Firmware Update: Qnap TS-639 Pro Turbo NAS 2.1.4 build 0317

Qnap has released new firmware for its TS-639 Pro Turbo NAS. This device can house up to 6 SATA2 drives, good for a storage capacity of 9TB. It also has two Gigabit Ethernet ports, two ESATA connections and five USB 2.0 inputs. The new firmware, which has been given version number 2.1.4 build 0317, is 85.5MB in size and comes with the following changelog:

what’s new?

• Support bitmap in RAID1/RAID5/RAID6 (solving the issue of rebuild time)
• PHP 5.2.9

Enhancement

• Add Apache httpd modules: rewrite, vhost-alias, webdav, expires, headers…
  • use phpinfo to get all module list
• Remove “ftp write only” log message in SAMBA
• Improve RAID5/RAID6 performance
• Security patch in SAMBA
• FTP performance enhancement when transferring small size files
• Upgrade iSCSI target (Enterprise iSCSI) from 0.4.16 to 0.4.17

Bug Fix

• [Log] Correct connection log related to usb/esata disk access
• [Surveillance Station] Linksys space estimate fixed in Surveillance Station
• [UPS] Unplug UPS might cause
• [Log] No log when setting iTunes passwd
• [Timezone] Zonefile incorrectly caused by Surveillance Station
• [Timezone] Update zoneinfo file (/etc/zoneinfo/Australia/Perth)
  • According to DST rules in Australia
• [Mac OS] Creating directory under Mac OS X 10.5 might cause the accessing problem.
• When email alert is enabled, the auto IP blocking event will cause CPU load to almost 100%
• Formatting external disk will stop iSCSI target service
• IE7 javascript error in TCP/IP page
• IE7 javascript error in SSL Certificate import page
• [iSCSI] iSCSI IQN is case insensitive
• [iSCSI] Fix the LUN issue which will caused the volumes can’t be recognized correctly in VMware ESX
• [UPS] Fix UPS plug-in will replace usbhid to usbfs driver
• [UPS] HDD standby issue caused by UPS
• AD username contains space character
• AD workgroup/domain issue
• [NFS] NFS mount/umount logs
• [DDNS] DDNS will prevent the HDD from spinning down if the “check external IP” option is enabled.
• Restart services after unlock&mount encrypted volume
• Fix power schedule issue (ICH7 RTC alarm will be invalid when it already be triggered during power-on state)
• RAID5 with 4 or more HDDs should not be able to do migration
• USB copy can’t work after init system
• Error message “disk space is full” in RAID5 expansion