Keep an eye on harddisk temperatures

[HarryPotter]

You have to sign in via telnet with user "root" (password is the same as for user "admin")

[NetBoot]

After execute the command to copy the file tps to /bin, it return a message "cp: unable to open '/bin/tps' : Permission denied " Am I missing some steps ?

I am a newbie on Linux command and hope someone can help me.

Show us where and what your stuck on and the command your using. Don't forget about the space after the command and there isn't any colons in the command. If your getting Permission denied use chmod command to change the permission.

ikeke has a how to here: http://ikeke.free.fr/syno

Thanks for the how to space ikeke.

Net....

[Methanoid]

Any of you guys attaching external fans managed to power them from the 20mm fan header internally?

EDIT - Now I know the answer is No

[ikeke]

Show us where and what your stuck on and the command your using. Don't forget about the space after the command and there isn't any colons in the command. If your getting Permission denied use chmod command to change the permission.

I think he used 'admin' as login to enter telnet instead of root.
I've updated the How-to to avoid this mistake in the future.

[glem01]

Hi NetBoot & ikeke,

Sorry if the halt-command didn't work well for you, I hope you didn't mess up your DS-box. My system is setup quite differently meanwhile, so sometimes it may not correspond to a normal DS. Anyway, I had a look at the shutdown-procedure and found that the following command typed as root-user, seems to make a clean shutdown:

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/usr/syno/bin/wget http://localhost:5000/reboot.cgi?opt=shutdown&type=healthy


You could use this command (also with the wget from optware, if you prefer) instead of the '/sbin/halt' I wrote in one of the last replies. Pay attention that the scemd daemon should be running on a restart (as by default configuration), otherwise the booting may not be fully completed.

Regards, Manuel

[Techman]

Does anyone know if the unit will be over cool with external fan attached to the side of the unit if left running for a long time? I am using a 9v power supply for the 120m 12v fan for my unit. The 9v external power supply reduced the speed of the fan but it is working at a moderate speed which keeps the unit cool. There are times where ds-106e actually spin down because of inactivity....Now this is my concern....Will the system be over cool...?

[Minority]

Hiya.

A few questions:

Does having this script running stop the hdd from going into hibernation?

Yesterday, I tried various things on my ds-106e, telnet, installing ipkg and then this script. For some reason it doesn't hibernate anymore.

Is there any way to remove ipkg and all installed packages, to start fresh?

And, whilst we're at it. How would you go about getting other stats, like network throughput, cpu usage? Or would this be totally pointless (waste too many resources)? Also would it be possible to make it so the graphs that are made are only made upon request, e.g. a webpage that when accessed tells the proggy to generate the specific graphs.?

regards

[SoLan]

Will the system be over cool...?

I am not sure I understand your question - please excuse me if I have misunderstood.

I guess this would depend on the room temperature. Your fans probably won't be able to make your disk much cooler than the room temperature. WD lists operating temperatures for one of its KS drives to 41° F to 131° F (that would be about 5 - 55° C).

--SoLan

[Techman]

Thanks SoLan, I think you answered my questions. The operating temperature range info for the hard drive surely is the answer.
The external fan works great without any noise. It is the best thing that ever happened to my unit.

[NetBoot]

Do anyone know if the unit will be over cool with external fan attached to the side of the unit if left running for a long time? I am using a 9v power supply for the 120m 12v fan for my unit. The 9v external power supply reduced the speed of the fan but it is working at a moderate speed which keeps the unit cool. There are times where ds-106e actually spin down because of inactivity....Now this is my concern....Will the system be over cool...?

When I was in the military. We put in a computer room. We had it set at 68° Fahrenheit. I don't recall what the humidity was set to but I'm sure it was low too.

I'm sure you'll be fine...

Net....

[SoLan]

The external fan works great without any noise. It is the best thing that ever happened to my unit.

Have you been having much trouble with high temperatures in your DS-106e units? Mine doesn't seem to run its internal fan that often - mostly it is idle and hibernating. I may be fooled by having the DiskStation standing close to some PCs, though. Maybe I need to move it to someplace silent to see if the fan runs more often than I thought.

I take it that your external fans are silent and running non-stop?

--SoLan

[Techman]

My Ds-106e is on 24/7. Video streaming, photo station, audio plays all day and some mini web page. I was concerned because my internal fan kicked on more often and when you touch the unit. Oh! it is called hot hot. Since my external fan runs 24/7 it is cool like no heat at all. The external esata runs cool 24/7. It spins down when not in use. I am just waiting for the full FIrmware.

[izani]

My Ds-106e is on 24/7. Video streaming, photo station, audio plays all day and some mini web page. I was concerned because my internal fan kicked on more often and when you touch the unit. Oh! it is called hot hot. Since my external fan runs 24/7 it is cool like no heat at all. The external esata runs cool 24/7. It spins down when not in use. I am just waiting for the full FIrmware.

Simple remedy for the overheating - Just attach 12cm external fan on the hd side of the unit... solves the problem, that what i did. For sure, the internal fan is incapable to cool down / extract hot air out of the unit sufficiently...

Cheers

[Methanoid]

Actually a 120mm fan might be overkill.

I fitted mine and even if I power it by USB (5v, instead of 12v) the fan pushes SO much air that it won't go through the little vents much and there is back pressure from the air. Put your hand on the side of the case where the fan is and you will feel air that has TRIED to go through the Syn but been pushed back out.

I guess (and I dont WANT to do this) that ideally we should make thoise vent holes a little bigger!!

[HarryPotter]

I agree but is there a problem with that? My 120mm fan cools the HD down to 34 degrees, compared on the 55 degrees with the buit in fan