Firmware update: Synology DSM 6.0.1 build 7393

Synology has released version 6.0.1 of Disk Station Manager. DSM is the management software that runs on several of the company’s NAS products. The Disk, Cube and Rack Stations offer more than just extra storage space. For example, backups of all clients on the network can be made and files can be downloaded via http, ftp, bittorrent, usenet and emule, so that, for example, energy-hungry PCs can switch off at night while the download just comes in. Furthermore, audio and video files can be streamed over the network via the built-in iTunes server, a dynamic website can be hosted using PHP and MySQL and the device can act as a print server.

To be able to install version 6.0, at least version 5.2 must be present. Furthermore, it is only suitable for the NAS models whose type number ends with 11 or higher. For the other conditions and the different downloads, look at this page. In version 6.0 we find improvements in Cloud, Note, Photo and Video Station, there is a collaboration drive for spreadsheets, the possibilities to make backups and restore are improved and the NAS can now be equipped with a certificate from Let’s Encrypt. accessed via a secure connection. Also, DSM is now fully 64-bit and therefore performance improvements can be observed. In addition, there are several new features for the high-performance models, such as support for the btrfsfile system, a comprehensive webmail client and email server, a Load Balancer, a Document Viewer and support for Docker has also been improved. In this first major update since version 6.0, the following changes and improvements have been made:

What’s New

• This update includes all bug fixes as well as security fixes in the previously released updates since DSM 6.0-7321.
• EDS14 can now be upgraded to DSM 6.0.1.
• Improved overall performance for multiple client connections.
• SSD TRIM is now supported on DS715, DS1515, and DS2015xs.

File Station

• The sorting algorithm has been changed from sorting by name to natural sort order.
• Changed the filter function to the search function to locate files efficiently.
• Support search history.

High Availability Manager

• Added the quorum server settings to reduce split-brain error occurrences.
• Proxy servers are supported.
• Supports customized DSM ports and HTTPS connection.
• Reduced by 60% the average time for detecting disconnected networks before automatic failover.
• Improved HA cluster stability during upgrade.
• Supports installing DSM on RC18015xs+ in network environments without a DHCP server.

Fixed Issues

• Fixed an issue where an ext2 external storage device could not be mounted.
• Fixed an issue where shared folders on NTFS external storage devices could not be remotely mounted to some models via NFS.
• Reduced memory usage for writing data to an NTFS external storage device.
• Fixed an issue where Microsoft Excel files in an encrypted shared folder on some models could not be correctly accessed via Windows File Service.
• Fixed a security vulnerability regarding the p7zip module (CVE-2016-2335).
• Fixed an issue where files might not appear in search results if their file types were not specified for file indexing.
• Fixed an issue where backup tasks could not complete when the remote destination was encrypted.
• Fixed an issue where IPv6 link-local authentication might fail for rsync.
• Fixed an issue where backup tasks in Time Backup might not run after system upgrade.
• Fixed an issue where system monitoring processes might demand system memory on RS10613xs+, RS18016xs+, and RC18015xs+.
• Applied the workaround to mitigate a security vulnerability of ImageMagick module (CVE-2016-5118).
• Minor bug fixes.