Version: 6.1.7-15284-2
(2018-07-12)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS if you are using the models listed below.
- XS Series : RS2818RP+, RS3618xs, RS2418RP+, RS2418+, FS1018, DS3018xs, RS818RP+, RS818+, FS3017, FS2017, RS4017xs+, RS3617xs, RS3617RPxs, DS3617xs, RS3617xs+, RS18017xs+, RS2416RP+, RS2416+, RS18016xs+, DS3615xs, RC18015xs+, RS815RP+, RS815+, RS3614xs, RS3614RPxs, RS3614xs+, RS3413xs+, RS10613xs+, DS3612xs, RS3412xs, RS3412RPxs, DS3611xs, RS3411xs, RS3411RPxs
- Plus Series : DS1618+, DS918+, DS718+, DS218+, DS1817+, DS1517+, DS2415+, DS1815+, DS1515+, DS415+
- Value Series : DS418play
- Others : VirtualDSM, DDSM
Fixed Issues
- Adjusted power saving mechanism to improve PCIe compatibility.
- Fixed a security vulnerability (Synology-SA-18:36).
Version: 6.1.7-15284-1
(2018-06-25)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Linux kernel (CVE-2018-8897).
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities (Synology-SA-18:33).
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Procps-ng (CVE-2018-1124).
- Minor bug fixes.
Version: 6.1.7-15284
(2018-05-23)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- Updated Privacy Statement
Fixed Issues
- Improve stability of Docker when using Btrfs under low memory configurations.
- Improved stability of the snapshot replication feature.
- Enhanced stability of MCS in Windows environments.
- Fixed an issue where a file’s Last Opened Date may be incorrect when using Spotlight.
- Fixed an issue where enabling SSD Trim may cause file services failure in a high-availability cluster.
- Fixed an issue fan where changes to speed settings do not apply immediately in a high-availability cluster.
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Wget (CVE-2018-0494).
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding PostgreSQL (CVE-2018-1058).
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Linux kernel (Synology-SA-18:21, CVE-2018-1000199).
Version: 6.1.6-15266-1
(2018-04-12)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where Drive might not work properly when the indexing rules have been changed.
- Fixed an issue where certain functions in Package Center might not work properly on Synology NVR products.
Version: 6.1.6-15266
(2018-03-27)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where iSCSI service may stop under Windows cluster environment.
- Fixed an issue where the history record of Resource Monitor may not be updated.
- Fixed an issue where Korean files may not be read by HFS+.
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding p7zip (CVE-2017-17969).
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding NTP (Synology-SA-18:13).
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding Linux kernel (CVE-2017-15649, CVE-2017-17712).
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding isc-dhcp (CVE-2018-5732).
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding Samba (Synology-SA-18:08).
- Fixed multiple vulnerabilities (Synology-SA-18:14).
Version: 6.1.5-15254-1
(2018-02-27)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
Fixed Issues
- Enhanced system stability.
Version: 6.1.5-15254
(2018-01-31)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
What’s New in DSM 6.1.5
- Added support for editing permissions to multiple groups and users to a single folder or file simultaneously in File Station.
- Added Seagate IronWolf Health Management (IHM) support on DS118, DS218play, DS418j, DS418 and DS218.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where the system may make a false alarm about hot spare disks when upgrading SHA.
- Fixed a domain issue by allowing Synology NAS to join an existing domain with an ASCII password.
- Enhanced system efficiency in calculating a large number of user and group privilege settings.
- Enhanced SSD cache reliability.
- Fixed the issue where setting notifications for low volume capacity is not available on 1-bay models.
- Fixed an issue where converting a single volume to support multiple volumes may be misidentified as a crashed volume.
- Fixed an issue where users may not be able to collapse and expand fieldsets on an SSD cache webpage with Safari 11 browser.
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Linux kernel (CVE-2017-16939).
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Samba (Synology-SA-17:72).
Version: 6.1.4-15217-5
(2017-12-21)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where the scan results of Security Advisor may not be correct.
Version: 6.1.4-15217-4
(2017-12-14)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where Block LUNs cannot be enabled after upgrading to DSM 6.1.4-15217-3.
