecube said:
Why? I changed the password. Surely that's enough?
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Nope
http://www.synology.com/en-uk/support/tutorials/478

blue_max said:
Just done that myself (V5 gnoBoot) and worked great. Plus the update using the script as courtesy of deuse.

Only slight niggle is that I have a red number 1 on my control panels icon. It's as if something needs action, but I can't understand what.

It's great to be able to update remotely now as both servers are really awkward to access.
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I had this on V5.4 when I installed the new version I picked at the start something like "clean install but keep my files" and now it's gone.
You can re-install it again and all should be ok. But you will have to set everything up again :(
A pain I know but he it's free :)
 
markhaines said:
Hi all, I've recently flipped over from Trantor's dsm5 beta to Gnoboot's 10.4 alpha. I downloaded 10.5 last night as it adds HD HomeRun driver - but am unsure exact steps to upgrade - is it just a case of squirting the latest image onto thumbdrive and rebooting the MicroServer?

Also, successfully installed Update 2 using the usual SED script above :-). Anyone seen any changelog for it?! (I really should stop doing upgrades 'just because'!)
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It's the same install method.
 
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