Buurst® SoftNAS 5 Release Notes
SoftNAS® 5.5.5 Release Notes - August, 2024
SoftNAS 5.5.5 is a maintenance release containing the improvements below along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.5.4 Release Notes - August, 2024
SoftNAS 5.5.4 is a maintenance release containing the improvements below along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.5.3 Release Notes - June, 2024
SoftNAS 5.5.3 is a maintenance release containing the improvements below along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.5.2 Release Notes - May, 2024
SoftNAS 5.5.2 is a maintenance release containing the improvements below along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.5.0 Release Notes - January, 2024
Buurst SoftNAS 5.5.0 is a new feature and maintenance release containing the improvements below along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.4.3 Release Notes - September, 2023
Buurst SoftNAS 5.4.3 is a maintenance release containing the improvements below along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.4.2 Release Notes - August, 2023
Buurst SoftNAS 5.4.2 is a maintenance release containing the improvements below along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.4.1 Release Notes - June, 2023
Buurst SoftNAS 5.4.1 is a maintenance release containing the improvements below along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.4.0 Release Notes - June, 2023
Buurst SoftNAS 5.4.0 is a new feature and maintenance release containing the improvements below along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.3.0 Release Notes - March, 2023
Buurst SoftNAS 5.3.0 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.2.9 Release Notes - January, 2023
Buurst SoftNAS 5.2.9 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.2.8 Release Notes - November, 2022
Buurst SoftNAS 5.2.8 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.2.7 Release Notes - September, 2022
Buurst SoftNAS 5.2.7 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements along with other important changes.
SoftNAS® 5.2.6 Release Notes - August, 2022
Buurst SoftNAS 5.2.6 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements along with other important changes.
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SoftNAS® 5.2.5 Release Notes - June, 2022
Buurst SoftNAS 5.2.5 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements along with other important changes.
SNAP HA - added support for AWS GovCloud US-Gov-East region.
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SoftNAS® 5.2.4 Release Notes - June, 2022
Buurst SoftNAS 5.2.4 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements along with other important changes.
License Update - minor change to correct an error identified after the release of 5.2.3.
Note
BYOL Users: If you have already upgraded to SoftNAS 5.2.3, it is not necessary to upgrade to this version because the specific change does not impact the BYOL licensing scheme.
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SoftNAS® 5.2.3 Release Notes - May, 2022
Buurst SoftNAS 5.2.3 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements along with other important changes.
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SoftNAS® 5.2.2 Release Notes - March, 2022
Buurst SoftNAS 5.2.2 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements along with other important changes.
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SoftNAS® 5.2.1 Release Notes - January, 2022
Buurst SoftNAS 5.2.1 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements along with other important changes.
Important Details Regarding This Release
All identified CVEs critical to be addressed are part of SoftNAS 5.2.1 including a vulnerability identified within nginx (CVE-2021-23017).
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New Registration and Support Portal
With this release we have migrated to a new service desk platform. The new service desk can be reached at https://support.buurst.com/.
New AWS Instance Type/Sizes Added to Support Matrix
Added new EC2 Instance Types and Sizes based on their performance characteristics and price points to enable customers to get even more value when deployed on the Amazon Web Services Cloud Platform.
SoftNAS® 5.1.3 Release Notes - September 9, 2021
Buurst SoftNAS 5.1.3 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements.
SoftNAS® 5.1.2 Custom Update Release Notes - August 12, 2021
To apply this custom update, launch the StorageCenter UI and enter the SoftNAS version 5.1.2 custom update URL replacing the <SOFTNAS_IP> with your current instance IP address: https://<SOFTNAS_IP>/softnas/applets/update/?customupdate=5.1.2.3452
SoftNAS® 5.1.1 Release Notes - July 8th, 2021
Buurst's SoftNAS 5.1.1 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements.
SoftNAS® 5.1.0 Release - April 21st, 2021
Buurst's SoftNAS 5.1 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements.
SoftNAS® 5.02 Release - Feb 25th, 2021
Buurst's SoftNAS 5.02 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements.
SoftNAS® 5.0.1 Release - Jan 13th, 2021
Buurst's SoftNAS 5.0.1 is a feature release containing new features, improvements and bug fixes.
SoftNAS® 5.0 Release - January 8th, 2021
Buurst's SoftNAS 5.0 is a feature release containing new features and improvements.
SoftNAS® 5.2.0 Release Notes - November, 2021
Buurst SoftNAS 5.2.0 is a maintenance release containing the below improvements along with other important changes.
Important Information About Updating to This Version
Previous version of SoftNAS were deployed using the CentOS version of Linux. As of the end of November 2021, IBM has discontinued support of the CentOS Linux which has resulted in Buurst's decision to migrate to Rocky Linux 8.5. Rocky Linux 8.5 provides a wealth of enhancements and is a logical follow on to the CentOS 8.4 Linux operating system. It is important to understand the upgrade process from 5.x.x does take a bit longer than normal. The actual process updates CentOS 8.2 to CentOS 8.4 and then proceeds with the transition to Rocky Linux 8.5.
All identified CVEs critical to be addressed are part of SoftNAS 5.2.0. The move to Rocky 8.5 will also permit the ability to continue to address any newly discovered vulnerabilities in the future as part of this Linux operating system.
If you need additional assistance, don't forget we are here to help. Don't hesitate to contact us through your Gold Support or through Buurst Support Portal.
Buurst Best Practice Recommendation
Updating the SoftNAS kernel outside of updates provided by Buurst will violate and void the End User Agreement License for SoftNAS and may result in additional costs incurred to resolve issues resulting from such actions. Please contact Buurst Support if you have any additional questions or before considering such actions in order to protect the integrity of your SoftNAS deployment.
Changes in Support of Object Storage
With the release of SoftNAS 5.2.0, the support of Object Storage is now being transitioned into Support Only mode for existing deployments.
Changes in Support of SmartTiers
With the release of SoftNAS 5.2.0 the support of SmartTiers is now being transitioned into Support Only mode for existing deployments.