Category: NAS
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Synology DiskStation DS218+
- https://www.synology.com/en-uk/products/DS218+
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Docker_(software) – virtualisation software, actually: “containerisation” – after the DS713+ my 2nd attempt to get Docker running on a Synology device
In order to give the software a little more air to breathe, I got a 4GB RAM module right away together with the “chassis” and the 2 3TB discs to go into the bays, so that all the software planned to run on that box will comfortably work and live there.
I wasn’t really running out of disc space on NAS-s and the DS713+ isn’t really that much worse, but then there are 5 years in between them, and the also DS218+ officially allows the extra RAM – so I am quite committed to dive into the world of Docker soon.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitLab – GitLab gets supplied as ready-made Docker container, i.e. available for the DS218+
Having your own web-based frontend to your git repos sounds quite intriguing. So getting “my own GitLab” up and running is quite a motivating start for my Docker involvement.
Update 2019-01-12: The resource monitor (of the NAS) makes me think, everything runs alright. And: GibLab does run on my NAS – amazing!
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Synology DiskStation DS713+ NAS – How to Upgrade the Memory, a Step by Step Guide on YouTube
Apparently officially there is no way and no recommendation, but here is how to:
The memory for the DS713+ is a 204 pin SODIMM DDR3 1066/1666mhz 2GB / 4GB / 8GB.
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unsuccessful installation of DSM 6.1.6-15266 on my Synololgy DiskStation DS713+
I do not succeed installing DSM 6.1.6-15266 on my DS713+:
Unknown error occurs (21).
This has happened repeatedly since Thursday/Friday midnight.
Update: rebooted, re-downloaded the update, update succeeded.
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my self-hosted Git server on my NAS
- https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10391522/git-does-not-appear-to-be-a-git-repository – the crucial question resp. advice there:
On your server, go to the directory that is the repository and type pwd. The output is the full path of the repository, make sure you use that.
I am using ssh://HOST/… Git URLs for that purpose.
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my Synology NAS DS213+ suggested an update, and afterwards the web-gui is not accessable again
I can still ssh into the NAS from remote, and I just rebooted:
root@DiskStation $ shutdown -r now
… but
https://FQDN:5001/webmanis just not accessable right now. That scares me “a little”. I shall try again, as soon as I shall be attached to my home LAN in a couple of days. At least I can still ssh into.Update 2014-07-01 12:15:54:
- I just tried to access the URL through Chromium and it works
- access through Firefox keeps resulting in a blank page
- relieved, that it works at least somehow
- the “disadvantage” of using Chromium: apparently the website suggests to not allow saved login credentials – Firefox makes use of the stored login credentials, and I like that
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Synology: how to reset a Synology DiskStation AKA NAS
Having in mind, what I have already tried, I think, it won’t boot in any way described above, but I will give it a try anyway.
Basically:
- remove all disks
- press the reset button for 4 seconds
- pray, that it starts beeping
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my Synology DS112+ does not function any longer
- http://www.synology.com/products/product.php?product_name=DS112%2B&lang=enu
- http://www.synology.com/en-global/products/overview/DS114
On Tuesday its blue LED started flashing continuously.
I bought it on 2013-08-29, and for me this appears as a rather short life of an electronic product.
I filed a problem report with Synology, and I wonder, how soon I will get a replacement.
Synology do no longer distribute DS112+, I would quite welcome getting a DS114 as a replacement, even for a moderate extra charge.
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this is the advent of Synology’s NAS operating system DSM 5.0
You can already download, install, and run it. They say, it still has a few rough edges. But there is nothing, I have to worry about. Nice look. And my rsync on both (the 112+ and the 213+) still runs properly. I don’t really mind the “SMB2 vs OSX resource fork” issue. I am happy with so (so far).