Synology Announces Official Release of DiskStation Manager 6.0

[btarunr]

Synology Inc. today announced the official release of DiskStation Manager (DSM) 6.0, the latest version of its award-winning NAS operating system. DSM 6.0 marks the beginning of a new era for Synology's DiskStation and RackStation products, expanding their role in professional environments with an exciting array of virtualization, data replication, and productivity tools.

We would like to express our gratitude to the enthusiastic users who submitted thousands of ideas and suggestions during the 6-month long beta program, helping to shape the future of DSM and create an unparalleled experience," said James Chen, CEO of Synology Inc. "The need for cloud-based collaboration tools that don't sacrifice users' privacy and ownership of data will continue to grow. With DSM 6.0, we aim to be at the forefront of this trend, helping professionals work together while maintaining an efficient data protection solution."



"With DSM 6.0, Synology brings advanced technologies that go beyond the management and storage of enterprise data, and are designed to enable Synology NAS as a fully equipped server that boosts productivity and efficiency in business environments," said Michael Zimmerman, Vice President and General Manager of Connectivity, Storage and Infrastructure at Marvell Semiconductor, Inc. "We applaud Synology on its newest offering, and are excited that our innovative 32-bit and 64-bit ARMADA embedded processors, ranging from single to multi-core ARM Cortex-A9, -A53 and -A72 device families, are helping power feature-rich applications and services."

Key features of DSM 6.0 include:

• Virtualization for flexible resource allocation: The new Virtual DSM (beta) and Docker DSM packages enable businesses to run multiple instances of DSM on a single Synology NAS, allowing them to consolidate multiple physical servers and build a reliable, flexible, and multi-tenant environment.
• Secure and intuitive mail solution: The MailPlus and MailPlus Server (beta) packages allow your business to set up a secure, private mail server featuring active-active design for high-availability and load balancing, and at the same time give your employees a modern mail client for receiving, sending, and organizing messages with labels, separate inboxes, and filters.
• Private cloud collaboration suite: With the SpreadSheet package, you can create, edit, and collaborate on spreadsheets with other people - using just your Synology NAS and a browser. Note Station introduces an offline app for Google Chrome and makes it possible to create beautiful graphs, handy to-do lists, and presentations in a simple way.
• Business-ready storage and backup: With the PetaSpace package, a single shared folder can now be located across multiple volumes and be expanded over 1PB, making it easy for IT administrators to manage large spaces. Snapshot Replication provides businesses with multi-site, up to every 5 minutes backups, ensuring optimal recover times if the unexpected occurs. With block-level incremental backup and cross-version deduplication, Synology Hyper Backup allows for multi-version backup to various destinations including Synology NAS and cloud storage.
• Cloud and file syncing: The revamped Cloud Station Suite is now perfect for businesses with speedier performance, group permissions, and bandwidth control. Synology's exclusive Intelliversioning algorithm keeps the most relevant historical version of each file while saving storage space.
• Anywhere access to multimedia files: The beautifully redesigned Video Station and DS video include offline transcoding for watching movies and videos anytime, anywhere. Plus, Synology's array of multimedia apps work with more platforms, such as the new Apple TV, Apple Watch, and Windows 10.
• Strengthened security: For more advanced control over application framework, DSM 6.0 provides role-based access for non-root WebAPI. You can tackle authentication challenges with DSM 6.0's support for the 802.1X protocol, or save time and energy when executing your SSL strategy thanks to Let's Encrypt integration.
• More great features: DSM 6.0 expands support for Btrfs file system to Synology NAS equipped with select 64-bit processors. DSM 6.0 also introduces many more useful features, such as full-content search indexing, 64-bit architecture, modularization of less essential applications, improved accessibility for visually impaired users, and a redesigned interface for mobile devices.

Availability

• Synology DSM 6.0 is free to download for users who own a DiskStation, RackStation or Embedded DataStation 11-series and onward. Supported models include:
• 16-series: RS18016xs+, RS2416RP+, RS2416+, DS416j, DS416, DS716+, DS216se, DS216play, DS216j, DS216+, DS216
• 15-series: RC18015xs+, DS3615xs, DS2415+, DS2015xs, DS1815+, DS1515+, DS1515, RS815RP+, RS815+, RS815, DS415play, DS415+, DS715, DS215j, DS215+, DS115j, DS115
• 14-series: RS3614xs+, RS3614xs, RS3614RPxs, RS2414RP+, RS2414+, RS814RP+, RS814+, RS814, DS414slim, DS414j, DS414, RS214, DS214se, DS214play, DS214+, DS214, DS114
• 13-series: DS2413+, RS10613xs+, RS3413xs+, DS1813+, DS1513+, DS413j, DS413, DS713+, DS213j, DS213air, DS213+, DS213
• 12-series: DS3612xs, RS3412xs, RS3412RPxs, RS2212RP+, RS2212+, DS1812+, DS1512+, RS812RP+, RS812+, RS812, DS412+, DS712+, RS212, DS212j, DS212+, DS212, DS112j, DS112+, DS112
• 11-series: DS3611xs, DS2411+, RS3411xs, RS3411RPxs, RS2211RP+, RS2211+, DS1511+, RS411, DS411slim, DS411j, DS411+II, DS411+, DS411, DS211j, DS211+, DS211, DS111

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[Solidstate89]

The ability to use btrfs as the filesystem for your NAS is probably the biggest upgrade in DSM 6.0. I plan on upgrading to an 8-bay or 12-bay model from my current 5-bay at some point in the future and when I do, I'll be using a btrfs volume.

The ability to use checksums to combat bit rot with amount of files I have is going to be very important.

 

[NutZInTheHead]

The ability to use btrfs as the filesystem for your NAS is probably the biggest upgrade in DSM 6.0. I plan on upgrading to an 8-bay or 12-bay model from my current 5-bay at some point in the future and when I do, I'll be using a btrfs volume.

The ability to use checksums to combat bit rot with amount of files I have is going to be very important.

Absolutely.
I too plan on upgrading my NAS at tome point in the future.
and btrfs is amazing.
I have a 2 bay now but planning on getting a 4 bay.

 

[Octavean]

I just ordered a Synology DS1815+ 8 bay NAS and have received the tracking info. I really would have preferred something like the DS3615xs 12bay but it just wasn't in the budget. Even the DS2415+ was a bit more then I was willing to spend at this time and didn't quite have all the features I wanted to justify the higher price over the DS1815+.

So basically I compromised but its nice to see that the DSM 6.0 is finally out of beta.