Page 5: DiskStation Manager 3.0 - Part 2
DiskStation Manager 3.0 - Part 2
File-sharing support is the same as the DSM 2.3 software. CIFS is the most common for Windows and Linux nowadays and uses Samba for the support. You can also setup FTP shares, Apple file-sharing, and NFS. The CIFS recycle bin is still present and is a good option if your network users are always deleting files by accident. This allows them to have an "undo" option in case they really didn't want to delete them. Just don't tell them it is enabled, let them beg!
The workgroup is easily setup and if you have a domain controller, you can also assign the DS211 to use it. If you are using this in a Windows Active Directory network, the DSM 3.0 can integrate very well. Still, I'm a Linux person so we don't need much other than CIFS or NFS.
The DSM 3.0 software can allow the DS211 to join an Active Directory domain. This is pretty interesting for those small business that still rely on Windows. Joining the AD domain will allow you to assign Windows ACLs to file-shares.
The application support for the DSM 3.0 has grown, but all the standards from the older software have been updated. The Download Station is still present and the interface has been slightly improved for the new software, but it works the same. Make sure you setup limits in the settings for transfer speeds and such. It always helps to limit BitTorrent uploads to less than your maximum upload. We're working with a 25/25Mb connection so we set ours pretty high.
There is a new file browser with the software and not only can it connect to the files on the DS211, a piece of Java allows it to connect to your local computer (with permission, if you accept). You can move files to and from the DS211 using this, but using a CIFS share is much simpler.
Our SkyIPCam777W still wasn't support out of the box, but once we pointed the MJPEG stream to the new Surveillance Station 5, it was up and grabbing the live feed. We also setup some motion detection and it works very well. The updated speed of the DS211 allows more functions to go on at the same time. We wouldn't do surveillance on the DS210j for fear that it would bottleneck the system. More on that later.
The Audio Station still suffers from the same streaming problem as the last software. We've got Flash 10 installed, but the DSM 3.0 complained that we needed to have Flash 9 or higher installed. The DS211 happily played music through a USB sound device and since it is a UPnP AV server, it pushes music and video to any other devices on the network.
One additional thing is that the embedded help pages are very useful for finding out how things work. Since there is no printed manual, having them accessible from the internal website is the next best thing and even allows you to search for topics fast.
Remember those USB ports we mentioned? You can do a number of different things using them. If you have USB printers, you can use the DS211 to share them with the network. Do you have some additional USB disk drives? Create another volume and share it on the network. With USB the DS211 can be extended for so many additional use cases.
The DiskStation Manager 3.0 software is a very worthy upgrade to the older series. Since Synology supports their older hardware, the DSM 3.0 is probably available for your Synology unit, even if it a couple of years old. Support like this is rarely seen from a company.
The DSM 3.0 comes with Linux 2.6.32 (Linux ASEDS211 2.6.32.12 #1354 Sat Oct 23 00:49:24 CST 2010 armv5tel GNU/Linux synology_88f6282_211), PHP 5.3.3, Apache 2.2.16, and MySQL 5.1.49. You can hack up the DS211 by logging into it using SSH. The root password is the same as the admin password. You need to enable terminal support in the control panel. Once you do, you can install anything you want. It is an open Linux computer.
We installed BackupPC on our DS210j. It was much slower than a normal, beefy, computer. It did get the job done and in a quiet way. The DS211 has our hopes up for a much faster system and we'll have a guide in a week about how to install BackupPC on the DS211. The ipkg management system for installing software is great and is a simplified version of Debian's dpkg. This means that most base software is easily added with a simple command and less compiling is needed overall. Since BackupPC took up so much CPU power of the DS210j, the DS211 is a welcome addition to the network.
File-sharing support is the same as the DSM 2.3 software. CIFS is the most common for Windows and Linux nowadays and uses Samba for the support. You can also setup FTP shares, Apple file-sharing, and NFS. The CIFS recycle bin is still present and is a good option if your network users are always deleting files by accident. This allows them to have an "undo" option in case they really didn't want to delete them. Just don't tell them it is enabled, let them beg!
The workgroup is easily setup and if you have a domain controller, you can also assign the DS211 to use it. If you are using this in a Windows Active Directory network, the DSM 3.0 can integrate very well. Still, I'm a Linux person so we don't need much other than CIFS or NFS.
The DSM 3.0 software can allow the DS211 to join an Active Directory domain. This is pretty interesting for those small business that still rely on Windows. Joining the AD domain will allow you to assign Windows ACLs to file-shares.
The application support for the DSM 3.0 has grown, but all the standards from the older software have been updated. The Download Station is still present and the interface has been slightly improved for the new software, but it works the same. Make sure you setup limits in the settings for transfer speeds and such. It always helps to limit BitTorrent uploads to less than your maximum upload. We're working with a 25/25Mb connection so we set ours pretty high.
There is a new file browser with the software and not only can it connect to the files on the DS211, a piece of Java allows it to connect to your local computer (with permission, if you accept). You can move files to and from the DS211 using this, but using a CIFS share is much simpler.
Our SkyIPCam777W still wasn't support out of the box, but once we pointed the MJPEG stream to the new Surveillance Station 5, it was up and grabbing the live feed. We also setup some motion detection and it works very well. The updated speed of the DS211 allows more functions to go on at the same time. We wouldn't do surveillance on the DS210j for fear that it would bottleneck the system. More on that later.
The Audio Station still suffers from the same streaming problem as the last software. We've got Flash 10 installed, but the DSM 3.0 complained that we needed to have Flash 9 or higher installed. The DS211 happily played music through a USB sound device and since it is a UPnP AV server, it pushes music and video to any other devices on the network.
One additional thing is that the embedded help pages are very useful for finding out how things work. Since there is no printed manual, having them accessible from the internal website is the next best thing and even allows you to search for topics fast.
Remember those USB ports we mentioned? You can do a number of different things using them. If you have USB printers, you can use the DS211 to share them with the network. Do you have some additional USB disk drives? Create another volume and share it on the network. With USB the DS211 can be extended for so many additional use cases.
The DiskStation Manager 3.0 software is a very worthy upgrade to the older series. Since Synology supports their older hardware, the DSM 3.0 is probably available for your Synology unit, even if it a couple of years old. Support like this is rarely seen from a company.
The DSM 3.0 comes with Linux 2.6.32 (Linux ASEDS211 2.6.32.12 #1354 Sat Oct 23 00:49:24 CST 2010 armv5tel GNU/Linux synology_88f6282_211), PHP 5.3.3, Apache 2.2.16, and MySQL 5.1.49. You can hack up the DS211 by logging into it using SSH. The root password is the same as the admin password. You need to enable terminal support in the control panel. Once you do, you can install anything you want. It is an open Linux computer.
We installed BackupPC on our DS210j. It was much slower than a normal, beefy, computer. It did get the job done and in a quiet way. The DS211 has our hopes up for a much faster system and we'll have a guide in a week about how to install BackupPC on the DS211. The ipkg management system for installing software is great and is a simplified version of Debian's dpkg. This means that most base software is easily added with a simple command and less compiling is needed overall. Since BackupPC took up so much CPU power of the DS210j, the DS211 is a welcome addition to the network.