Synology Releases DSM 7.0 Release Candidate

Synology will make DSM 7.0 available on Tuesday. The update for the DiskStation Manager was already announced in 2018 and was supposed to be released in the first half of 2019, but was delayed several times.

DSM 7.0 comes with several improvements over DSM 6.2. For DSM users with Synology NAS, the disk management interface has been improved, and Synology also promises faster raid 6 performance. Furthermore, the support for the SSD cache is expanded. For example, an SSD cache can now be added and removed while the system is running.

In addition, the update includes a number of new security options. For example, USB and console ports can be blocked and users can be required to set up two-step verification. Also, passwords should no longer contain usernames and passwords should contain more different characters.

Synology adds an automatic repair feature with the 7.0 update and drives in raid configurations should recover faster when a drive is replaced. Synology has listed all the improvements on the website.

DSM 7.0 is only supported for Synology systems with at least 1GB RAM, because the new version is heavier. In the Download Center, users can download the update.