Synology heeft na twee bètareleases nu de release candidate van versie 6.0 van Disk Station Manager uitgebracht. Synology DSM is de beheersoftware die op diverse nas-producten van het bedrijf draait. De Disk, Cube en Rack Stations bieden meer dan alleen extra opslagruimte. Zo kunnen ook back-ups van alle clients op het netwerk worden gemaakt en kunnen bestanden via http, ftp, bittorrent, usenet en emule worden gedownload, zodat bijvoorbeeld energiegulzige pc's 's nachts uit kunnen, terwijl de download gewoon binnenkomt. Verder kunnen via de ingebouwde iTunes-server audio- en videobestanden over het netwerk worden gestreamd, kan met behulp van php en MySQL een dynamische website worden gehost en kan het apparaat als printserver fungeren.
Om versie 6.0 te kunnen installeren zal minimaal versie 5.2 aanwezig moeten zijn. Verder is het uitsluitend geschikt voor de nas-modellen waarvan het typenummer eindigt op 11 of hoger. Kijk voor de overige voorwaarden en de verschillende downloads op deze pagina. In versie 6.0 treffen we onder meer verbeteringen in Cloud, Note, Photo en Video Station aan, is er een collaboration drive voor spreadsheets en zijn de mogelijkheden om backups te maken en terug te zetten verbeterd. Ook is DSM nu volledig 64bit en zijn er daardoor prestatieverbeteringen waar te nemen. Daarnaast zijn er diverse nieuwe mogelijkheden voor met een krachtige processor uitgeruste modellen, waaronder ondersteuning voor het Btrfs-bestandssysteem, een uitgebreide webmailclient en e-mailserver, een Load Balancer, een Document Viewer en is ook de ondersteuning voor Docker verbeterd.De changelog voor deze release candidate laat verder nog de volgende verbeteringen zien:
Btrfs File SystemService Modularization
- Set usage/user quota for shared folders.
- Enable file compression to increase the flexibility of volume usage.
- Perform defragmentation to increase system performance.
- Data checksum is enabled by default and data scrubbing can be run to verify data integrity.
- When file versioning is enabled in Cloud Station Server, it will not occupy additional storage on Btrfs file system. On other file systems, file versioning will occupy additional space equal to the size of each shared folder.
- Files will be backed up once the backup task is started, even if the files are changed or deleted afterwards.
- Converting existing ext4 file system to Btrfs is not supported. To store files under Btrfs file system you must create a new folder.
- Available on the following models:
- 16-series: RS2416RP+, RS2416+, RS18016xs+, DS716+, DS216+
- 15-series: RC18015xs+, RS815RP+, RS815+, DS3615xs, DS2415+, DS1815+, DS1515+, DS415+
- 14-series: RS3614xs+, RS3614xs, RS3614RPxs
- 13-series: RS3413xs+, RS10613xs+
- 12-series: DS3612xs, RS3412xs, RS3412RPxs
- 11-series: DS3611xs, RS3411xs, RS3411RPxs
64-Bit Architecture
- Some of the DSM built-in features have been modularized into packages to ensure better system maintenance and update flexibility.
- Modularization in DSM 6.0 RC includes Storage Analyzer, Hyper Backup, PHP, Web Station and Text Editor, Log Center (with basic built-in functions in DSM and extensive functions via package download), WebDAV and Snapshot Replication.
High Availability Manager
- DSM 6.0 has been optimized for all models based on Intel 64-bit processors to improve general performance.
- Supports over 4GB memory allocation for one single process to deploy large scale application.
High Availability Manager for RC18015xs+
- When a split-brain error occurs in an HA cluster, you can designate one server as the active server and overwrite the data on the other server. No full data replication is required.
- When a split-brain error occurs, you can view the recent system information, iSCSI Target connection history and file difference in each shared folder.
- Improved cluster upgrade efficiency.
- Improved cluster binding and unbinding efficiency.
- Reduced the occurrence of split-brain errors.
- Supports Docker DSM.
Backup & Replication
- Supports Virtual DSM.
- Supports Docker DSM.
Security
- Backup & Replication features are now available in add-on packages Hyper Backup (backup client) and Hyper Backup Vault (backup server). The existing Backup & Replication task settings will be migrated to the new package automatically upon upgrading to DSM 6.0. Some settings are relocated to Control Panel:
- rsync: Control Panel > File Services > rsync
- Shared Folder Sync: Control Panel > Shared Folder Sync
- For features of Hyper Backup and Hyper Backup Vault, please refer to the What’s New in the Packages section.
Certificate
- CSP support can effectively prevent XSS attacks.
- TLS/SSL profiles can be adjusted according to your browser compatibility and security requirements.
- Root account is replaced by administrators group credentials to log into SSH to enhance security.
File Station
- The integration of Let’s Encrypt helps provide your Synology NAS with secure connection easily and effortlessly.
- Multiple certificates are now supported to increase the flexibility for hosting several different hostnames.
Content Search
- Supports mounting NFS shared folders on folders on Synology NAS.
- Aviary photo editor is introduced to replace the existing service for a more intuitive interface.
- Multiple files can be downloaded without being compressed into one giant file on Chrome browser (on Windows computers only).
File sharing
- Search in File Station now allows you to match the document content or even the metadata of multimedia files for a more effective search result.
- You can now use Mac Finder to quickly search the content of indexed files within mounted folders on your Synology NAS.
2-Step Verification
- Collect files via the intuitive File Request feature.
- Customize the background picture and logo that you see when sharing files.
- File sharing and file request have been redesigned for mobile interface to ensure a consistent user experience.
QuickConnect
- You can now add and manage your most frequently used devices as trusted devices without entering verification code every time you log in.
802.1X
- Relay service can now be disabled to meet enterprise policies.
SSD Cache
- Added support of 802.1X authentication for wired networks.
- Organize your firewall rules into different profiles.
Storage Manager
- Create an SSD cache consisting of up to 12 SSD devices.
- When SSD cache is enabled on a volume with advanced iSCSI LUNs, the performance can be improved up to 30%.
- You can now use different SSD models to create an SSD cache.
Customized Domain Name for DSM
- Configure the description for volumes and Disk Groups.
- For RAID Groups, the number of disks for each RAID Array can be 6, 12 or 24.
Application Portal
- Customized domain name can now be used for accessing DSM more easily.
Dynamic DNS Support
- DSM can now serve as a reverse proxy server.
- Customized domain name can now be used for directly accessing Synology applications.
Web Enhancement
- Added new DDNS provider TWNIC to support domain names with Traditional Chinese characters.
Theme Change
- HTTP compression can be enabled to effectively compress packets to reduce the size of web transfer.
- HTTP/2 is now supported as an replacement of SPDY to increase the transfer speed for high latency connection.
Keyboard Shortcut
- Light and dark themes are supported for changing the system style within DSM.
Resource Monitor
- When typing in the text fields, keyboard shortcuts will be temporarily disabled to avoid unintentional entries.
Task Scheduler
- You can view the throughput, latency, IOPS, IO Size and queue depth of each iSCSI LUN.
Package Center
- You can now view the status of last run tasks to monitor the results.
- Packages are divided into two main categories, Synology and Third-party, for better recognition.