02-05-2021



In DSM 6.2, we aim to provide better IT management flexibility and usability in every aspect. The new Advanced LUN, iSCSI Manager, and Storage Manager take management efficiency to a whole new level. Security update with no service downtime in SHA and abnormal DSM login detection bring you a more powerful but secure DSM.

A Synology NAS with a data port and its Disk Station Manager software up to date. An external hard drive or hard drive array with sufficient storage space for the data you wish to back up. The Hyper Backup application package installed on your Synology NAS (installed by default; download again via the package manager if necessary). Download Center. You can find the documents and files regarding the operating system, packages, desktop utilities and so on for your Synology product to enjoy the latest and versatile features. DiskStation Manager 7.0. A streamlined user experience, enhanced login security, flexible cloud storage, and system monitoring in the cloud meet better and faster storage technologies. DSM 7.0 features improvements across the board for the best Synology NAS experience yet.

In DSM 6.2, we aim to provide better IT management flexibility and usability in every aspect. The new Advanced LUN, iSCSI Manager, and Storage Manager take management efficiency to a whole new level. Security update with no service downtime in SHA and abnormal DSM login detection bring you a more powerful but secure DSM.

Field-proven reliability

DSM 6.2 has helped companies worldwide manage their workloads with its high stability and efficiency. The proven reliability has led DSM 6.2 to a Long-Term Support (LTS) version maintained until 2023. For more information about DSM life-cycle phases, please refer to the Synology White Paper.

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Update your DSM smartly

Software

Your Synology NAS will automatically notify you of required DSM updates based on your system settings, saving you the hassle of evaluating whether a new DSM version should be installed on your Synology NAS.

Storage

Towards smoother and faster migration

Migration Assistant allows you to migrate data, packages, and system configurations from one server to another, while keeping all the services on the original server available and syncing any changes to the target server in real time. Unnecessary reboots can therefore be avoided to maximize service uptime during migration.

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Improved efficiency, intuitive management

Enhanced iSCSI service

Advanced LUN provides lightning-fast snapshot creation, recovery, cloning, plus VAAI/ODX support for improved VM performance.

Better performance

Sequential writing performance has significantly increased with the new Advanced LUN, enhancing storage efficiency.

Synology Storage Console

Manage and monitor your storage directly from your VMware and Windows environments. Optimize performance with a click. Learn more.

Create and manage snapshots efficiently

Experience fast snapshot management on shared folders and iSCSI LUNs. With the debut of Advanced LUN in DSM 6.2, LUN snapshot and replication can be finished within seconds.

View snapshot storage consumption at a glance

The snapshot calculator provides a transparent report on the storage space consumed by shared folder snapshots. IT administrators can utilize storage space more efficiently by deleting bulky snapshots.

Storage Manager

Synology Storage Manager

More refined, more sophisticated, inside and out

  • The new overview page provides rich and comprehensive storage information as well as a friendly user interface for everyone.
  • Storage pool now replaces RAID Group and Disk Group to unify storage structures, providing a consistent and smooth storage management experience.
  • Smart data scrubbing can periodically check your storage to reduce the likelihood of silent data corruption and minimize the risk of uncorrectable errors.

Synology High Availability

A thorough refinement that brings optimized system updates, more intuitive operations, a faster initial setup, and a brand new monitoring tool.

System update optimized

No more struggles between security updates and service availability. Non-essential reboots can now be avoided upon important system updates to maximize service uptime.

Essential operations redesigned

Cluster operations have been redesigned and become built-in to provide a secure and intuitive cluster management experience.

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Accelerated initial setup

An additional method for initial cluster setup is now available to help you set up your SHA cluster within minutes.

Monitoring tool brings in-depth assessments

In addition to the system overview, a built-in resource monitor for both active and passive servers is now available for a more in-depth control of the SHA cluster.

Btrfs on more models

The Btrfs file system is now supported on select Value series NAS. This delivers users the most advanced storage technology with features such as file self-healing, data consistency, and shared folder snapshots. Learn more about Btrfs.

Comprehensive security protection

Synology provides intelligent detection of abnormal login attempts and flexible secure connection profiles.

Synology Assistant

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  • Using intelligence techniques, Security Advisor can learn from the past login attempts,detect abnormal logins, and display the geolocation of the attacker. Moreover, users can easily generate daily and monthly DSM security reports.
  • A more advanced way to configure the security level profile based on different services, providing a customized solution to suit the security requirements of different networks.

A Whole new Package Center

Featuring a rotating banner, clearer categorization, and enhanced search capability, the completely redesigned Package Center allows users to quickly find everything they need.