Lire la Suite »]]> Synology DiskStation DS209 Release Notes

Version: DSM 2.3-1157

(2010/04/22)

Change log

1. (13886) Supported M3U Internet radio playlist in Audio Station.
2. (14136) Enhanced the Amazon S3 secret key handling.
3. (14113) Enhanced Synology Hybrid RAID’s volume expansion after volume degraded.
4. (14097) Enhanced the log system by recording hard disk removal events.
5. (14009) Enhanced the Surveillance Station live view stability when switching the IP cameras video formats.
6. (13948) Enhanced the error handling when attempting to create a volume larger than 16TB.
7. (13932) Enhanced the RAW files thumbnail conversion in Photo Station.
8. (13879) Enhanced the external IP reporting in DDNS.
9. (13860) Enhanced the unmounted encrypted shared folders’ security .
10. (13851) Enhanced the Surveillance Station live view quality on Safari.
11. (13850) Enhanced the Surveillance Station live view quality on Firefox.

Limitation & Known Issues

1. Refer to « Limitation & Known Issues for all versions » for other limitations.

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Lire la Suite »]]> Version: DSM 2.3-1139

(2010/03/08)

New Features

New Volume Manager:
The Synology Hybrid RAID (SHR) simplifies the RAID setup, allowing the DiskStation to maximize the available storage of varying disk capacities yet with data protection. Experienced administrators may still use a manual option of creating a storage volume.
RAID10, 3-way RAID 1 and 4-way RAID 1 volume types are supported.
Block-based iSCSI target is supported and providing faster performance of file transfer.
The Volume Manager User Interface has been updated with additional graphics and illustrations.
RAID 5 to RAID 6 migration is supported.
EZ-Internet: The EZ-Internet Wizard is now available for guiding through the steps to establish access to DiskStation from the Internet, including firewall settings, PPPoE setup, DDNS registration, and router port forwarding configuration*. The « Router Configuration » feature is also available on the management UI under « Internet Connection » category, which accomplishes the port forwarding tasks on the router for you. View the supported router list here.
Shared Folder Encryption: AES 256-bit shared folder encryption is supported with the DiskStation. The encrypted shared folder cannot be accessed until it is mounted by entering the encryption key.
Backup Enhancements:
In addition to the existing « shared folder » level backup, « sub folder » level backup is now supported.
NetBackup shared folder is supported to act as the backup source. This allows backing up the data sets from DiskStation A to DiskStation B, and from DiskStation B to DiskStation C, and so on.
Amazon S3 is now supported as a backup target.
The Backup Wizard now allows backing up Surveillance Station event recordings with all the settings, including notifications, privileges and licenses.
File Station 3:
Local file browsing is supported (Java Runtime Environment is required) for easy browse and upload the local folders or files to DiskStation with drag-n-drop actions.
Multiple tasks are now supported. Upload tasks are performed in the background and with the upload queue listed at the bottom of the File Station.
Files and folders on the DiskStation can be compressed directly from the File Station.
.7z and .iso compressed files extraction is supported.
Surveillance Station 4:
162 more IP camera models from Sony, Mobotix, JVC, IQeye, Edimax, Siemens and other brands are now supported. View the complete list here.
H.264 video format is now supported.
Intelligent PTZ now supports preset positions, patrol paths, and guard schedules on each camera.
Manual recording is supported during camera live view.
E-Map is supported, which allows assigning an uploaded image to each live view layout, and deploy corresponding cameras or sub-maps to the image.
Enhanced user accounts privilege allows deciding not only the privilege of each user (manager vs. spectator), but also which IP cameras each user can access.
Event export function is supported to allow archiving the recorded events to an external storage device or another shared folder. At a later time the events can be mounted back for review on Surveillance Station.
More advanced camera settings are supported, including direct live-view streaming from the IP cameras, different image resolutions and frame rates settings for recording and live view, along with pre- and post-recording time and more flexible recording schedule configuration.
The sync-event player is improved with better time accuracy.
Motion detection setting is improved with threshold testing utility.
iPhone Support: A new iPhone app, DS cam, is available on Apple® App Store for free. DS cam allows users who own an iPhone/iPod touch to live view the IP cameras (in MJPEG format), take snapshots, and view recorded events on your Surveillance Station whenever network connection is available.
Photo Station 4:
Browsing photos with a photo wall or an image flow view is now supported.
Adjusting photo thumbnail size with a sliding bar when browsing photos is now supported.
Uploading photos and creating sub-folders through Photo Station UI is supported (Flash 9 is required). Enhanced privilege control allows customizing which albums each user accounts can access or upload photos.
Virtual albums are now supported, including albums of recent photos or videos.
Google map function is integrated, allowing browsing the location where the photo is taken if the geo-information is available in the photo, or manually edit the Google map location.
Enhanced album access permission allows easily setting the public/private attribute of all albums.
1024X768 blog layout is supported and 10 new banners are newly provided.
Photo Uploader utility is available in the new Synology Assistant to allow uploading photos and videos to the DiskStation which photo thumbnails and H.264 films pre-generated with the client computer.
RAW image files are supported including *.arw, *.srf, *.sr2, *.dcr, *.k25, *.kdc, *.cr2, *.crw, *.nef, *.mrw, *.ptx, *.pef, *.raf, *.3fr, *.erf, *.mef, *.mos, *.orf, *.rw2, *.dng and *.x3f.
Audio Station 2:
Audio Station 2 now also utilizes AJAX technology. It allows browsing the music library by folder, album, artist or genre, browsing the albums in thumbnail view or cover flow view, and managing the playlist and the now-playing queue with right-clicks.
M4A music is now supported in streaming mode.
Streaming music from other UPnP/DLNA media servers within LAN is supported.
Internet radio (MP3 only) is now supported in streaming mode.
SHOUTcast and RadioIO Internet Radio are supported with automatic updates.
iTunes Server Smart Playlist is supported to be played on Audio Station.
In addition to USB mode and web-streaming mode, Audio Station 2 now supports streaming music, stored on DiskStation or other UPnP/DLNA media servers, to an UPnP compatible digital media renderer (DMR). View the supported DMR list here. Streaming music simultaneously in the 3 modes is allowed.
Download Station Enhancements: MegaUpload download with a premium account is supported.
Management UI Enhancements:
A thin UI header option is available for maximizing the operation area of all applications.
Directly entering a specific application after login is supported.
Left-hand menu items are now customizable where menu options which are infrequently used can be hidden from view.
Items in the My Favorites are now also available as a list on the top of the left-hand menu for quick access.
Wireless Support: With the supported wireless dongles, the DiskStation will be accessible via 802.11b/g/n wireless connectivity. Both the infrastructure and Ad-Hoc modes are supported. View the supported USB wireless dongle list here.
Added PHP Modules: FreeType, PDO, dba, dbase, pdo_sqlite, SQLite, shmop, wddx, xmlrpc and zip
Enhanced Mac Compatibility: Mac Decomposed Unicode character sets handling is enhanced.
Major Changes of Synology Data Replicator 3 (v.142)

