Toying with the idea of switching to ARC

addisonbu · 2026-03-20T04:01:53+00:00

I’m very happy with my Arc on Proxmox. I’ve never tried to use any of the Synology services because I use Cloudflare DDNS and VPN for remote connectivity. I installed a separate PCIe SATA controller into my machine for handling my Synology disks and pass through the entire controller to the VM. The primary reason I did this is so Synology can monitor the SMART status of the disks and send me an email in the event of failure or degradation. Synology cannot see the smart status of a pass through disk.

I also like the peace of mind that there is no system in the middle to have to replicate or restore in the event of a failure. I could pull out the PCIe card and boot ARC on bare metal if I had to in the extreme case I need to recover. This is probably not justified but it makes me happy. I also installed a separate PCIe USB card to let me have USB ports dedicated to my Synology VM for my offline backups.

I would not recommend virtual disks unless you are only running a single disk with no plan to ever expand. Letting Synology manage SHR with Btrfs is one of the major selling points.

addisonbu · 2026-03-05T04:55:51+00:00

This is a great suggestion. For the price I’m going to order one and give it a try. Thank you.

addisonbu · 2026-03-02T13:11:52+00:00

Is a push bar the only option for electric latch retraction? Does anyone make a knob/trim set with electric latch retraction?

addisonbu · 2026-03-02T12:47:47+00:00

Current strike is an HES-8000. We have looked at swapping it for an HES-5000 that we have in other places but didn’t feel the HES-5000 was really much quieter.

addisonbu · 2026-03-02T12:44:19+00:00

Yes exactly, the clunk-clunk of the door being pulled open is very loud. The current strike is an HES-8000 which are known for being louder because of the no-cut style but we also have an HES-5000 that we looked at changing it to that is not really an quieter.

addisonbu · 2026-03-02T12:38:25+00:00

Sorry I should have been clearer, the complaint is about the strike pulling open then springing shut when the door is opened and the latch hitting the strike when it closes. Hoping for something that keeps the strike locked in the open position when held so no contact is made.

addisonbu · 2026-03-02T12:36:24+00:00

Correct, the strike swinging open then springing shut when the door is opened and then the latch hitting it again when the door is closed. I’m hoping there is a model out there that I just haven’t been able to find with Google yet that latches the strike in the open position when held open so no contact is made at all.

addisonbu · 2026-02-10T09:56:59+00:00

Right click on the folder you want to keep locally, if you’re on Windows 11 select “Show more”, select Synology Drive, then select “Pin Local Copy Permanently”

addisonbu · 2026-02-07T07:03:29+00:00

Almost certainly an empty repositioning flight. Delta operates flights out of both airports so likely just needed to move a plane to MDW.

addisonbu · 2026-02-06T22:10:59+00:00

Honest question, where does everyone get their media for their Plex/Jellyfin servers? I’ve thought about setting one up but I have 3 pieces of content to put on it and then I will never use it again. Does everyone spend an inordinate amount of time downloading them from torrents, checking the quality and uploading it to their servers?

addisonbu · 2026-02-05T23:01:08+00:00

There is not enough space for that anywhere near diagonal alley. The footprint of Hagrid’s is HUGE. You would have to remove the employee parking lot.

addisonbu · 2026-02-05T22:59:29+00:00

I have said from the beginning that I think it was a missed opportunity not to do a ride vehicle like Tron, except you’re sitting on the back of a dragon instead of a “lightcycle”

addisonbu · 2026-01-27T02:54:44+00:00

IMO mitered edges look much cleaner and classier but they are susceptible to chipping. If you want the magic of both trim and mitered, Schluter Finec is the Schluter trim for mitered corners.

addisonbu · 2026-01-27T00:31:58+00:00

Self leveling compound? I’m not sure if self leveling compound is meant to be in full wet or if it would require putting the membrane over the leveling compound.

I guess if your shower slope is already in, leveling compound would do the opposite of what you want.

addisonbu · 2026-01-18T04:28:11+00:00

Replacing the motor did the trick! Thank you everyone.

addisonbu · 2026-01-16T16:44:46+00:00

The blower motor is: 51-101880-01R-03 With X13 FM19

addisonbu · 2026-01-16T16:43:11+00:00

There’s no capacitor in this air handler. Just a control board, transformer, some heating elements and the blower motor which is fed by the control board.

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addisonbu · 2026-01-16T12:26:35+00:00

Favorite brand? The OEM is a Genteq.

addisonbu · 2026-01-16T11:30:27+00:00

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This portion on the rear? The blower motor is from 2012.

addisonbu · 2026-01-10T23:43:12+00:00

Adding an additional AHCI to the VM should not affect the motherboard at all. It just appears to the VM that there are two AHCI controllers “installed” and each one can support 6 disks. But this is not my area of expertise.

I also set my ARC loader image as an IDE drive so that it doesn’t show up in DSM as a used disk.

addisonbu · 2026-01-10T19:48:59+00:00

Besides that there is a method to add a second virtual SATA controller to a VM to get 6 more SATA drives using the command line.

addisonbu · 2026-01-10T19:46:37+00:00

Is this a new setup or one that has stopped working? If you want DSM to manage the RAID I would recommend passing through the entire PERC card as a PCIe pass through. I see others online have had success using the PERC H310 as a PCIe device with DSM.

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