QNAP® Systems, Inc. (QNAP) today released QTS 4.4.1 Beta 2, the latest version of the acclaimed QNAP NAS operating system. QTS 4.4.1 Beta 2 has added many useful features, including a list of improvements and enhancements from the previous version. Starting from today, QNAP NAS users will receive QTS 4.4.1 Beta 2 update. QNAP sincerely invites users to join the Beta Program and provide feedback so QNAP can further improve QTS, and provide a more comprehensive and secure user experience.

Learn more about QTS 4.4.1 Beta Program at www.qnap.com/go/qts /qts441-beta

New 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 ultra-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 & Snapshots now tracks and displays the estimated remaining life of SSDs.

• Added support for Fibre Channel 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 Fibre Channel adapter information and status.

Enhancement

CacheMount

• The new 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 new Seagate IronWolf and IronWolf Pro drive models.

• QTS can now 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.

Important Notes

• We have 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.

• For more information on the kernel versions for NAS models that QTS 4.4.1 supports, see www.qnap.com/go/release-note/kernel.

• 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".

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