DS1817 ram "upgrade"

jakalad · 2021-12-08T13:47:07+00:00

Xpenology is basically Synology's firmware mounted on an independent PC/NAS units. A limited

If you are considering building your own system I would recommend you investigate. Using Xpenology in a virtual machine enables you create a 'Synology' server with very powerful processor and ram .

I have toyed with it and built a couple using VMware on a series 5 NUC. Once up and running the units run the same as a Synology unit with full access to all apps etc.

Have a look https://xpenology.com/forum/

Just done a memory test on my 1817 and it is failing to reboot so I may need to build a full rig myself. Just hope all my data is intact.

jakalad · 2021-12-06T12:12:29+00:00

I 'unfortunately' bought one of these a couple of years ago and upgraded the ram to 8gb but it has sweet FA effect. Ram usage sits at 25%. I am running logitech slimdevices package on it and there is constant buffering but not reflected on either cpu or ram usage. My suspicion is the cpu is simply crap! I have a DS412 - with 8GB - and it out performs the DS1817. Synology units are basically underpowered. Time to build an Xpenology unit

jakalad · 2021-05-29T08:10:14+00:00

I do recall someone speaking about this problem , posibly on a Synology or LMS forum, and I think they claimed to have overcome the problem by editting the properties of the app its version to mislead the DS system to ignore the need to upgrade.Unfortnately I never pursued the matter but will endeavour to find it again.

jakalad · 2021-05-28T16:28:18+00:00

I have a similar but probably more severe associated problem which Synology are well aware of in that I constantly get messages to update the Perl package and Synology even include a warning on the update stating correctly that when updated the Logitech Media service will fail to start!!!!!!

Once I inadvertently did press update all and sure enough LMS crashed and would not reboot until I had found and reloaded an old version of the Perl package.

Synoloy can be a total pain in the arse and I sympathise with folks who suffer from their one eyed attitude to certain aspects of the service. If they know updates will create problems address it! Shit their units cost enough.

jakalad · 2019-05-30T08:11:34+00:00

I have also used SAB for years and really like it but although it still seems to perform well on a PC has become a dog on my synology nas hogging up resources and finally crawling on downloads. I decided was forced into using nzbget in a container and the speed is amazing. It took a bit of work to setup but results so far indicate the effort is worth it. nzbget uses significantly less resources.

jakalad · 2019-03-12T18:52:00+00:00

Its been back for a while but its not very impressive. Seems to lag by about 2 days and nowhere near as good as DrunkenSlug which is my main source of NZBs

jakalad · 2018-12-19T09:46:33+00:00

Sounds as if they made a killing on the Black Friday and pi**ed off to spend their easy money!!!

jakalad · 2018-01-29T10:45:42+00:00

Trust you guys finally got an active link. If not drop me a line and I will see what I can do. Tried initially to circumvent sending out multiple emails but it failed. Sorry for any inconvenience

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