Release Notes for DS-101g+

Version: 2.0-460


(2007-04-18)

Change log

  1. (2525) New web management UI: (1) function items are reorganized (2) CSS style sheet is improved.
  2. Photo Station 2: (1) new UI of Photo Station (2) better performance (3) allows user comment on individual photo (4) better browsing experience (5) allows choosing album and subfolder cover (6) allows editing title and description on photo or album (7) allows right-click to download the original-sized photo
  3. (3048) Web Download Manager is added as a new feature.
  4. (2110) iTunes Server is added as a new feature.
  5. (2476) New feature: "Email" input field is added for Administrator to enter for each user. A notification containing password information will be sent to the user afterward.
  6. (2728) Added MB as an option for setting user quota.
  7. (2069, 2877, 3009) Enhanced the ability to parse tag information of MP3 files stored on DiskStation.
  8. (2888) Enhanced song title display in DMA when the song contains special characters.
  9. (3016) Enhanced the hibernation mechanism of internal hard disk.
  10. (2165) USB disk hibernation is supported.
  11. (2365) Enhanced data copy stability for wireless environment.
  12. (2116) Enhanced the information display on Download Redirector when the disk is full.
  13. (2517, 2643) Download Station enhancement: (1) allows users to set the port range (2) bandwidth control
  14. FTP enhancement: (1) allows user to set the port range for passive FTP (2) automatically block repeated attempt IP’s (3) Enhanced FTP connection when system is behind NAT.
  15. (2837) Enhanced AFP performance.
  16. NTFS support: read-only NTFS support is added for external USB and eSATA disk.
  17. Installation enhancement: port is automatically changed for Synology DR II, Synology Assistant, and Synology Download Redirector to prevent installation port conflict.

Major Changes of Synology Data Replicator II

  1. (491, 492, 494, 495, 510, 513, 516, 519, 526, 531, 540, 544) Windows Vista is supported now.
  2. (231) Enhanced: DR II will automatically change port to prevent from installation port conflict
    (276, 424) Enhanced: the ability to backup long file name is enhanced. 240 bytes of file length is allowed.
  3. (319) Enhanced: when installing new version of DR II, users no longer need to uninstall the older version manually. The installation program has integrated the process.
  4. (395) New feature: added an option for the user to run DR II automatically when Windows starts.
  5. (406) Enhanced: Read-only files are now able to be backed up.
  6. (409) Enhanced: open files are now able to be backed up using Immediate Backup and Schedule Backup.
  7. (410) New feature: Windows Domain users are now able to use DR II to back up files.
  8. (413) New feature: deleted files from the PC will also be removed from the “latest” folder on the server so they will both have exactly same files.
  9. (415) Enhanced: Synchronization and Schedule Backup are allowed to co-exist from this release on.
  10. (438) Enhanced: when doing Synchronization, a confirmation message will pop up to inform the user the selected folders contains Outlook path, and let users decide if they want to continue.

Special Note

  1. Upgrading to v2.0.3 - 0460 will result in recreation of photo thumbnails, which could take from hours to days, depending on the photo amount.

Limitation & Known Issues

  • For Windows Vista 64-bit users, e-mail files can only be backed up while they're not in use.
  • See "Limitation & Known Issues for all versions" below for other limitations.

Version: 2.0-371


(2006-07-05)

Modified Items

  1. (1545) FTP forbids "guest" login.
  2. (1546) FTP forbids users without a password to login.
  3. (1693) DS Assistant is renamed to Synology Assistant. The default browser using Synology Assistant on Mac OS is changed to Safari.

New Features

  1. Download Station is added.
  2. (791) Authentication for SMTP server is added to "Network > Mail" page.
  3. (849) UPnP Multimedia Service is added. The following file formats are supported from this version on.

    • Audio: mp1, mp2, mpa, mp3, wma, wav, raw, ogg, mp4, m4a, aac, ac3
    • Image: jpg(jpeg, jpe), bmp, png, tif(tiff), psd, gif, icon, ufo
    • Video: asf, wmv, mpg(mpeg), vob, mov, dat, avi
  4. (1345) Anonymous FTP support is added.
  5. (1548) Advanced scheduler is added to USB backup.
  6. (1549) PHP+MySQL is added.
  7. (1555) Network Backup is added.
  8. (1684) Album access control is added to Photo Station.
  9. (1940) An option is provided to hide the shared folders from being seen in Windows My Network Places.
  10. (2147) "Shutdown" and "Reboot" options are added to the web management UI.
  11. (2168) UPS support through USB interface is added. Currently "APC Back-UPS ES 500" has been tested.
  12. (2447) User quota is added.
  13. (1979) System default shared folders (photo, web, video, music, ) are removable from this version on.

