v3.5.104

• Some disks will be blocked in special scenarios. PR #387

v3.5.103

• Bug fix getting size of large drives. Issue #368
  • Run the script once with the --restore option to undue the previous changes then run the script as normal.

v3.5.102

• Changed to use a faster method of detecting if an expansion unit is connected, for models with the syno_slot_mapping command.
• Changed so XPE users using the hdddb addon don't need to reboot.

v3.5.101

• Changed to support "--restore --ssd=restore" to restore write_mostly when restoring all other changes. Issue #340
  • When using --restore you can also use --ssd=restore, -e or --email

v3.5.100-RC

• Changed to support "--restore --ssd=restore" to restore write_mostly when restoring all other changes. Issue #340
  • When using --restore you can also use --ssd=restore, -e or --email

v3.5.98

• Changed to automatically download and install dtc if all of the following 4 conditions are met:
  1. dtc is not already installed.
  2. /bin/dtc or dtc are not in the same folder as the script.
  3. The script needs dtc.
  4. The script is running from task scheduler.
• Bug fix for "Enable write_mostly on slow internal drives so DSM runs from the fast internal drive(s)." Issue #340
• Improved output to make it clear which drive(s) have most_writely set

v3.5.97

• Changed silently skip empty .db.new files with showing an error. Issue #175
• Changed to warn if db file is 0 bytes.

v3.5.96

• Added option to 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.

Thanks to Xeroxxx for the writemostly suggestion and their writeup here:
https://www.techspark.de/speed-up-synology-dsm-with-hdd-ssd/

v3.5.94

• Updated to support newer drive db versions.
  • Synology added size_gb in a recent host v7 version (in SynoOfflinePack 764).
  • Synology added barebone_installable_v2 in the latest host v7 version (in SynoOfflinePack 787).
• Bug fix when restoring where memcheck service was only re-enabled on DVA models.
• Changed to add leading 0 to short vids reported by drive.
  • Sets 2 vids in case DSM uses the short one (e.g. 0x05dc=brand and 0x5dc=brand).

Note: You may need to run syno_hdd_db without the -n or --noupdate option, then update the drive database from
"Storage Manager > HDD/SSD > Settings > Advanced > Update Now" then run syno_hdd_db with your preferred options.

v3.5.93

• Bug fix for false "Failed to delete tmp files" log entries when script updates itself. Issue #312
  • Bug first appeared in v3.1.64