Updating your syno_hdd_vendor_ids.txt file

[PaulVal]

Greetings.

How can one find the value to update the syno_hdd_vendor_ids.txt file with the manufacturer of your NVME ?

Thx,
PV

[007revad]

To get the vendor id of NVMe drive 1

sudo nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme0n1 | grep -E ^vid | awk '{print $NF}'

To get the vendor id of NVMe drive 2

sudo nvme id-ctrl /dev/nvme1n1 | grep -E ^vid | awk '{print $NF}'

To find out what the vendor that vendor id matches see:
https://devicehunt.com/all-pci-vendors
https://pci-ids.ucw.cz/

[PaulVal]

Thanks Russell. I seem to be able to find Samsung 990 Evo plus in either of the 2 links so I can update the TXT file.

[007revad]

DSM already knows that Samsung's vendor id is 0x144d

Dave@DISKSTATION:~$ grep -i 'samsung' /usr/syno/etc.defaults/pci_vendor_ids.conf
0x144d="Samsung"

[PaulVal]

One last question prior to running the script - I have read about getting "NAS-worthy" NVME storage vs. buying something like the Samsung, which might be described as merely consumer since the former is more durable for this type of application. Can you share your take on this?

[007revad]

For a cache you definitely want "NAS" NVMe drive(s) or Enterprise NVMe drives.

For a volume regular consumer NVMe drives are fine, but avoid cheap brands. Stick with Samsung, WD or Seagate. Personally I use WD Black.