Adaptec 5325301656 Administration Guide - Page 19

What's New in GuardianOS What's New in GuardianOS The following tables list the new and changed features since GuardianOS v3.2. What's New in GuardianOS v5.0 GuardianOS 5.0 has the following new features and functionality Feature New Functionality Improved system performance Improved memory management, resulting in reduced swap utilization, which improves overall performance of the operating system. Enhanced Windows security File system access control lists (ACL) now follow the and permissions Windows NTFS security paradigm for assignment and compatibility enforcement of file system permissions. Improved User Interface Updated Storage UI improves ease of configuration of storage resources. RAID 6 and RAID 10 support Two new RAID configuration options are available: • RAID 6 provides a dual parity RAID for additional redundancy and data protection. • RAID 10 stripes RAID 1 mirrors for high data protection and increased performance. NFS v4 support Support for NFS v4 has been added, providing a connection-based protocol for NFS users, with elimination of ancillary protocols, single port accessibility, new file system view, and improved network management. Note Kerberos-based security and NFS v4 ACLs are not supported in this release of GuardianOS. Expanded CLI Over 30 additional commands have been incorporated into the SnapCLI, increasing the ability to perform configuration tasks using the CLI or CLI scripts. Dynamic Home Directories With Home Directories enabled, users are provided with their own private directory and (for SMB, AFP, NFS, and HTTP) user-specific share, to which only they and the system administrator have access. Switch-side Load Balancing Two additional Load Balancing options have been added. Switch Trunking and Link Aggregation group multiple physical Ethernet links to create one logical interface, providing high fault tolerance and fast performance between switches, routers, and servers. Chapter 1 Administrative Overview 5