What Synology DSM Model Should I Choose for an AOOSTAR 4 Bay NAS with Intel N150 CPU

jollster101 on 26/03/2025 - 14:38

Hi all

After a bit of advice please. I recently purchased an AOOSTAR WTR PRO 4 Bay NAS (Intel N150, 2x NVMe, 2x 2.5G LAN, HDMI/DP/USB-C) from a deal that @Clear posted. I am going to be using the Auxxxilium loader to run Xpenology on it. I have been using an old i5 setup in a tower case for a few years and decided I wanted to get something less power hungry and smaller in form factor.

The i5 I have currently is emulating a DS918+.

Does anyone know what would be the best model to choose with Auxxxilium for this new setup with the N150 CPU?

Cheers

Computing NAS

Comments

  • bdl on 26/03/2025 - 15:26
    +2

    SA6400

    • McMaferMur on 26/03/2025 - 15:54

      Not DS series? Wow that SA peice is 18k lol

      • bdl on 26/03/2025 - 16:20

        Nope, for Auxxxilium, SA6400 is good for most modernish hw

        DS3622xs+ for N40L/N54L (mine both running this with 5gb ram)

        Yes the SA6400 is not cheap, but cheap compared to proper enterprise storage :D

  • McMaferMur on 26/03/2025 - 15:55

    Your question is confusing, dsm is the operating system, maybe you mean whixh synology model

    • jollster101 on 26/03/2025 - 16:08

      Yes, sorry, Synology model is what I was referring to. With the old CPU I have in my current setup, the model I use is a DSM918+.

  • lunchbox99 on 26/03/2025 - 16:16

    The wiki has a crude option selector to narrow down models.

    https://auxxxilium.tech/wiki/arc/modell-plattform-auswaehlen…

    • jollster101 on 26/03/2025 - 16:22

      Thanks for the link. Would I be correct to assume the iGPU in the N150 is >10 generation?

      • lunchbox99 on 26/03/2025 - 17:09

        The Intel Processor N150 utilizes the Intel Graphics (Xe-architecture) iGPU, which is a 12th generation (Alder Lake-N) architecture, featuring 24 Execution Units (EUs) running at up to 1.0 GHz.

        Here's a more detailed breakdown:

        iGPU Architecture: Intel Graphics (Xe-architecture)
        Generation: 12th generation (Alder Lake-N)
        Execution Units (EUs): 24
        Max Dynamic Frequency: 1.0 GHz
        4K Support: Yes, at 60Hz
        Max Resolution (HDMI): 4096 x 2160@60Hz
        Max Resolution (DP): 4096 x 2160@60Hz
        DirectX Support: 12.1
        OpenGL Support: 4.6
        OpenCL Support: 3.0
        Intel® Quick Sync Video: Yes
        Memory Support: DDR4, DDR5, LPDDR5
        DDR4 Speed: 3200 MT/s
        LPDDR5 Speed: 4800 MT/s

  • nicktork on 26/03/2025 - 17:31
    +1

    Has to be the SA6400 if you intend to do hardware transcoding for Plex etc. None of the other models have the drivers for the newer Intel graphics. Note you will not be able to use Virtual Machines if you go down this route, as the SA6400 officially shipped with an AMD CPU. I've been running this configuration on my N100-based Aoostar 2-bay model for 6 months, no issues.

    • jollster101 on 26/03/2025 - 18:20

      And is that with Auxxxilium as the loader?

      When you say you can't use VM's, are you meaning I couldn't use Proxmox and run Xpenology from there?

      • nicktork on 26/03/2025 - 18:44
        +1

        I'm actually using ArcLoader from a USB stick. I boot up into Proxmox from a high-endurance SD card and then my Xpenology VM boots up from the USB stick. What I mean is that you can't make use of Synology's Virtual Machine Manager package to run VMs on the virtualised Synology appliance. You can definitely run as many VMs as you like on underlying Proxmox though.

        • jollster101 on 26/03/2025 - 20:43

          Great. That works for me. I don't need to use Synology's VM capability anyway.

          Now I need to work out how I go from my baremetal setup with 4 HDD's running SHR, to the AOOStar using Proxmox and then into Auxxxilium to get Xpenology up and running.

          • nicktork on 27/03/2025 - 08:11
            +1

            @jollster101: Install Proxmox on your bootable device (USB or SD card) and boot it up. Create a new VM and pass through the PCI devices — graphics adapter, SATA controller and the USB stick containing Auxxilium loader. If the disks are already in Synology SHR format then it might just work straight away.

            • jollster101 on 27/03/2025 - 09:23
              +1

              @nicktork: Thanks for the info. The other thing I thought of was to take a Hyper Backup of the current setup as the total consumed space is only about 8TB out of 25TB available. I have a spare WD Elements 10TB External drive that I have used for backups in the past. So my logic was:

              1. Hyper Backup the source
              2. Get Proxmox up and running on the target
              3. New VM for Xpenology with everything passed through as per your advice
              4. Restore the Hyper Backup once Xpenology is all set.

              Other than the version changes from DS918+ 7.2.1-69057 U6 to SA6400 with latest DSM OS version, everything would remain the same.

              Of course if when I pass through the disks to Proxmox it all just works anyway, happy days, nothing further needed.

            • jollster101 on 27/03/2025 - 16:44

              @nicktork: One last q @nicktork, do you think 16GB will enough to run Proxmox and then Xpenology?

              I may run the odd other thing on this box but not 100% sure.

              Or should I just go 32GB to give it sufficient headroom and be done with it?

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