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QTS 5.1.x

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What's New in QTS

The following are the major new features and enhancements in the latest QTS versions.

For details, go to https://www.qnap.com/en/release-notes.

QTS 5.1.0

  • Expanded and improved the "Activate Predictive S.M.A.R.T. Migration" feature and renamed it "Predictive Migration".

  • You can now add the NAS to an organization when setting up myQNAPcloud. This allows organization administrators to centrally manage and monitor various system resources on NAS devices via AMIZ Cloud.

  • The SMB protocol now supports the AES GMAC 128-bit key encryption.

  • Microsoft networking now supports SMB multichannel settings, which allows file servers to use multiple network connections simultaneously.

  • You can now scan the QR code of your NAS with a QNAP mobile app to easily add this NAS to your mobile app. This QR code contains essential network information for remote connection.

  • QTS now supports Passwordless Login, which replaces your password with a more secure verification method. QTS now also supports more verification methods for 2-Step Verification.

  • Administrators can now delegate roles to non-administrators. This feature allows non-administrators to perform routine tasks and manage system resources, thus greatly enhancing productivity and flexibility.

  • Added support for Hailo-8 AI accelerator devices. Users can also configure Hailo-8 usage priorities for apps using Hailo-8 devices.

  • Added support for the Recent Files function. Users can now quickly browse recently uploaded/accessed/deleted files.

  • Enhanced the search function and search result interface. Users can now search file content with Qsirch.

  • Renamed the function "Replace & Detach" to "Replace" and added the option for users to choose whether to designate the replaced disk as a spare disk or to detach it from the system.

  • Redesigned the presentation of disk information into tabular format for enhanced user experience.

  • Added support for disk failure prediction from ULINK's DA Drive Analyzer.

  • Added support for Western Digital Device Analytics (WDDA) for Western Digital (WD) disks.

  • Users can now see disk error logs in QuLog Center.

  • Improved File Station performance and enhanced file browsing experience.

  • You can now aggregate up to 50 shared folders on a Windows network.

  • Users can now configure the MAC address when creating or modifying a virtual switch.

  • When selecting the system default gateway automatically, you can now configure the checking target by specifying the domain name or IP address.

  • Network & Virtual Switch can now record event logs when the system identifies conflicting IP addresses between the local device and another device on the same network.

  • Added support for enabling Native Command Queuing (NCQ), which improves the read and write performance of SATA disks.

  • When adding a remote disk, more information is now provided on each LUN in the LUN list to help users identify which one to select.

  • You can now log out of your account on all devices, browsers, and applications at once.

  • Users can now configure a schedule for automatic installations of app updates.

  • Resource Monitor now displays the space used by files created from Qsync file versioning.

  • After creating a SED secure static volume or SED secure storage pool, the encryption key file is now automatically downloaded to help users unlock the volume or pool in case they forget the encryption password.

  • Users can now change the destination of an existing Snapshot Replica job.

  • Added support for enabling async IO for block-based LUNs, which can improve the performance of a LUN over an iSCSI connection particularly when the LUN contains dual-actuator HDDs.

  • Added the client umask feature to assigns default permissions for existing and new files and folders.

  • When creating an iSCSI target, you can now select the network interfaces that an iSCSI target will use for data transmission. Previously, users could only do so after the target was created.

  • You can now select and configure multiple spare disks when creating a storage pool.

  • Qtier now supports more flexible tier configurations with NVMe and SATA SSDs.

  • Added the Qfinder discovery service that allows the Qfinder Pro utility to discover your QNAP device.

  • The time interval for observing successive failed login attempts can now be configured to be between 0 and 600 minutes. Moreover, a time interval of 0 minutes means that failed login attempts are never reset.