Synology heeft de release candidate van versie 6.2 van Disk Station Manager uitgebracht. Synology DSM is de beheersoftware die op diverse nasproducten 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 6.2 te kunnen installeren zal minimaal versie 6.0 aanwezig moeten zijn. Verder is het uitsluitend geschikt voor de nasmodellen waarvan het typenummer eindigt op 11 of hoger. Versie 6.2 zal verder de laatste grote update zijn voor een groot aantal apparaten met een modelnummer eindigend op 11, 12 of 13. Hieronder is te vinden wat er allemaal sinds de eerste bètarelease veranderd is:
What's New in DSM 6.2 RC (6.2-23731)Bug fixes
- Storage Manager
- Provided an option to change stripe cache size when the RAID type of Storage pool is RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID F1, or SHR (three disks or above).
What's New in DSM 6.2 Beta 3 (6.2-23648)
- Improved the first-time installation flow of DSM.
- Enhanced the stability of Btrfs Snapshot Replication.
- Enhanced SMB stability during device migration.
- Fixed an issue where a file’s last updated time may be incorrect when browsing on Spotlight.
- Default setting of HDD hibernation on all RackStation is off to enhance the stability.
Bug fixes
- Synology High Availability Manager
- High Availability Manager has been modularized into a package to ensure better system maintenance and updated flexibility.
- 2-step authentication
- Synology NAS administrators must set up an email notification when 2-step authentication is enabled.
What's New in DSM 6.2 Beta 2 (6.2-23511)
- Fixed an issue where IPv6 might fail to be disabled when Bond is established.
- Fixed an issue where IPv6 might fail to be enabled when the Firewall notification is enabled.
- Fixed issues where creating or updating users may fail or take longer when applied to too many groups.
- Fixed an issue where user privileges may be displayed differently in Control Panel and File Station.
- Improved the error handling mechanism and usability in EzInternet.
- Enhance the stability of Snapshot Calculator.
Bug fixes
- DSM
- For an easier management, Key Manager can now be stored locally on Synology NAS. Encrypted shared folders can be auto-mounted without the need of a USB drive. (To achieve better data protection, users are suggested to store Key Manager in an external USB drive.)
- Standard users can now right-click on shared folders in File Station to view Properties.
- Added support for IBM WebSphere SSO.
- Removed System Performance Tuning section in Control Panel.
- Enhanced password strength policy for better account security.
- Added support for a new SMS provider SendinBlue and new Clickatell API (RESTful).
- iSCSI Manager
- Added support for network binding settings to allow each iSCSI target to map to a network interface.
- Users can now disable storage reclamation for thin-provisioned LUNs to enhance I/O performance.
- Storage Manager
- Users can remotely deactivate drives via Storage Manager for better management.
- Added a default monthly S.M.A.R.T. test on both new and existing drives that were not previously configured.
- DSM will remind users if bad sector/lifespan alert is not set up.
- Made health status of disks uniform with storage pools and volumes.
- Log Center now includes disk logs.
- Enhanced data scrubbing usability.
- IHM tool
- Added Seagate IronWolf Health Management (IHM) support on DS118, DS218play, DS418j ,and DS418.
- Fixed an issue when a RAID 6 Storage Pool is degraded by two drive failures, it cannot be repaired with only one disk. This only affects specific models:
- 18-series : DS3018xs
- 17-series : FS3017, FS2017, RS4017xs+, RS3617xs, RS3617RPxs, DS3617xs, RS3617xs+, RS18017xs+
- 16-series : RS18016xs+
- 15-series : DS3615xs, RC18015xs+
- 14-series : RS3614xs, RS3614RPxs, RS3614xs+
- 13-series : RS3413xs+, RS10613xs+
- Enhanced read-write SSD cache error handling when the volume crashes.
- Fixed an issue where file transfer logs might be lost after adding or removing volume(s).
- Fixed an issue where Resource Monitor might not update usage history after a DSM reboot.
- Fixed an issue where home folder mounted via AFP cannot be found via Spotlight.
- Fixed an issue where connection timeout might occur upon editing shared folders when the domain/LDAP server is down.
- Fixed an issue where Package Center user interface might display abnormally on IE10 and IE11.
- Optimized search function and improved the arrangement of search results in Package Center.
- Fixed an issue where the background of login panel might be blurred when accessing DSM on Chrome.
- Fixed an issue where users might not be able to collapse and expand nested sections on DSM webpage on Safari 11.