- Fixed an issue where Advanced LUNs larger than 2TB cannot be mapped to Targets after upgrading to DSM 6.1.4-15217-3.
Version: 6.1.4-15217-3
(2017-12-15)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- This update is a repack to fix the iSCSI issues.
(2017-12-13)
Fixed Issues
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities pertaining to OpenSSL (CVE-2017-3735, CVE-2017-3736, CVE-2017-3737, CVE-2017-3738).
- Enhanced the stability of the Apollo Lake platform BIOS.
- Fixed an issue with abnormal transfer rates for LUNs when backing up to an external storage device.
- Fixed an issue where DSM may shutdown incorrectly when iSCSI Block LUN services are overloaded.
- Improved the error handling mechanism for the SSD cache when volumes crash.
- Enhanced the stability of the upgrade process for SHA clusters.
- Enhanced volume expansion process stability after an improper shutdown.
- Enhanced system efficiency for calculating large numbers of user and group privilege settings.
- Fixed an issue where Microsoft Office documents may fail to save when Windows 10 Fall Creators Update is installed.
Version: 6.1.4-15217-2
(2017-11-23)
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding Samba (Synology-SA-17:72 Samba).
Version: 6.1.4-15217-1
(2017-11-13)
- Fixed an issue where PPPoE cannot be displayed properly in Control Panel.
Version: 6.1.4-15217
(2017-11-13)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
What’s New in DSM 6.1.4
- Adjusted the threshold of remaining storage capacity warning to 10%.
- Support 12TB IronWolf and IronWolf Pro drives with IHM.
- Users with ACL permissions set as “administration” can edit shared folders in File Station.
Fixed Issues
- Enhanced the compatibility of USB on certain models.
- Enhanced the compatibility of SAS drives on certain models.
- Fixed an issue where the response of user interface might slow down when using hotspares under certain circumstances.
- Fixed user interface display issues to enhance the usability of Resource Monitor.
- Fixed an issue where DSM mobile might not work properly on devices running Android 8.0.
- Fixed an issue where administrator might not be able to log in DSM after removing clients from trusted client list.
- Enhanced file system stability by backporting Kernel updates.
- Enhanced the stability of RAID 5, RAID 6, RAID F1, and SHR.
- Enhanced the compatibility of Windows AD and NFS protocol.
- Fixed an issue where RAID Resync might slow down when creating or deleting multiple volumes.
- Fixed an issue where users might be logged out or shared folders of mounted via AFP might be disconnected when changing permissions.
- Fixed an issue where the background of login panel might be blurry when accessing DSM on Chrome browser.
- Fixed an issue where users might not be able to collapse and expand nested sections on DSM webpage when using Safari 11 browser.
- Fixed search results filters of File Station, AFP and SMB to ensure that users can only find files with read permissions in their search results.
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding Linux kernel (CVE-2017-10661, CVE-2017-10662, CVE-2017-10663).
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Samba (CVE-2017-11103).
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding Wget (CVE-2017-6508, CVE-2017-13089, CVE-2017-13090).
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding XSS (CWE-79).
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding poppler library (CVE-2017-2820, CVE-2017-7511, CVE-2017-7515, CVE-2017-9408, CVE-2017-9775).
Version: 6.1.3-15152-8
(2017-10-18)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding WPA/WPA2 protocols for wireless connections (CVE-2017-13077, CVE-2017-13078, CVE-2017-13079, CVE-2017-13080, CVE-2017-13081, CVE-2017-13082, CVE-2017-13084, CVE-2017-13086, CVE-2017-13087, CVE-2017-13088).
Version: 6.1.3-15152-7
(2017-10-12)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Enhanced system stability on certain models:
- DS918+
- DS718+
- DS218+
- DS418play
- Enhanced the stability when adding hard disks to expand RAID.
Version: 6.1.3-15152-6
(2017-10-03)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding DNSmasq (CVE-2017-13704, CVE-2017-14491, CVE-2017-14495, CVE-2017-14496).
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding DHCPv6 Server (CVE-2017-14492, CVE-2017-14493, CVE-2017-14494).
Version: 6.1.3-15152-5
(2017-09-25)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Enhanced monitor mechanism of drive temperatures.
