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limetech:
This post will serve as an up-to-date feature list along with approximate priority.  We'll keep this thing updated as time marches on.

Current stable release: 4.2.1

The List:
- increase write performance
- support multi-core processors & memory beyond 1GB
- get S3 powermode (standby) working
- add cpuspeed support
- support additional file systems such as XFS, NTFS

- automatic save/restore of Flash 'config' directory to a designated hard disk file
- UPS monitoring
- email alerts

- add option to let Parity Check be a true 'check', ie, don't write corrected data, just report occurrences of sync error(s)
- better 'clearing' of new disks
- support more than 1 array (parity group) in same system
- permit some disks to be outside the array. This will let you select devices which will not be included in the parity-protected array. 
- concatenated parity drives
- hot spares

- implement shorter disk spin down delays and per-disk control
- add function to execute 'file system check' on the data drives
- implement drive over-temp spin-down

- add interface to let user easily specify jumbo frame sizes
- add support for 2 (or more?) network interfaces

- NFS support
- AFP support
- an ftp server (looking at vsftpd)
- http sever (perhaps apache!)
- UPnP
- Integrated wizd server
- Slimserver 6.5.0. support
- other misc servers, eg, "Galleon"
- hamachi vpn
- iSCSI

- get time from the internet (ntpd)
- Tally used/free space totals on Main page
- Provide some help info with Management Utility, eg, using alt tags, etc.
- Let user select display units (in bytes, KB, MB, GB, etc).
- provide internationalization support, e.g., in System Management Utility
- integrate css in management utility. This will permit "skinning" and customization
- make array management more "script friendly", e.g, fix 'powerdown' command

- implement theft-deterrence encryption system

PGPfan:
Hi Tom,

You describe "concatenated parity drives" as a possible feature you could be talked into for $. What exactly is a 'concatenated parity drive'?

-PGPfan

BLKMGK:

--- Quote from: PGPfan on October 08, 2006, 11:16:08 AM ---Hi Tom,

You describe "concatenated parity drives" as a possible feature you could be talked into for $. What exactly is a 'concatenated parity drive'?

-PGPfan

--- End quote ---

I belive that may be two smaller drives used together for parity instead of the requirement for one drive as large as the largest drive in the array...

limetech:

--- Quote from: BLKMGK on October 08, 2006, 02:01:13 PM ---
--- Quote from: PGPfan on October 08, 2006, 11:16:08 AM ---Hi Tom,

You describe "concatenated parity drives" as a possible feature you could be talked into for $. What exactly is a 'concatenated parity drive'?

-PGPfan

--- End quote ---

I belive that may be two smaller drives used together for parity instead of the requirement for one drive as large as the largest drive in the array...

--- End quote ---

Right.

PGPfan:
Ok, now that I know what it is, how much of a 'bribe' might be necessary to bump this feature up in priority since many of us have expressed interest in this? I'm assuming that women and children are off limits? :D

-PGPfan

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