Turn PC into a Qnap unit

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For those that want to fiddle with something other than Xpenology which is awesome.
The DSM synology software is pretty easy and secure to setup, I have a unit at work with snapshots and a unit at another branch to replicate to for our offsite backup.
Qnap is also no that bad, a bit more technical but the below instructions can get it running on an ordinary PC.


Download https://mega.nz/folder/LJ4wyaDY#MxOC2UgNqC-Y6gQXu-IUFA
Write .img using Win32DiskImager
Boot from usb and press down arrow after Bios info, you want to slect Qnap menu option (a)
It'll open Tinycore, then open terminal
sudo su
vi ./my_create_qnap_boot
i to edit
Change Model, Patched, download to reflect options below, quts or hero
Esc
:wq to save
sudo ./my_create_qnap_boot
It should connect and download, let it all complete
Reboot from usb and let it do its thing, does take a while.
A mac address and IP should appear, login via browser
Latest Quts

MODEL_TYPE="QY380_QY390_10_11"
PATCHED_FIRMWARE="TS-X85_20201123-4.5.1.1495"
DOWNLOAD_URL="https://download.qnap.com/Storage/TS-X85/"
 
Stop arsing around and install truenas
 
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Tried Truenas, had issues on the recovery and also it doesn't replicate to an offsite system easily.
With the synology software, you choose source then ip of destination "nas" and viola, never have to touch it, data is synced offsite at full line speed everytime.
 
It’s the ability to replicate large amount of data from onsite to offsite location, tried true and freenas, others but none come close to the replication app included with synology software.
 
Thanks for this, downloading now - will play with it, always wondered about the Qnap software experience.

I was running Open media vault, (which is awesome as well) on an HP N40L, but moved that to a raspberry pi for a more power efficient solution during load shedding earlier this year. I have the unifi controller running in a docker on there and 2tb 2.5" usb shared storage. (cheap cloud key! with extra features)

Installed Xpenology on the HP couple of months back and it works insanely well - I keep discovering new things to do with it, been running it as a down loader (+ transmission plugin) and streaming server (DS Music/Video), also fiddling with docker images, just installed UNMS last weekend.

OT: regarding the best home nas, apart from the two big commercial options: (watch at 1.25 speed.)


I tried Freenas but I struggled with the interface, setting up shares etc, I found OMV with docker and portainer easier to manage than jails and iocage, but I am still a noob at this.

Interesting little bit of info for those that didn't know:

By the end of 2009, Volker Theile was the only active developer of FreeNAS, a NAS operating system that Olivier Cochard-Labbé started developing from m0n0wall in 2005.[6][7][8] m0n0wall is a variation of the FreeBSD operating system, and Theile decided he wanted to rewrite FreeNAS for Linux. The project team had known for months that FreeNAS needed a major rewrite in order to support crucial features.[7] Since Cochard-Labbé preferred to stay with a FreeBSD-based system, he and Theile agreed that Theile would develop his Linux version under a different name;[6] that name was initially coreNAS, but within a matter of days Theile discarded it in favour of OpenMediaVault.[8]

Meanwhile, FreeNAS still needed to be rewritten and maintained. To accomplish this, Cochard-Labbé handed development over to iXsystems, an American company that develops the TrueOS operating system.
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Xpenology still the best, quick boot time easy to setup and stable.

Was bored so tested Qnap
 
So I came across this thread. I am running UNRAID for these simple reasons:
  • the system allowing me to add any size of drive
  • drives that are not used goes to sleep
Haven't tried qnap on a pc yet.
I know with Xpenology you has the option for SHR. Not sure about its reliability and speed though?
Secondly, can other systems put drives that are not in use to sleep? No use the drives run all day long and nothing is accessing it. Can anyone elaborate here?
 
Got it working on my HP N54L with a usb ethernet adapter. Works fine just slow considering the hardware. Did try to run it on a Intel Core i3 but can't get the nic to work even the usb ethernet adapter doesn't pick up.
 
Brackshura said:
Got it working on my HP N54L with a usb ethernet adapter. Works fine just slow considering the hardware. Did try to run it on a Intel Core i3 but can't get the nic to work even the usb ethernet adapter doesn't pick up.
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Intel nic support is hard to fix, realtek works though.
 
Been working with Unraid lately, very nice software.

Managed to get QTS and Synology DSM7, upgrade from DSM6 was so easy, running in VM and Docker.

DSM 7 in docker is a bit finicky.
 
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