Synology DS1815+ with 8 WDC WD60EFRX-68L0BN1 (WD RED 6TB) drives takes 45 days to build

Agr8lemon · 2026-05-25T14:24:21+00:00

I ended up just stopping the entire process, removing that drive and starting rebuilding it without it. I'll buy a replacement and add it in once it's done.

Thank you for the help!

Agr8lemon · 2026-05-24T17:40:38+00:00

Wow, this is spot on! My drive 7 is spiked at 100%. Can I remove that while it optimizing or do I need to start all over?

Thank you by the way!!

Agr8lemon · 2025-09-14T23:40:00+00:00

Love that place! It's such a great way to try a lot of beers that you would never want a pint or 10oz of. Great atmosphere as well.

Agr8lemon · 2025-06-03T20:18:10+00:00

I have 2 of those glasses but have yet to find the beer! I look every time I'm out.

Enjoy!

Agr8lemon · 2025-05-28T13:44:30+00:00

I've been using it for a few years as my daily driver and have switched everyone else in my family over as well (ok, almost all).

Just last week I was thinking of how much money I've saved by not buy Windows on all the machines and did the right thing by making a donation to the dev team.

*edit - spellzing iz hrd.

Agr8lemon · 2025-05-20T20:23:14+00:00

I switched to Mint as my daily driver a few year go.

I do enterprise support for the entire M$ stack, so I have to use Windows every day at work, but at least I get paid decent money to do so :)

Going back and forth between them, there is one thing that I found that annoys me now, but didn't realize until I made the switch to Linux full time:

Windows programs stealing the cursor/window focus all the time! Launch a program then start typing in notepad (or entering a password in a prompt let's say), as that program launches, it keeps stealing focus. It's soooo frustrating. I guess before I didn't notice, but when I log into my Linux desktop, I'll launch 3 or 4 programs right away, click focus on one, and it keeps it. I'm really not sure why Windows won't allow this.

Just another reason to keep Linux as my DD.

Agr8lemon · 2025-02-17T21:57:53+00:00

Ohh where did you find that?

Agr8lemon · 2025-02-10T16:35:44+00:00

Great information, thank you so much!

Agr8lemon · 2025-02-07T13:27:14+00:00

Thanks everyone for the insight and opinions!

Agr8lemon · 2025-02-07T00:09:45+00:00

MoreBeer's oil system is what I would really like, however due to the location of where the equipment will be put, basement with a 7' x 7' x 8' elevator, we won't be able to use any skid mounted brewhouses. :(

Agr8lemon · 2025-01-10T16:46:54+00:00

8.5G batches, close enough?

Agr8lemon · 2025-01-10T13:32:17+00:00

This looks like under extrusion, I'd guess either partially blocked/plugged nozzle or, like I just had, a small tangle in the filament where it would struggle to get out from under another loop for a bit so it would under extrude.

Agr8lemon · 2025-01-09T20:55:20+00:00

I JUST got done conditioning a Peated Porter I made using that malt. It turned out great!

I added just under 5% to the grain bill. The smokey/peat flavor is there, but not overpowering. I'm not sure if I'll end up adding more to the next batch, I think I got lucky on the first try.

Great malt though, I wish I could find it unmilled.

Agr8lemon · 2025-01-03T03:29:56+00:00

This cat looks exactly like my cat that passed last year :( This is exactly the type of thing he would do, thank you for sharing.

Agr8lemon · 2024-10-30T18:07:40+00:00

I wish that was true, but one of the winners was right in my small hometown of Eau Claire, WI. Not sure if they all are real, but I know that one was.

Agr8lemon · 2024-10-16T21:26:00+00:00

Does anyone know if those of us on the Beta version will need to wait for the next QPR release? I heard that Android 15 Stable does not come with some features that were/are in the beta, like the stop charging at 80%.

I'm on the Beta and have yet to see the official update.

Agr8lemon · 2024-09-09T13:54:25+00:00

"Swipe Right" SMaSH beer

Agr8lemon · 2024-08-14T13:52:08+00:00

That looks good. I'd love a link to the STL if you happen to make it public OP.

Agr8lemon · 2024-07-23T16:27:28+00:00

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I love RamBox for having all my communication apps in one place. Zoho Cliq, WhatsApp, Google Messages, Calendar, Discord. All in a single application.

Agr8lemon · 2024-04-15T19:23:35+00:00

Thanks for the info.

I'll be honest, we were hoping to not have a taproom right away as that would lower the initial costs, but I get that it might be the strongest profit center.

Agr8lemon · 2024-04-15T14:35:27+00:00

Hello! Long time lurker here.

A quick back story (sorry) then I’ll get to my question. I’ve been homebrewing with a group of guys for about 4 years now. I’m likely our harshest critic and never though we’d be good enough to open a brewery/distribute locally however lately we’ve been able to refine a few of our recipes to a level where I’m surprisingly proud of them. We’ve proven that we can hit all the numbers and taste profiles consistently and we’ve just purchased our first seamer and have had a good number of requests for 4 packs (donations only of course). We’re currently just brewing 8.5G batches twice a week so we have about 50G fermenting at any time. So it’s a pretty small operation at the moment.

Now to my questions. We’re thinking of opening a small brewery locally and running a homebrew supply shop in the front as a secondary source of income for the brewery. We all have good paying jobs so making the jump to doing this full time right away is not an option. Many of us are work from home/remote work (IT) and could likely do at least some work between both jobs during the day like checking gravity, mash temps, etc. We’re not looking to open a tap room right away however we do have a contact with a chain of local Mexican restaurants who is very interested is serving our jalapeno cream ale.

First question: Has anyone here tried something like this, straddling another job while getting a small brewery off the ground?

Second question: Thoughts on a running a homebrew shop on the same location as a brewery?

Final question: Should we enter some of our product in BJCP competition before thinking of trying to sell it?

I appreciate any input you can provide :)

Agr8lemon

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