(780) Enhanced Windows Live Mail backup on Windows 7.
(782) Enhanced My Documents backup on Windows 7.

Lire la Suite »]]> certain nombre d’utilisateurs de ces disques on constaté que les nouveaux disques WD « Green Power » pouvaient poser un problème de parquage / deparquage incessant des têtes de lecture qui est susceptible de raccourcir sensiblement leur durée de vie sur certaines DiskStation

Ce phénomène peut être mesuré en utilisant Smartctl (paramètre SMART 193) , mais l’on peut également le constater plus simplement en écoutant attentivement les disques, un petit bruit métallique, qui correspond au mouvement de la tête sur la rampe se produit toutes les minutes environ (dans mon cas 19 fois par heure). 

Le phénomène à été signalé aux supports Synology et Western Digital.
WD indique qu’ils ne font aucun support utilisateur pour LINUX et que le dispositif de parquage / deparquage ne peut être désactivé (par hdparm par exemple).
Synology ne fait pas de réponse claire et n’a, semble-t-il, pas encore fait de mesure.

L’hypothèse serait que ces disques ont un mécanisme « intelligent » de Load / Unload qui les conduit a parquer les têtes des qu’aucune activité disque n’est requise pour économiser l’énergie. Malheureusement sous Linux, et dans des conditions qui restent a comprendre et préciser, des accès disque régulier conduisent a ce que les têtes se « déparquent » aussitôt.
Cela a pour conséquence un va et vient incessant, dangereux mécaniquement à terme.

Il serait souhaitable que Synology prenne position sur le sujet, car si c’est un problème plus large de compatibilité WD GP / LINUX (signalé sous Unbuntu et Mandriva) des solutions ont été trouvées pour résoudre ou limiter le problème:

+ Soit il y a une solution au niveau de l’OS et Syno doit y travailler rapidement car ces modèles vont être de plus en plus acquis par des utilisateurs séduits par leur faible consommation, leur silence et leur basse température.

+ Soit ces disques sont incompatibles avec un ou plusieurs modèles SYNO, s’ils sont utilisés leur durée de vie sera divisé par 10, et dans ce cas il serait bon de prévenir les utilisateurs.

Merci aux utilisateurs qui constatent aussi le phénomène sur leurs disques GP de le signaler  vers le support Synology et WD.

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je vous livre la réponse de WD

Merci d’avoir contacté le Service d`assistance Western Digital.
Nos produit green power supportent linux et touts les autres OS.
Tout produits étant appelé à une amélioration, le Green est un début, mais pas encore une fin en soit.
C’est donc pour cela que nos ingénieurs travaillent constamment dessus afin de l’améliorer et rencontrer au mieux vos besoins.

Nous espérons vous avoir renseigné selon vos attentes et que notre service vous a satisfait.
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