Qnap QTS 4.4.1 Beta 2 NAS OS Program

Qnap Systems, Inc. released QTS 4.4.1 Beta 2, the latest version of the company’s NAS OS.

QTS 4.4.1 Beta 2 has added useful features, including a list of improvements and enhancements from the previous version. The firm’s NAS users will receive QTS 4.4.1 Beta 2 update.

The company invites users to join the Beta program and provide feedback so the firm can improve QTS, and provide a more comprehensive and secure user experience.

Features:

• Control panel – Multimedia console

  • • Replaced Multimedia Management with Multimedia Console.

    • Added support for sorting and hiding categories.

    • Added feature that automatically uses image files as thumbnails for videos with the same filename.

    • Added volume control function.

    • Added support for new movie and TV show categories.

• Virtualization station

  • • vQTS 4.4.1 supports local installation via HTML5 console.

• Control Panel – Hardware

• • • vQTS 4.4.1 supports GPU pass-through from Virtualization Station. This makes the resources of the assigned GPU available for use by the apps/services of that vQTS.

• Encryption

  • • Added support for managing shared folder encryption in File Station.

    • File Station supports encryption and decryption for files with the ‘.qenc’ extension.

• File station

  • • Added support for document collaboration via Microsoft Office Online.

• Qtier

  • • Added support for removing the high speed (SSD) tier from a Qtier auto-tiering storage pool.

• Snapshot

  • • Added Smart Snapshot Retention feature. Snapshots can now be retained by time period (hourly, daily, weekly, monthly).

• Storage management

  • • Added support for creating hardware-encrypted storage pools using SED drives.

    • Added support for creating a one-time scheduled file system check.

    • Storage and Snapshots now tracks and displays the estimated remaining life of SSDs.

    • Added support for FC storage protocol.

• User group

  • • Added quota support for user groups.

• Expansion card

  • • Added support for Mustang-F100 FPGA and Mustang-V100 VPU cards. You can go to Control Panel and assign them as resources for the OpenVINO Workflow Consolidation Tool.

• CacheMount

  • • Files on mounted Google Drive accounts (.gdoc, .gslides, .gsheet) can now be downloaded as Microsoft Office files (.docx, .pptx, .xlsx) in File Station.

• Network and Virtual Switch

  • • Added support for displaying FC adapter information and status.

Enhancement:

• CacheMount

  • • The CacheMount application has replaced remote mount in File Station. Install CacheMount from the App Center to keep using remote mount services.

• QTS – security

  • • Added version settings for TLS.

    • Added support for HTTP compression.

    • Modified the password policy to enhance user password security.

• Storage management

  • • Updated IronWolf Health Management (IHM) to support Seagate Technology plc ‘s IronWolf and IronWolf Pro drive models.

    • QTS can check for firmware updates for connected expansion devices and then prompt you to update them each time you log in.

    • Added support for performing S.M.A.R.T. tests for NVMe SSDs.

• Performance:

  • • Reduced and optimized the maximum latency for SSD storage space.

Notes:

• Qnap has fixed the vulnerabilities in the following apps to ensure your data security: Surveillance Station, QVPN Service, Qfiling, Qsync Central, QcalAgent, and IFTTT Agent. To continue using these apps, go to the App Center and update them to the latest version.

• Information on the kernel versions for NAS models that QTS 4.4.1 supports

• Removed the following applications from App Center due to PHP 7 updates in QTS 4.4.1: ‘phpEasyProject’, ‘Dolphin’, ‘CMS Made Simple’, ‘Vtiger CRM’, ‘iStat’, and ‘PostgreSQL’.

• Check QTS 4.4.1 supported NAS models

QTS 4.4.1 Beta program

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Qnap QTS 4.4.1 Beta NAS OS
Including backup hybrid cloud storage HBS 3 with QuDedup technology, CacheMount enabling local caching for connected cloud storage for users, QuMagie AI-based photo organization application, support FC SAN, multimedia console, Freely Remove Qtier’s SSD RAID tier, and support of self-encrypting drives
June 4, 2019 | Press Release