Synology heeft de eerste bètarelease van versie 6.1 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 6.1 te kunnen installeren zal minimaal versie 6.0 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 6.1 treffen we onder meer de mogelijkheid aan om gedeelde mappen te versleutelen, kan de nas zelf fouten detecteren en repareren wanneer er van het Btrfs-bestandssysteem gebruik gemaakt wordt en worden enkele onderdelen omgezet naar losse modules, waaronder USB Copy, File Station en File indexing. De volledige release notes zijn hieronder te vinden.
What’s New in DSM 6.1 Beta
File Self-HealingShared Folder Encryption
- DSM is now capable of detecting and repairing silent data corruption if your Synology NAS meets the following criteria:
- Running Btrfs file system
- Built on RAID 1, RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID 10, or non-1 disk SHR
- Without any SSD read-write cache mounted (This limitation will be removed in the coming release.)
Resource Monitor
- In addition to encrypting a shared folder as you create it, you can now encrypt an existing shared folder anytime you want.
- With Key Manager, you can now use a USB storage device as a physical key to mount encrypted shared folders automatically without having to memorize all the encryption keys.
- Removed the "Mount automatically on startup" function from the edit page of shared folders.
File Services
- IT administrators will receive notifications regarding performance issues of the CPU, memory, disks, or LUNs (available on XS+ and XS models).
- I/O throughput of each process can now be monitored in Task Manager (available on models with Intel 64-bit processors).
- Added the service-based view, allowing you to monitor resource usage of each service and application (available on models with Intel 64-bit processors).
Storage Manager
- Windows File Services and Mac File Services have been renamed SMB and AFP, respectively.
- SMB service is now running Samba 4.4.
- Supports Time Machine via SMB3 in Mac OS 10.12 and above.
- Supports Bonjour service, allowing you to back up data to multiple shared folders via Time Machine.
- Supports sparse files over the SMB protocol to enhance usage efficiency of file system space and network bandwidth.
- You can now restore to a previous version from Windows Explorer when mounting your home folder via the SMB protocol.
- After enabling Btrfs fast clone in SMB advanced settings, files can be copied at a faster speed when the source and destination are within the same Btrfs volume.
Flexible Update Options
- RAID type can now be changed from SHR-1 to SHR-2, providing greater flexibility of storage expansion and better data protection. Note: Depending on your disk configuration, two additional disks may be required when changing your RAID type from SHR-1 to SHR-2. For more information, please refer to DSM Help.
- Provides more types of disk health status to help you grasp the health info of your disks.
- You can now migrate a single volume to a disk group and then create multiple volumes while using SHR (more flexiable for models built on the 32-bit architecture with a single volume size limit of 16TB) .
Service Modularization
- You can apply important fixes without unnecessary system reboots.
- In case a reboot is required to complete an update, the system will notify you via Email and in DSM, allowing you the flexibility to reboot at a time of your choice.
Package Center
- Some of DSM’s built-in features have been modularized into packages to ensure better system maintenance and update flexibility.
- Modularization in DSM 6.1 Beta includes USB Copy, File Station, and File indexing.
- Automatically updates incompatible packages after the installation of DSM 6.1 Beta to boost your upgrading experience.
Compatibility and Installation
- DSM 6.1 Beta can only be installed on Synology products running DSM 6.0. Before starting, please log in to DSM and go to Control Panel > Update & Restore to install the latest DSM.
- Time Backup and HiDrive Backup will not be supported in DSM 6.1 and above.
- We can not guarantee the accuracy or completeness of third party packages, which are not developed by Synology.
- The desktop search widget “Search Now” does not support accessibility.
- Manual re-indexing is required for all files after upgrading to DSM 6.1 Beta. The file indexing service in Control Panel has been moved to the preference settings in Synology Universal Search.
- File Station requires manual installation on EDS14 launched for the first time.
- Due to infrastructure update, packages will need re-initialization after upgrading to DSM 6.1 Beta. The process will occupy a higher CPU usage and can take up to an hour depending on the number of packages installed.
What’s New in Packages
SMI-S ProviderRADIUS Server
- Introduces SMI-S Provider, optimized for Microsoft’s System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
- SMI-S allows an IT administrator to manage multiple Synology NAS servers as storage destinations via SCVMM's centralized user interface.
PHP 7.0
- The new cache mechanism supports offline authentication when Active Directory is unavailable.
- In addition to selecting only one authentication source, you can now select local system accounts plus one additional source against which RADIUS Server authenticates users:
- Local system accounts + AD domain accounts
- Local system accounts + LDAP service accounts
- Supports TLS 1.2 protocols to enhance the security on web browsers.
Directory Server
- Introduces PHP 7.0, the latest PHP version, which has a much better performance than previous ones.
File Station
- Supports Nested Group to provide better management methods.
Apache HTTP Server 2.2
- Supports tile view for browsing files.
- Supports browsing history as a drop-down list at a quick glance.
- File path is now editable and supports autocomplete to help you locate folders effortlessly. Minor bug fixes.
- Apache server has become an independent package to allow more flexible choices.