QNAP (431p)

Cookbook

My collection of hints, tips and tricks (supporting my memory and maybe also helping others) - some links are in German, some in English

Entware

• https://forum.qnapclub.de/thread/37886-howto-entware-ng-und-linux-pakete-installieren/?f=80&t=37886#p215810
• autorun.sh: see https://forum.qnapclub.de/thread/37886-howto-entware-ng-und-linux-pakete-installieren/?f=80&t=37886#p215810
• installation for my 431p: (copy from https://wiki.qnap.com/wiki/Running_Your_Own_Application_at_Startup)

 ubiattach -m 6 -d 2
 /bin/mount -t ubifs ubi2:config /tmp/config
 vi /tmp/config/autorun.sh
 chmod +x /tmp/config/autorun.sh
 echo .
 echo "unmounting /tmp/config..."
 umount /tmp/config
 ubidetach -m 6

• enable auto-start (re-do after FW update): http://www.welzels.de/blog/projekte/qnap-mods-tricks-und-projekte/optware-init-skripte-nach-booten-starten/

• manual start (if auto-start does not work):
  • SSH: [/share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.qpkg/Entware-ng] # ./Entware-ng.sh start
  • Desktop: open Entware-ng App in QNAP

• re-install after FW update to reinstall auto-start

Raid sync speed

https://forum.qnap.com/viewtopic.php?t=10268

cat /proc/mdstat

cat /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_max
200000
cat /proc/sys/dev/raid/speed_limit_min
5000

HDD spin down issues

• Why the hard drive of NAS does not go to standby mode?

• Probleme mit Festplatten-Standby

• Qnap QTS 4.3.3.0154 write to disk at least every ~30 minutes ( setcfg -> dirtied inode ... qid_persistent.conf) on md9 )

Qnap seems to known this problem - see https://forum.qnapclub.de/thread/40517-3-sammelthema-probleme-mit-festplatten-standby-1-beitrag-beachten/?pageNo=12

Move Samba tdb_path to ramdisk

(Permanently) move samba's tdb_path to ram disk -> avoid hdd spin up due to .tdb file update

 [/] # /sbin/setcfg "Samba" "tdb_path" "/"                              
 [/] # /etc/init.d/smb.sh restart                                
 Restarting SMB services:
 Shutting down SMB services: smbd nmbd.
 Shutting down winbindd services: winbindd.
 locks path was set to /share/CACHEDEV1_DATA/.locks
 Shutting down winbindd services: winbindd.
 Starting winbindd services:Starting SMB services:.
 done.
 [/] # la /.samba/
 drwxr-xr-x    5 admin    administ       100 Mar 23 07:33 ./
 drwxr-xr-x   23 admin    administ       520 Mar 23 07:33 ../
 drwxr-xr-x    3 admin    administ        60 Mar 23 07:33 cache/
 drwxr-xr-x    2 admin    administ       320 Mar 23 07:33 lock/
 drwxr-xr-x    2 admin    administ       120 Mar 23 07:33 state/

Cron

• https://www.techandme.se/qnap-and-cron/

Firmware downgrade

4.3.3 caused too many problems for me , so I downgraded to 4.2.5 (http://qnapsupport.net/qnap-firmware-downgrade/):

• HDD did not spin down - at least not for long (setcfg wrote to disk every ~30 minutes)
• LAN conenction frequently lost (less frequently after disabling cloudlink, but still happened...)