If you remember, last year's DSM 7.0 update was the biggest true Synology NAS OS upgrade in four years, with a new design and plenty of impressive features, no doubt. But Synology did not stop here and continues to improve the system and make it easier, simpler and more comprehensive to meet the needs of users. So during its annual Synology 2022 and Beyond conference, the company revealed what it has in store for its next update, DSM 7.1. On June 7, 2022, the company announced that the upgrade to DiskStation Manager 7.1 is now officially available for a number of NAS and SAN devices, along with the arrival of new updates for the rest of the services provided by the company, so let us explain more details about them.
Synology has announced the general availability of DiskStation Manager 7.1 update, which represents a significant feature expansion with two major updates to long-awaited features such as the ability to perform a full DSM system backup, making it easier for administrators to protect and restore entire Synology devices. Also support for the ability to unify shared folders - Allow multiple different NAS/SAN devices to access the same shared folders.
“There are more than 5 million active DSM devices for uses ranging from creating a private cloud, data backup servers, servers for security monitoring extensions, and more,” says Shamrock Koo, Synology Director of Product Management. Enough to serve customers under all possible uses to make the most of network storage, then continued, “Based on the drastic changes to the system with version 7.0, we can now focus on improving customers’ experience by addressing the most complex challenges they face in their day-to-day dealings with the system".
The most important new features with the DSM 7.1 update
Improve your file sharing experience:
DSM 7.1 brings major improvements to the overall storage management experience. Now, sharing data between multiple devices, whether NAS or SAN, from Synology in separate locations, is much easier and more convenient than in previous versions thanks to SMB DFS shared folder aggregation technology to link shared folders on Multiple Synology modules simultaneously, and multiple Synology SMB servers on your network are displayed as one large Portal Folder.
Complete system protection:
DSM 7.1 provides the ability to perform full backups of an entire NAS unit with minimal effort Active Backup for Business application has been developed and with it it is possible to keep a copy of the contents of the entire network storage device including system settings and quickly and smoothly restore them on another NAS device In the event of a disaster - God forbid - that led to the complete collapse of the device. A full system restore also provides a quick and convenient way to configure multiple NAS devices to function similarly.
User interface update and performance improvements: The new user interface originally introduced with version 7.0 has been further improved so that whenever you notice a slowdown in your operations, you can now take an overview of the tasks consuming resources across different accounts registered with the NAS The new Task Manager that provides more transparency on what's happening on the device. Side by side Synology High Availability has been improved so that users can now view and manage the storage volumes on your multiple NAS devices from a single window within the Storage Manager app.
In terms of performance, DSM supports flash caching for a long time to enhance the random I/O performance of storage units efficiently. With the DSM 7.1 update, the efficiency of dealing with the cache capacity that depends on the SSD M.2 units has been improved in order to speed up data storage operations, especially when using more than one unit in the same device. There are other improvements to the rest of the pillars of the DSM system, where important new features have been added to applications and services such as:
- Active Backup for Business: Added new bandwidth control options, enhanced monitoring and reporting capabilities, and comprehensive DSM backup support.
- Active Insight App: Now manage updates, check recent logins, and monitor Hyper Backup job statuses for all NAS devices with the ability to login with multiple Synology accounts.
- Synology C2 Hybrid Share: Server-side process graphs can now be displayed as well as local file versions provided by Synology Drive for easy recovery and rollback.
- Directory Server: Now supports read-only domain controllers to improve job security and flexibility.
- Synology Drive App: Equipped with expanded indexing capabilities, improved smartphone user experience, and enhanced monitoring/audit capabilities.
- MailPlus: Virtual DSM now supports seamless migration of all sections of Gmail, including the Inbox, with the ability to customize the migration process according to specific conditions to make switching easier than ever.
- Virtual Machine Manager: Storage I/O performance improvements and QoS capabilities.
Surveillance Station 9.0 released
In case you didn't know, Synology NAS data storage devices can act as a DVR for managing surveillance cameras better than the DVRs themselves. Many make it the best for adoption when you want to secure your workplace, home or any other environment that you need to keep an eye on.
With the DSM 7.1 update, Surveillance Station 9.0 has released the ninth version that offers significant improvements in usability, multi-site management, security, and more. And as Synology shifts its focus to the cloud, it is introducing for the first time the Synology C2 Surveillance service that allows you to record camera captures in real time to the C2 cloud, thus ensuring that new recordings are always accessible, even after a catastrophic event or storage theft. Local to NAS device. So it is a very useful addition if you need high security on your property.
Synology also released SRM 1.3 update which is the latest version of its router management system along with the release of the RT6600ax Wi-Fi 6 router. This update improves the network management experience by introducing network segmentation and support for multiple SSID and VLAN creation. The DS router 2.0 application that is used to manage the router from the smartphone has also been revamped. This release comes with a comprehensive redesign that focuses on facilitating access to various router features such as parental controls, restricting what web pages are allowed to be visited, Internet speed control, and more.
