# Core count hovering around 1.2 with Pi-hole on DiskStation DS214SE (single-core)
**URL:** https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/core-count-hovering-around-1-2-with-pi-hole-on-diskstation-ds214se-single-core/61635
**Category:** Synology
**Tags:** synology
**Created:** [March 4, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/core-count-hovering-around-1-2-with-pi-hole-on-diskstation-ds214se-single-core/61635 "2023-03-04T22:56:54Z")
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### Author:  [@doh](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/doh)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2023, 10:56pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/core-count-hovering-around-1-2-with-pi-hole-on-diskstation-ds214se-single-core/61635/1 "2023-03-04T22:56:54Z")
I'm also receiving constant warnings that "Long-term load (15min avg) larger than number of processors". It hovers just above the 1.0 processors in the server. Is it time to upgrade my hardware?
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### Author:  [@chrislph](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/chrislph)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2023, 11:05pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/core-count-hovering-around-1-2-with-pi-hole-on-diskstation-ds214se-single-core/61635/2 "2023-03-04T23:05:41Z")
Where exactly are these different warnings being displayed? How have you got Pi-hole installed on your DS214? That model has 512MB memory and a Marvell Armada XP processor.
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### Author:  [@doh](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/doh)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/core-count-hovering-around-1-2-with-pi-hole-on-diskstation-ds214se-single-core/61635/3 "2023-03-04T23:10:02Z")
Hi Chris, the "poor network" message is in the router interface and the "long term load" message started showing in pi-hole after one of the recent updates. Pi-hole was initially installed via this aging tutorial years ago: [How do I install Pi-hole on a Synology NAS?](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/how-do-i-install-pi-hole-on-a-synology-nas/289)
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### Author:  [@jfb](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/jfb)
#### Post date: [March 4, 2023, 11:10pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/core-count-hovering-around-1-2-with-pi-hole-on-diskstation-ds214se-single-core/61635/4 "2023-03-04T23:10:47Z")
> [@doh](#):
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> It hovers just above the 1.0 processors in the server.
According to Synology, that unit has a "Dual Core CPU with Floating-Point Unit".
More than you will likely want to know about Linux load averages. In your case, load is 1 but you have two cores, so this should not present any problems.
> **[Linux Load Averages: Solving the Mystery](https://www.brendangregg.com/blog/2017-08-08/linux-load-averages.html)**
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> Linux load averages explained, including why they include the uninterruptible I/O sleep state.
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### Author:  [@doh](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/doh)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/core-count-hovering-around-1-2-with-pi-hole-on-diskstation-ds214se-single-core/61635/5 "2023-03-05T16:17:25Z")
Thanks for the info! It turns out I had to set the WAN DNS on the router to an external DNS address, so I chose CloudFlare.
Everything is working now on the 214se (sorry for the bad info previously), which is a single core afaik [Synology DiskStation DS214se Review - StorageReview.com](https://www.storagereview.com/review/synology-diskstation-ds214se-review). The core count in the pi-hole warning shows 1.2.
The only other tiny issue is it says "Detected 0 cores" in the Status section.
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### Author:  [@chrislph](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/u/chrislph)
#### Post date: [March 5, 2023, 4:37pm UTC](https://discourse.pi-hole.net/t/core-count-hovering-around-1-2-with-pi-hole-on-diskstation-ds214se-single-core/61635/6 "2023-03-05T16:37:51Z")
> [@doh](#):
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> Everything is working now on the 214se
That's even more impressive, that has an Armada 370 single core and 256MB DDR3 memory. I've got the 215j here which has a bump up to 375 dual core and 512MB. Not installed Pi-hole on it but it's tempting to try now.