DiskStation Manager iv.two Software

After scoping out the DS2413+'southward hardware, we fired up the latest version of Synology'south DiskStation Director software (DSM four.ii-3202).

Version 4.ii brings many improvements over 4.one. For example, LUN snapshot and clone support now exist. The quondam lets y'all fill-in and restore multiple versions of LUNs on the DiskStation with minimal affect on performance, while the latter enables virtual copies of information to be replicated so you tin can create identical deployments in dissimilar environments or clone an existing LUN snapshot into a new LUN.

The storage managing director has been upgraded to include Global Hot Spare Disks, which ways hard drives tin be designated as hot spare disks to repair degraded volumes, Disk Groups and iSCSI LUNs by automatically replacing a failed disk. Another characteristic called Due south.Grand.A.R.T. Test Scheduler has been added to schedule S.M.A.R.T. tests at predetermined times. Possibly the most meaning improvement fabricated to the storage managing director is the optimization of creating volumes, which is now between 14 and 85x faster compared to the previous version.

DSM 4 sports a revamped user interface and new features such equally widgets. Past default, a side widget displays system information including the wellness of your NAS, a resource monitor, recent logs, current connections and your fill-in schedule.

The update includes many important features, such as Synology Cloud Services for seamless syncing betwixt devices equally well as Antivirus Essential, a virus scanner. In that location is also a QuickConnect option to sync data without port forwarding. DSM 4.2 allows QuickConnect to back up more mobile apps, including DS photo+, DS audio, and DS cloud. Furthermore, unlike licensed cloud services, Synology's doesn't have recurring fees.

DSM 4.2 also brings enhanced mobile back up with updated apps for iOS, Android and Amazon's Kindle Burn down. Synology is launching ii of its popular mobile apps on Android tablets: DS file and DS photograph+. DS File lets yous scan through DiskStation files on a bigger screen and make changes instantly.

There are also various new and improved authoritative tools such as iSCSI LUN backup software, enhanced ADS/ACL back up, flexible notification system, and improved Apple back up.

Of course, old favorites like Download Station and Photo Station are included as well. Download Station turns the DS2413+ into a 24/vii download centre for BitTorrent, FTP, HTTP, eMule, NZB news server, RapidShare and MegaUpload. Even shutting downwardly your estimator won't affect transfers, as files are downloaded straight to the NAS device.

Another cool application is Photo Station, which comes with advanced photograph wall and prototype menses browsing options. In improver, the flexibility of photo theme customization, visitors' privilege settings to view or upload photos, virtual albums of recently uploaded images, RSS feeds, and a 3D photo browsing of Cooliris, make this the ultimate photograph sharing center on the Internet. Additionally, the newly-added Google Maps integration lets y'all geotag your photos and trace your path.

Video Station has also been added to keep the all-time movies, videos, and TV shows neatly categorized so you tin can always find what you want. The software also lets y'all add a USB DTV tuner to the DiskStation for streaming and recording alive TV shows.