Skript Synology HDD db 3.6.111

Description​

Add your SATA or SAS HDDs and SSDs plus SATA and NVMe M.2 drives to your Synology's compatible drive databases, including your Synology M.2 PCIe card and Expansion Unit databases.

The script works in DSM 7, including DSM 7.2, and DSM 6.

It also has a restore option to undo all the changes made by the script.

Works for 2025 series or later Plus models. See 2025_plus_models.md

What the script does:​

• Gets the Synology NAS model and DSM version (so it knows which db files to edit).
• Gets a list of the HDD, SSD, SAS and NVMe drives installed in your Synology NAS.
• Gets each drive's model number and firmware version.
• Backs up the database files if there is no backup already.
• Checks if each drive is already in the Synology's compatible-drive database.
• Adds any missing drives to the Synology's compatible-drive database.
• Optionally prevents DSM auto updating the drive database.
• Optionally disable DSM's "support_disk_compatibility".
• Optionally disable DSM's "support_memory_compatibility" to prevent non-Synology memory notifications.
• Optionally edits max supported memory to match the amount of memory installed, if installed memory is greater than the current max memory setting.
  • DSM only uses the max memory setting when calculating the reserved RAM area size for SSD caches.
• Optionally set write_mostly for your internal HDDs so DSM will normally read from your faster internal SSD(s).
  • It can automatically set DSM to read from your internal SSDs.
  • Or you can tell the script which internal drive(s) DSM should read from.
• Optionally disables Western Digital Device Analytics (aka WDDA) to prevent DSM showing a warning for WD drives that are 3 years old.
  • DSM 7.2.1 already has WDDA disabled.
• Enables M2D20, M2D18, M2D17 and E10M20-T1 if present on Synology NAS that don't officially support them.
  • Newer NAS models may also need Synology_enable_M2_card
• Checks that M.2 volume support is enabled (on models that have M.2 slots or PCIe slots).
• Enables creating M.2 storage pools and volumes from within Storage Manager in DSM 7.2 and later (newer models only?).
  • Including M.2 drives in PCIe adaptor cards like M2D20, M2D18, M2D17 and E10M20-T1 for DSM 7.2 and above (schedule the script to run boot).
• Optionally update IronWolf Health Monitor to v2.5.1 to support recent model IronWolf and IronWolf Pro drives. (NAS with x86_64 CPUs only).
  • Also installs IronWolf Health Management on '22 series and newer models that don't have IronWolf Health Management (untested).
• Makes DSM recheck disk compatibility so rebooting is not needed if you don't have M.2 drives (DSM 7 only).
  • If you have M.2 drives you may need to reboot.
  • Reminds you that you may need to reboot the Synology after running the script.
• Checks if there is a newer version of this script and offers to download it for you.
  • The new version available messages time out so they don't prevent the script running if it is scheduled to run unattended.