- Enhanced compatibility of certain drives.
- Improved the healing mechanism for possible cache device errors.
- Enhanced file system stability by backporting Kernel updates.
- Fixed an issue where DSM might not check updates properly when QuickConnect is enabled.
- Enhanced the stability of DSM startup.
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Bluetooth dongle (CVE-2017-1000250).
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Linux kernel (CVE-2017-1000251).
Version: 6.1.3-15152-4
(2017-09-06)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed HDD hibernation issues to enhance HDD compatibility.
- Enhanced overall stability of iSCSI services.
- Fixed compatibility issues with VMware environments.
- Fixed multiple security vulnerabilities regarding Linux Kernel (CVE-2017-10661, CVE-2017-10662, CVE-2017-10663).
- Enhanced the stability of RAID 5, RAID 6, SHR and RAID F1.
Version: 6.1.3-15152-3
(2017-08-15)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed a compatibility issue when using USB passthrough in Virtual Machine Manager.
- Fixed security vulnerabilities regarding Linux kernel (CVE-2017-7533, CVE-2017-8890, CVE-2017-1000364, CVE-2017-1000365, CVE-2017-1000370, CVE-2017-1000371).
- Enhanced the stability of iSCSI Block-Level LUNs.
Version: 6.1.3-15152-1
(2017-07-19)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Samba (CVE-2017-11103).
Version: 6.1.3-15152
(2017-07-13)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where some packages might not be repaired automatically.
- Fixed an issue where the creation of SSD cache might fail on DS1817.
- Fixed multiple issues regarding quota configuration for users in the administrators group.
- Fixed an issue where the trusted domain might not display after the deletion and refresh of domain list.
- Fixed an issue where a connection timeout might occur upon the access to file service page without any available external IP addresses.
- Fixed an issue where DSM might fail to establish the network connection after reboot.
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding FFmpeg (CVE-2017-9993).
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding DSM login page (CVE-2017-9553, CVE-2017-9554).
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Nginx (CVE-2017-7529).
Version: 6.1.2-15132-1
(2017-07-10)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where the trusted domain might not display after the deletion and refresh of domain list.
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding FFmpeg (CVE-2017-9993).
Version: 6.1.2-15132
(2017-06-29)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
What’s New in DSM 6.1.2
- Enhanced the write performance of encrypted shared folders when using the AFP.
- Added support for DHCP server lease time to be measured in seconds.
Fixed Issues
- Upgraded Samba to version 4.4.13, and fixed a security vulnerability (CVE-2017-2619).
- Fixed an issue where some users might experience failure when updating domain data, and enhanced the speed of domain data updates.
- Fixed an issue where users might experience failure when joining a domain.
- Fixed an issue where volume creation might fail on some models.
- Fixed an issue where SSD cache status might not be correctly reported via the SNMP.
- Fixed an issue where SSD read-write cache might fail to be loaded when upgraded to a larger cache in RAID 1.
- Enhanced the resource usage rate of passive servers on SHA clusters.
- Enhanced the stability of the unmounting process for encrypted shared folders.
- Fixed an issue where the L2TP connection service might not work properly for IPv6 clients.
- Fixed an issue where MTUs might be incorrect after Bond is established on DSM.
- Fixed an issue where the IPv6 service might not work properly.
- Fixed an issue where gateway information might be lost when Bond is removed.
- Refined the IronWolf Health Management (IHM) thresholds.
- Fixed issue where some 4TB IronWolf drives were not detected when IronWolf Health Management (IHM ) was enabled.
- Modified description of drive health status.
- Fixed an issue where 32-bit models might not be properly repaired or expanded due to volume limits.
Version: 6.1.1-15101-4
(2017-05-25)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding samba service (CVE-2017-7494).
Version: 6.1.1-15101-3
(2017-05-23)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed a security vulnerability regarding Linux kernel (CVE-2017-7308).
- Enhanced the stability of DSM when establishing a network connection.
- Fixed an issue where DNS server might fail to add IPv6 subnet.
Version: 6.1.1-15101-2
(2017-05-09)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed a security vulnerability (CVE-2017-7184).
