The upcoming Synology DSM 5.0 software is now available as a beta, and it looks pretty darn good.
Features presentation: Preview: Synology DSM 5.0: Disk Station Manager gets a make-over - SSD Caching / Memory Compression | Hardware.Info United States
Beta download: Index of /download/beta/DSM5.0_beta/4418
Video of using the UI to create a 1PB cluster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9kE0xNh2-8
Some highlights are:
* SSD read AND write caching (only on *xs model hardware, at least for now)
* app-consistent iSCSI snapshots triggered via VMWare, Windows, and Hyper-V
* iSCSI read coalesce to improve random read IOPS by 6x - could be huge for VMs.
* Scale-out clustering with redundancy, striping, or RAID across up to 12 NAS devices (XS and XS+ hardware only)
* Centralized management UI
* Sync to dropbox, google drive
* Lots of new mobile and media features
* Vague mention of other improvements to snapshots
Features presentation: Preview: Synology DSM 5.0: Disk Station Manager gets a make-over - SSD Caching / Memory Compression | Hardware.Info United States
Beta download: Index of /download/beta/DSM5.0_beta/4418
Video of using the UI to create a 1PB cluster: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O9kE0xNh2-8
Some highlights are:
* SSD read AND write caching (only on *xs model hardware, at least for now)
* app-consistent iSCSI snapshots triggered via VMWare, Windows, and Hyper-V
* iSCSI read coalesce to improve random read IOPS by 6x - could be huge for VMs.
* Scale-out clustering with redundancy, striping, or RAID across up to 12 NAS devices (XS and XS+ hardware only)
* Centralized management UI
* Sync to dropbox, google drive
* Lots of new mobile and media features
* Vague mention of other improvements to snapshots
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