QNAP heeft versie 4.2.1 uitgebracht van de firmware die op diverse modellen van zijn nas-apparaten staat. Het eerste wat opvalt in versie 4.2 is de geheel vernieuwde interface. Daarnaast is de beveiliging verbeterd. Zo kan er nu een tweetrapsinlogprocedure worden ingesteld, via een met een app gegenereerde inlogcode. Verder kan er nu naar verschillende apparaten tegelijk media worden gestreamd en zijn er diverse verbeteringen aangebracht met betrekking tot virtualisatie en Storage Management. De complete changelog is op deze pagina te vinden. In versie 4.2.1 zijn nog de volgende verbeteringen aangebracht:
New Feature
QTSNetwork & Virtual Switch
- Added the Virtual Switch function to Network Manager.
- Added the "Overview" page for Internet topology settings.
Notification
- Both the Virtual Switch application and QTS firmware do not support downgrading.
- The system cannot slow down network speeds when using a 10GbE or 40GbE Ethernet card or port trunking.
App Center
- Added Oauth 2.0 support for SMTP Gmail accounts ("Desktop" > "Options" > "E-mail Account").
Photo Station
- Improved the user interface.
- Apps from third-party sources can now be imported in the App Center ("App Center" > "Settings" > "App Repository")
VPN Server
- The aspect ratio of photo thumbnails in Photo Station can now be changed.
- Added third-party domain name support for sharing links in Photo Station.
VPN Client
- The NAS can now be set as both a PPTP and OpenVPN VPN server and client.
- Multiple PPTP and OpenVPN clients can now be added.
Enhancement
QTS-MiscFile Station
- Upgraded Unrar to v5.3.3, Zip to v3.0, and Unzip to v6.0
- Upgraded Netatalk to v3.0.8
- Added GMT-3:00 Greenland Standard Time and Nuuk (Godthab) time zones (in "Control Panel" > "System Settings" > "Time")
OpenSSL
- In File Station, remote connection default settings have changed from administrator only to administration group only.
- Only administrators can permanently delete files from File Station. Files deleted by other users will be moved to the Trash.
- OpenSSL has been updated to 1.0.0t/ 1.0.1r
Change
QTS-Misc
- Removed the DLNA Media Server option in Bonjour ("Service Discovery" > "Bonjour")
Note
Media Streaming Add-on
- When updating to QTS 4.2.1, the Media Streaming Add-on must be updated to version 421.0.1.0 (or newer).
Bug Fixes
This release has corrected the following issues:
- Fixed an issue where the NAS would not accept a domain group's name if it contains special characters.
- Fixed an issue where email notifications would be disabled when using 2-step verification if there is no username & password set in the SMTP server.
- Fixed an issue where testing a RTRR job would fail when creating a job to backup files from local to remote via CIFS.
- Fixed an issue where the profile folder would have two IDs with the access right of 3000001 after the domain users setup profiles.
- Fixed an issue where after detaching a JBOD, its image in Storage Manager will remain in chassis view.
- Fixed an issue where after installing CloudLink and rebooting the NAS, the System Event Logs will display a "..file system is not clean.." message.
- Fixed an issue where the progress would be stuck at "0" when relaunching Storage Manager and entering "Storage Space" page when using Internet Explorer 11.
- Fixed an issue where after enabling advanced folder permissions in the Control Panel, File Station would show an error message in the right-panel Permission tab.
- Fixed an issue where File Station would show an error message when sharing files with more than one person and sending an email link via the NAS.
- If Windows ACL is enabled in the Closed Beta version, snapshots will not be displayed under "Properties" > "Previous Versions".