- Fixed an Ubuntu virtual machine system freeze issue on Virtual Machine Manager.
- Enhanced the stability of iSCSI service.
Version: 6.1.1-15101-1
(2017-05-02)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart Synology NAS models supporting SSD cache.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where domain users/groups might be displayed incorrectly when a file ACL is checked via Samba.
- Fixed an issue where users might experience failure or receive no response when updating domain data.
- Fixed an issue where volumes might not function normally when read-write SSD cache is used with advanced iSCSI LUNs.
- Fixed an issue where encrypted shared folders cannot be unmounted when connections with Samba clients have been established.
- Fixed an issue where failure of installation or upgrade might occur in Package Center.
Version: 6.1.1-15101
(2017-05-02)
Important Note
- The update is expected to be available for all regions within the next few days, although the time of release in each region may vary slightly.
- This update will restart your Synology NAS.
What’s New in DSM 6.1.1
- This update includes all bug fixes as well as security fixes in the previously released updates since DSM 6.1.
- Added support for scheduled RAID scrubbing.
- Upgraded Samba to version 4.4.9.
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where the OTP might be requested repeatedly when users log in a same trusted device with different accounts.
- Fixed an issue where File Station might not work properly when playing slideshows of photos without thumbnails if opened via Application Portal.
- Fixed an issue where proxy settings cannot be changed when Let’s Encrypt is in use.
- Fixed an issue where packages cannot be repurchased after refunds.
- Fixed an issue where Auto Block might fail to block addresses when the Allow List is set as an IP range.
- Fixed an issue where the default gateway might not be updated when a DHCP client has not received DNS information.
- Fixed an issue where firewall rules might not be displayed correctly when users add or remove rules on the same port.
- Fixed an issue where UPnP rules might fail to work properly on Synology NAS with a single Ethernet port.
- Fixed an issue where the DSM user interface might fail to be properly displayed when DHCP Server receives invalid DNS addresses.
- Fixed an issue where L2TP connections might fail to be established in kernel 4.4 when the kernel mode is enabled.
- Fixed an issue where an L2TP connection might fail to be established when the server address starts with a number.
- Enhanced the usability and display correctness of the Wake on Lan user interface.
- Fixed an issue where Synology NAS cannot be properly shut down when a bond has been established between Mellanox ConnectX-3 and Synology E10G17-F2.
- Fixed an issue where DSM might show the message of volume crash upon reboot when a single-disk SHR volume has been mounted with cache and transformed into a Disk Group.
- Fixed an incorrect volume display on some models where RAID Groups are supported and SHR has been enabled.
- Fixed an issue where SHA cannot be created when FS3017 contains over 12 drives.
- Fixed an issue where the settings of SMB encrypted transmission cannot be properly configured.
- Fixed a connection error that might occur when the name of an SMB shared folder contains consecutive spaces.
- Fixed an issue where Key Manager might fail to mount encrypted shared folders automatically on startup.
- Enhanced the stability of the iSCSI service.
- Fixed an issue where files cannot be written into encrypted shared folders on ext3 file system.
- Fixed an issue where Snapshot Replication might fail when compression is enabled for shared folders.
- Fixed an issue where DSM cannot be shut down properly on Qoriq or 88f6281/88f6282 platforms when JBOD volumes are in use.
- Enhanced the stability of the upgrade process of SHA clusters.
Version: 6.1-15047-2
(2017-03-22)
Fixed Issues
- Fixed an issue where a high-availability cluster might unexpectedly switch over when the active server is busy.
- Fixed an issue where SHA alternatively displays the message of availability/unavailability due to false alarm.
- Fixed an issue where DSM cannot be joined into Windows AD domains after upgrading to version 6.1.
- Fixed an issue where domain users cannot be edited on DSM after enabling Windows AD services.
- Fixed an issue where LDAP users could fail to access files via the SMB protocol.
- Fixed the compatibility issue of VMware with some file LUNs created on DSM 6.0 Beta.
- Fixed an issue where an encrypted shared folder cannot be decrypted when the encryption key is set to maximum length.
- Enhanced the stability of the iSCSI service.
- Fixed an issue where Auto Block might fail to block addresses when the Allow List is set as an IP range.
