Boot volume

[acseven]

Can DSM boot from an NVME volume setup like this?

[007revad]

No. You need a HDD or 2.5 inch SATA SSD.

I am researching how make DSM install on and run from an NVME drive.

[ackvf]

Was about to ask the same. @007revad What are the main obstacles that come to mind immediately without doing much research? And hypothetically, what workarounds / solutions could be applied?

In the meantime, I transferred all the Shared Folders to Volume 2 (M.2), but according to this guide https://www.techspark.de/speed-up-synology-dsm-with-hdd-ssd/ the system raids md0 and md1 point to the sata disks.

I wonder if it would be externally possible to manipulate it and clone the partitions over to the SSD.

[007revad]

DSM only uses the system partitions and swap partitions on HDDs and 2.5 inch SSDs that are inside the NAS. Drives in expansion units and NVMe drives with a volume have the system and swap partition but they are empty.

Getting DSM to run off an SSD requires a fair bit of hacking, and risk.