Transparent RAID Change Log: 2017-11-22/24: Refresh release with many improvements and bug fixes including: - Fixed bugs as reported on http://bug.flexraid.com: 0000447 Starting of storage pool end-up in a blocking loop if regular expression for landing-disk is invalid 0000441 Mercurial still not working correctly (Permission denied) 0000442 Cannot delete Log-Raid fhd file 0000440 File statistics broken after applying Mercurial fix 0000433 Cannot create a Shortcut on a Storage Pool with T-Raid... 0000434 Mercurial push does not work 0000417 tRAID crashes when writing a file that over flows the first drive in the array. 0000416 Raid monitoring plugin, file statistics, and forensic give errors 0000418 Failed File and RAID statistics 0000423 Raid Monitoring Tab has no Data - ErrorCode=31 0000436 No individual file statistics for old drives in Dashboard 0000407 Issue with Physical Drives List 0000425 Recycle bin feature can cause non-empty folders to be deleted - Fixed defect whereas storage pool would in some merge cases move data to a hidden folder when URB is enabled - Lots of performance and stability improvements - New performance features: SIMT & Write Chatter (http://forum.flexraid.com/index.php/topic,49418.0.html) Supported distributions are (*): * Ubuntu Linux 14 LTS and its derivatives (including Linux Mint): kernel 3.19.0-80-generic or ABI compatible * Ubuntu Linux 16 LTS and its derivatives (including Linux Mint): kernel 4.10.0-40-generic or ABI compatible * Redhat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7/7.x and its derivatives (including CentOS 7/7.x): kernel 3.10 lts 2015-11-12: - Minor UI fix (error loading porlet for non-existing RAID configuration) 2015-11-09: - Dynamic translation support (http://wiki.flexraid.com/2015/11/09/dynamic-translation-of-flexraid-web-uis/) - Improved disk management - Added menu to resolve disk ID conflict on existing installations if affected - Fixed several bugs relating to landing disk (including data not being moved off landing disk) - Fixed file delete issues when universal recycle bin is enabled on Linux - Fixed bug that would cause service broker to crash due to memory corruption - Improved RAID 1 management 2015-09-21: - Important regression bug fixes (fixed bugs introduced in 2015-09-08 release) - Fixed issue with Storage Pool driver not properly installing on some systems 2015-09-08: - Windows 10 support - Ubuntu kernel support now at kernel 3.19.0-XX-generic (where XX is 25 or higher) - Support for RHEL/CentOS 7.1 (version 7 still supported) - Storage Pooling now has support for Universal Recycle Bin to support restoring files deleted both locally and over the network - Landing Disk now has its own reserve space settting - Added option to disable network optimization for users experiencing issues with it (rare) - Log level of the host service can now be changed on the fly in the UI through the host settings panel - Minor RAID engine enhancements - Updated Smartctl engine and database - Fixed bug with Landing Disk in handling of Folder Priority - Fixed bug in Landing Disk in handling of ACLs - Fixed scheduler entry bug when not entering start and end dates - Fixed memory leak in service broker - Fixed coding bug affecting Storage Pool - Fixed issue in not being able to configure RAID 1 2014-11-16: - Fixed issue with the handling of alternate data steams 2014-11-04: - Disabled the read improvement changes as some users are negatively affected by those routines Users wanting the build with the read improvements should download this release: http://dl.flexraid.com/NZFS-TRAID-HOST-1.0_final_2014-11-01.zip 2014-10-29: - New feature: * Added support for creating and deploying RAID 1 or N-way mirroring arrays * Read performance improvements (up to 15% boost) * Performance improvements by allowing both TCQ and OS Caching - Fixed * Handling of alternate streams on Windows * Handling of symbolic links on Linux * Bug causing the broker to crash on Windows after a Verify+/Sync operation * Various minor bugs and cosmetic issues 2014-09-24: - Fixed Linux activation issues 2014-09-08: - Fixed UI bug affecting storage pool only configuration 2014-09-03: - First official public release for Linux platform - New Features: * Added ability to configure dynamic Storage Pool level restrictions (http://wiki.flexraid.com/2013/06/27/storage-pool-level-restrictions/) * Added ability to temporarily disable the Landing