I found out about this community project last week and thought I would share the link in case there is any interest. Xpenology is essentially a modified Synology DSM firmware that can run as a virtual machine. Some physical hardware support has been added and it looks like driver support will continue to expand.
http://xpenology.com
Short Virtualbox install how-to here:
http://www.robvanhamersveld.nl/2013/01/21/install-and-test-synology-dsm-in-a-virtual-machine/
http://xpenology.com
Short Virtualbox install how-to here:
http://www.robvanhamersveld.nl/2013/01/21/install-and-test-synology-dsm-in-a-virtual-machine/