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Synology er blevet en af de store på markedet for NAS til private og det er der god grund til, de levere nogle imponerende produkter og er rigtig gode til hele tiden at videreudvikle dem til at kunne klare flere opgaver. I dag har de netop offentliggjort feature listen til deres næste opdatering sammen med en beta udgave som godt nok kun kan downloaded hvis man er med på beta holdet.

I de par år jeg har haft mit Synology NAS er der kommet rigtig mange nye funktioner til f.eks. Video overvågnings delen eller muligheden for at tilgå sine filer via et website samt mange andre, det er lækkert når producenterne er gode til også at give eksisterende kunder ny funktionalitet.

Feature listen for den nye indtil videre beta udgave af Disk manager 2.1-803 kan ses nederst, dog er der lige et par ting jeg lige vil fremhæve:

• Man kan nu via en installations pakke (som med squezecenter)  få Synology til at agere som mail server, det er en feature mange har efterlyst tidligere så det bliver rigtig spændende og se hvad de kan tilbyde her, dog skal man nok op og have en af de større NAS modeller for at have cpu kraft nok vil jeg tro.
• Hele interfacet ser ud til at få et løft opad med mere jave så det bliver mulig at højre klikke m.m som det ses i en alm. stifinder.
• Bruger rettigheder kan fremover styres ikke bare på øverste folder men også på sub folder nievo, det kan være smart hvis man har foldere som flere har adgang til men der er subfoldere som f.eks. skal være skrive beskyttet eller lignende
• I Photostation kan man ligge rigtig mange data ind på sine billeder med beskrivelser osv. men indtil nu har man ikke kunnet tage backup af dataene der lå i en sql database, den funktion kommer nu.
• Synology Opgraderer så man nu kan have tilsluttet 2 printere i stedet for en.
• Generelt tilpasses produktet så det bedre fungere sammen med Linux, med bla. understøtelse for case sensative filnavne og der kommer nu også en synology assitance til Linux, jeg er spænd på at se hvordan de håndtere problemet med at installere programmet på de mange distributioner af Linux der findes.

Der er desværre ikke nogen release dato på den endelige opdateringen men mit gæt vil være indenfor et par måneder

Her er den originale feature list:

1. New DSM 2.1 Interface: The new Synology Disk Station Manager 2.1 introduces to you Windows-style login desktop. Only authorized applications are displayed after login. The newly added Quick Search Box allows “search while you type” for faster access to a setup page.
2. Enhanced Storage Management: RAID 5+Spare & JBOD volume type are supported. RAID 5+Spare volume further secures data safety and availability (supported on CS407, CS407e, DS408, DS508, RS407, RS408 and RS408-RP only); JBOD (Just a Bunch Of Disks) provides an alternative for users to concatenate multiple hard drives as a single volume without wasting any storage capacity.
3. You’ve Got Mail! Just 1-step installation of the stand-alone Mail Station package, your Synology NAS Server becomes a mail server that supports Outlook-style Web mail, SMTP, POP3 and IMAP. (supported on DS107+, DS207+, DS209+, CS407, DS408, RS407, RS408, RS408-RP, and DS508 only)
4. AJAX-based File Station 2: File Station 2 has a brand new interface that utilizes AJAX technology and brings you the familiar Windows experience with drag-n-drop and right-click actions. In addition, File Station 2 further introduces features including multiple files selection and upload⁽¹⁾ (up to 100 files), multiple files download, remote compressed files extraction and files/folders direct download URL.
5. AJAX-based Surveillance Station 2: The Surveillance Station 2 newly supports 59 IP cameras of renowned brands, including AXIS, ACTi, Vivotek, and SparkLAN. Audio streaming⁽²⁾ is supported in live view, recording and playback (MPEG4 only). The auto-discovery feature helps you search the IP cameras within LAN to simplify IP camera setup.
6. Sub-folder Privileges Setting: With the elegant Linux-style privileges, authorized users are free to modify privileges of folders, sub-folders, and files with the help of File Station 2.
7. Enhanced User Management: “User Home” feature automatically creates a home folder and personal website address for each user; this greatly minimizes admin’s effort to assign shared folder for each user. The application privilege setting allows the admin to flexibly determine applications (FTP services, File Station, Audio Station, Download Station and Surveillance Station) each user can access. In addition, the admin is now able to set up share folders privileges for each user.
8. Enhanced Audio Station: Upon proper applications privileges setting, non-admin users will be able to login Audio Station and enjoy the music in web streaming mode. Advanced privilege settings are available in Audio Station including allowing non-admin users to use USB mode and manage the playlists.
9. Enhanced Photo Station 3: The search function helps visitors find the photo/album more easily. Furthermore, other than the photo files, now you can choose to back up photo database via Local or Network Backup, including photo’s extended information: titles, descriptions, and comments from visitors.
10. Enhanced Backup: The new backup wizard integrates Network Backup or Local Backup to simplify backup process. Other than Local Backup, Local Restore is now available; In addition, block level backup is supported in Network Backup. MySQL database backup is also supported now.
11. Enhanced eMule Download: The eMule download engine is upgraded to support files larger than 4GB.
12. Case-Sensitive File System: Case-sensitive file system is automatically supported after firmware upgrade to provide better Linux and Mac compatibility.
13. Network UPS: Now you can use a single UPS to protect multiple Synology NAS Servers within the LAN from power failure.
14. Dual-Printer Support: Synology NAS Servers now support up to 2 USB printers at the same time.
15. Linux Version Assistant: A Linux version Synology Assistant is now available to help you easily search Synology NAS Servers within the LAN environment.
16. 4 New Languages Support: Portuguese (Brazil), Portuguese (European), Turkish, and Hungarian management interfaces are now supported. It also takes effect on Synology Assistant, Synology Data Replicator 3, and Synology Download Redirector.