- Fixed an incorrect volume display on some models where RAID Groups are supported and SHR has been enabled.
- Fixed an issue where Microsoft Office and Adobe documents cannot be opened on Windows after being accessed on macOS via the AFP protocol.
- Improved the write performance of fragmented Btrfs volumes.
- Added Seagate IronWolf Health Management (IHM) support on Broadwell-DE models.
- Fixed the compatibility issue of WD WD8001FFWX with the DX1215 expansion unit.
Version: 6.1-15047-1
(2017-02-25)
- Fixed a security vulnerability with the Auto Block function that could allow remote attackers to bypass the current IP blocking mechanism.
Version: 6.1-15047
(2017-02-21)
Compatibility and Installation
- DSM 6.1 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.
- Manual re-indexing is required for all files after upgrading to DSM 6.1. The file indexing service in Control Panel has been moved to the preference settings in Synology Universal Search.
- Due to infrastructure update, packages will need re-initialization after upgrading to DSM 6.1. The process will occupy a higher CPU usage and can take up to an hour depending on the number of packages installed.
- Directory Server package must be disabled (stop) in Package Center before the upgrade if the server is running on a High Availability cluster.
- The DSM Help articles in the following languages have been removed: Brazilian Portuguese, European Portuguese, Norwegian, Turkish, Hungarian, Swedish, Danish. In all the packages, the Help articles in these six languages will also be removed.
What’s New in DSM 6.1 Official
- Extended Btrfs File System Coverage
- Btrfs file system is now available on more Synology NAS models. Enjoy the powerful features of the next-generation file system.
- Applied models:
- 17-series: RS3617xs+, RS3617xs, RS3617RPxs, DS3617xs
- 16-series: RS18016xs+, RS2416+, RS2416RP+, DS916+, DS416play, DS716+II, DS716+, DS216+II, DS216+
- 15-series: RC18015xs+, DS3615xs, DS2415+, DS1815+, DS1515+, RS815+, RS815RP+, DS415+
- 14-series: RS3614xs+, RS3614xs, RS3614RPxs, RS814RP+, RS814+, RS2414RP+, RS2414+
- 13-series: RS10613xs+, RS3413xs+, DS1813+, DS1513+, DS713+, DS2413+
- 12-series: DS3612xs, RS3412xs, RS3412RPxs, RS2212+, RS2212RP+, DS1812+, DS1512+, RS812+, RS812RP+, DS412+
- 11-series: DS3611xs, RS3411xs, RS3411RPxs,
- File Self-Healing
- 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, RAID F1 or non-1 disk SHR
- DSM is now capable of detecting and repairing silent data corruption if your Synology NAS meets the following criteria:
- Shared Folder Encryption
- In addition to encrypting a shared folder as you create it, you can now encrypt an existing shared folder, including the “homes” folder, after its creation.
- 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.
- Account Protection
- More effective way to guard against brute-force attack
- Users can set up the number of failed login attempts from trusted or untrusted devices within the specified time period.
- Extended RAID F1 Support
- RAID F1 is now available on more Synology NAS models to take advantage of the new RAID type designed for all flash.
- Applied models:
- 17-series: FS3017, RS3617xs+, RS3617xs, RS3617RPxs, DS3617xs
- 16-series: RS18016xs+
- 15-series: RC18015xs+, DS3615xs
- 14-series: RS3614xs+, RS3614xs, RS3614RPxs
- 13-series: RS10613xs+, RS3413xs+
- File Services
- Windows File Services and Mac File Services have been renamed SMB and AFP, respectively.
- All SMB services (SMB1/2/3) are 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 files fast clone in File Service advanced settings, files can be copied at a faster speed when the source and destination are within the same Btrfs volume.
- Storage Manager
- 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 flexible for models built on the 32-bit architecture with a single volume size limit of 16TB) .
- Resource Monitor
- 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).
- Service Modularization
- 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 includes USB Copy, File Station, and File indexing.
- Package Center
- Automatically updates incompatible packages after the installation of DSM 6.1 to boost your upgrading experience.
- Flexible Update Options
- 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.
Known Issues & Limitations
- Ended support for Intrusion Prevention since DSM 6.1. This package will be removed from Package Center.