a Way to mine ETH with Synology NAS??

[Randomhero360]

With my NAS I can run a VM, was thinking of running Windows or Linux and using that to run the miner. However they don't really have a GPU, is there any way to connect a GPU to it? They have USB ports but can't find a way to connect it through that. Risers still need a mobo I thought.

I know some bitcoin miners connect through USB however they are far more expensive and I would rather mine ETH.

Any ideas?

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[Vann]

IMO, you would get much more of a bang-for-your-buck by building a one or two card rig with a cheap motherboard, cpu and a RX470/RX570 VGA rather than trying to use the Synology for mining. Any ATX B250 motherboard would be a good choice for up to four cards. You could also pick up a used Dell Optiplex or HP from Craigslist or Goodwill and add a card and risers for a basic cheap rig.

[philipma1957]

yeah  get this mobo

it is small will do 1,2,3,4 cards

https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813145007&cm_re=gigabyte_b250m-_-13-145-007-_-Product

a cheap cpu

 1 stick of ram

a few video cards  and mine on.

use this usb stick


https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00S5V5PMY/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1


and this os for amd

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1541084.0


or same usb stick and this os for nvidia cards.


https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1854250.0


he has a specific build for the mobo I linked.

[Randomhero360]

IMO, you would get much more of a bang-for-your-buck by building a one or two card rig with a cheap motherboard, cpu and a RX470/RX570 VGA rather than trying to use the Synology for mining. Any ATX B250 motherboard would be a good choice for up to four cards. You could also pick up a used Dell Optiplex or HP from Craigslist or Goodwill and add a card and risers for a basic cheap rig.

I already have one, however, I run a small business and am getting a NAS for that. So i was hoping to kill 2 birds with on stone kinda thing.

[philipma1957]

IMO, you would get much more of a bang-for-your-buck by building a one or two card rig with a cheap motherboard, cpu and a RX470/RX570 VGA rather than trying to use the Synology for mining. Any ATX B250 motherboard would be a good choice for up to four cards. You could also pick up a used Dell Optiplex or HP from Craigslist or Goodwill and add a card and risers for a basic cheap rig.

I already have one, however, I run a small business and am getting a NAS for that. So i was hoping to kill 2 birds with on stone kinda thing.

yeah but no one has done it and I am pretty sure it can not be done.

maybe  if you have mad skills you could do hdd mining with it.  but  I would not know anymore then to point you to burst coin  which uses hdds.  the more tb the better.

[QuintLeo]

Most NAS I've ever worked with had a fairly low capability CPU in them, NOT suitable to even try to mine on.

 I am not aware of any that use a standard motherboard with PCI-E slots other than the Backblaze boxes, but those aren't exactly normal NAS devices....