Disk without having to restart the Storage Pool * Added ability to run scheduled jobs now (for immediate on time run needs) 2014-08-18: - UI fixes - UI improvement with form submition on enter key - Regressing fix for a bug when stopping the storage pool introduced in the prior build 2014-08-16: - Regression fix whereas RAID Monitoring setting were not being applied 2014-08-14 - Fixed critical bug in tRAID engine - UI clean ups 2014-07-27: - Regression fix in handling physically removed disk - Added new configuration wizard feature for quick and simple configuration 2014-07-16 (regression fixes - bugs introduced in the 2014-07-11 build): - Fixed Web UI build break (missing class) affecting SMART feature 2014-07-14 (regression fixes - bugs introduced in the 2014-07-11 build): - Fixed issue whereas first indexed disk failed to properly register - Fixed issue whereas host OS was not properly identified leading to a Null Pointer exception when managing tRAID state - Fixed issue in Broker where command execution failed when host package was installed in a directory containing space 2014-07-11: - Fixed buffer overflow issue - Fixed inability to stop the Transparent array - Fixed issue where as empty folder on Landing Disk was being removed - Fixed TCQ overflow issue - Storage Pool driver update - Added support for Managing Linux hosts - New exciting feature (as requested by popular demand): users can now configure and run the native tRAID pooling without RAID! * The standalone pooling supports adding disk by drive letter, folder mount, or network share path. * Furthermore, disks/paths can be marked as restricted such that data is only written to such disks only if explicitly done so. * Storage pool paths can be added and removed without restarting the pool! Simply reset the pool context to publish the changes. 2014-03-20: - New storage acceleration feature: Landing Disk - Exposed a concurrency configuration to resolve blocks being out of parity sync on some setup - Update to the storage pooling engine with improvements and bug fixes to the cache engine - Fixed Forensic plugin to work as designed 2014-02-02: - Fixed file ownership change issue in storage pooling - Fixed Web UI install size (removed uncessary files) 2014-01-31: - Added new performance mode - Added TRIM support for SSD DRUs - Major update to Storage Pooling engine - Native NFS support - Better Storage Pool support for sparse data - Fixed issue with changing file system object ownership - Fixed issue with blocks going out of sync with parity - Fixed issue with plugin JSON-RPC API - Added more plugin API calls - Added custom data support for plugins - Added forensic features to map files to the sectors they occupy on disk and vice versa (file name by disk byte location) 2013-12-05: Fixed: - Fixed a bug introduced in the 2013-12-01 release, which prevented users from starting the pool 2013-12-01: Fixed: - Fixed issue with scheduler - Fixed Pool auto-start issue - Fixed shutdown on complete issue New Feature: - RAID Monitoring plugin 2013-11-22: New Feature: - Added new CPU and Memory monitoring plugins - Added new API service calls for plugins 2013-11-20: Fixed: - Issue with swapping first and then restoring - Issue with Storage Pool hanging up or dropping off New Feature: - Enabled RAID Statistics collection (charts pending) - Plugin page system 2013-11-08: Bug fixes - Fixes a benign bug introduced in the 2013-11-03 release affecting RAID Expansion by Disk Erase 2013-11-03: Activation Changes - Fixed broken activation for paid licenses - Activation support for Limit 8 & Limit 5 licenses - Added pooling override option for rare scenarios 2013-11-01: 1.0 Final Release * Completed features: - Creating RAID - Deploying RAID - Verifying RAID - Restoring RAID (including being able to restore to PPU) - RAID Expansion - RAID Contraction - Automatic RAID Restoration from Global Hot-Spare - RAID Import by Host Scanning - Native Storage Pooling for tRAID - Configuration Override (to easily simulate recovery scenarios and to execute advanced operations) - Wake-On-Lan - Host reboot/shutdown & Shutdown on Task Complete - Performance tuning including Sequential Write Optimization, Tagged Command Queuing, OS Caching - Scheduled Configuration DB Backup to Directory & to Email - Powerful Enterprise Level Scheduler - SMART Monitoring - Dashboard & Charts - Alerts (email, SMS, & Sound) - UI Themes: 9 to choose from