Enhanced items

  1. (1582) Mac performance is enhanced.
  2. (1824) 2GB limitation for USBCopy is removed from this release on. USB device over 2GB will be able to work as USBCopy source.

Limitation & Known Issues

See "Limitation & Known Issues for all versions" below

Version: 2.0-368


(2006-06-29)

New Features

  1. Download Station is added.
  2. (849) UPnP Multimedia Service is added. The following file formats are supported from this version on.

    • Audio: mp1, mp2, mpa, mp3, wma, wav, raw, ogg, mp4, m4a, aac, ac3
    • Image: jpg(jpeg, jpe), bmp, png, tif(tiff), psd, gif, icon, ufo
    • Video: asf, wmv, mpg(mpeg), vob, mov, dat, avi
  3. (1940) An option is provided to hide the shared folders from being seen in Windows My Network Places.
  4. (2147) "Shutdown" and "Reboot" options are added to the web management UI.
  5. (2168) UPS support through USB interface is added. Currently "APC Back-UPS ES 500" has been tested.
  6. (2435) PHP mail() function is added.
  7. (2447) User quota is added.
  8. (1979) System default shared folders (photo, web, video, music, ) are removable from this version on.
  9. (2460) An option to turn on or off the PHP option "register_globals" is added to the web management UI.

Enhanced items

  1. (1582) Mac performance is enhanced.
  2. (1824) 2GB limitation for USBCopy is removed from this release on. USB device over 2GB will be able to work as USBCopy source.
  3. (2461) PHP upload size is increased to 8MB.
  4. (2470) The following PHP extensions will be loaded by default from this version on: socket, ftp, calendar, gd, imap, exif, mbstring.

Limitation & Known Issues

Version: 2.0-460


(2007-04-18)

Change log

  1. (2525) New web management UI: (1) function items are reorganized (2) CSS style sheet is improved.
  2. Photo Station 2: (1) new UI of Photo Station (2) better performance (3) allows user comment on individual photo (4) better browsing experience (5) allows choosing album and subfolder cover (6) allows editing title and description on photo or album (7) allows right-click to download the original-sized photo
  3. (3048) Web Download Manager is added as a new feature.
  4. (2110) iTunes Server is added as a new feature.
  5. (2476) New feature: "Email" input field is added for Administrator to enter for each user. A notification containing password information will be sent to the user afterward.
  6. (2728) Added MB as an option for setting user quota.
  7. (2069, 2877, 3009) Enhanced the ability to parse tag information of MP3 files stored on DiskStation.
  8. (2888) Enhanced song title display in DMA when the song contains special characters.
  9. (3016) Enhanced the hibernation mechanism of internal hard disk.
  10. (2165) USB disk hibernation is supported.
  11. (2365) Enhanced data copy stability for wireless environment.
  12. (2116) Enhanced the information display on Download Redirector when the disk is full.
  13. (2517, 2643) Download Station enhancement: (1) allows users to set the port range (2) bandwidth control
  14. FTP enhancement: (1) allows user to set the port range for passive FTP (2) automatically block repeated attempt IP’s (3) Enhanced FTP connection when system is behind NAT.
  15. (2837) Enhanced AFP performance.
  16. NTFS support: read-only NTFS support is added for external USB and eSATA disk.
  17. Installation enhancement: port is automatically changed for Synology DR II, Synology Assistant, and Synology Download Redirector to prevent installation port conflict.

Major Changes of Synology Data Replicator II

  1. (491, 492, 494, 495, 510, 513, 516, 519, 526, 531, 540, 544) Windows Vista is supported now.
  2. (231) Enhanced: DR II will automatically change port to prevent from installation port conflict
    (276, 424) Enhanced: the ability to backup long file name is enhanced. 240 bytes of file length is allowed.
  3. (319) Enhanced: when installing new version of DR II, users no longer need to uninstall the older version manually. The installation program has integrated the process.
  4. (395) New feature: added an option for the user to run DR II automatically when Windows starts.
  5. (406) Enhanced: Read-only files are now able to be backed up.
  6. (409) Enhanced: open files are now able to be backed up using Immediate Backup and Schedule Backup.
  7. (410) New feature: Windows Domain users are now able to use DR II to back up files.
  8. (413) New feature: deleted files from the PC will also be removed from the “latest” folder on the server so they will both have exactly same files.
  9. (415) Enhanced: Synchronization and Schedule Backup are allowed to co-exist from this release on.
  10. (438) Enhanced: when doing Synchronization, a confirmation message will pop up to inform the user the selected folders contains Outlook path, and let users decide if they want to continue.

Special Note

  1. Upgrading to v2.0.3 - 0460 will result in recreation of photo thumbnails, which could take from hours to days, depending on the photo amount.

Limitation & Known Issues

  • For Windows Vista 64-bit users, e-mail files can only be backed up while they're not in use.
  • See "Limitation & Known Issues for all versions" below for other limitations.

Version: 2.0-371


(2006-07-05)

Modified Items

  1. (1545) FTP forbids "guest" login.
  2. (1546) FTP forbids users without a password to login.
  3. (1693) DS Assistant is renamed to Synology Assistant. The default browser using Synology Assistant on Mac OS is changed to Safari.

New Features

  1. Download Station is added.
  2. (791) Authentication for SMTP server is added to "Network > Mail" page.
  3. (849) UPnP Multimedia Service is added. The following file formats are supported from this version on.

    • Audio: mp1, mp2, mpa, mp3, wma, wav, raw, ogg, mp4, m4a, aac, ac3
    • Image: jpg(jpeg, jpe), bmp, png, tif(tiff), psd, gif, icon, ufo
    • Video: asf, wmv, mpg(mpeg), vob, mov, dat, avi
  4. (1345) Anonymous FTP support is added.
  5. (1548) Advanced scheduler is added to USB backup.
  6. (1549) PHP+MySQL is added.
  7. (1555) Network Backup is added.
  8. (1684) Album access control is added to Photo Station.
  9. (1940) An option is provided to hide the shared folders from being seen in Windows My Network Places.
  10. (2147) "Shutdown" and "Reboot" options are added to the web management UI.
  11. (2168) UPS support through USB interface is added. Currently "APC Back-UPS ES 500" has been tested.
  12. (2447) User quota is added.
  13. (1979) System default shared folders (photo, web, video, music, ) are removable from this version on.

Enhanced items

  1. (1582) Mac performance is enhanced.
  2. (1824) 2GB limitation for USBCopy is removed from this release on. USB device over 2GB will be able to work as USBCopy source.

Limitation & Known Issues

See "Limitation & Known Issues for all versions" below

Version: 2.0-368


(2006-06-29)

New Features

  1. Download Station is added.
  2. (849) UPnP Multimedia Service is added. The following file formats are supported from this version on.

    • Audio: mp1, mp2, mpa, mp3, wma, wav, raw, ogg, mp4, m4a, aac, ac3
    • Image: jpg(jpeg, jpe), bmp, png, tif(tiff), psd, gif, icon, ufo
    • Video: asf, wmv, mpg(mpeg), vob, mov, dat, avi
  3. (1940) An option is provided to hide the shared folders from being seen in Windows My Network Places.
  4. (2147) "Shutdown" and "Reboot" options are added to the web management UI.
  5. (2168) UPS support through USB interface is added. Currently "APC Back-UPS ES 500" has been tested.
  6. (2435) PHP mail() function is added.
  7. (2447) User quota is added.
  8. (1979) System default shared folders (photo, web, video, music, ) are removable from this version on.
  9. (2460) An option to turn on or off the PHP option "register_globals" is added to the web management UI.

Enhanced items

  1. (1582) Mac performance is enhanced.
  2. (1824) 2GB limitation for USBCopy is removed from this release on. USB device over 2GB will be able to work as USBCopy source.
  3. (2461) PHP upload size is increased to 8MB.
  4. (2470) The following PHP extensions will be loaded by default from this version on: socket, ftp, calendar, gd, imap, exif, mbstring.

Limitation & Known Issues