FileCatalyst is excited to announce our latest software release, FileCatalyst Direct v3.0.1.

New to v3.0.1 has been the official re-branding of MonitoringAgent and MonitoringConsole to:

http://www.filecatalyst.com/products/filecatalyst-central/

We've also introduced support to our Mobile IOS Upload (iPhone, iPad), available soon at the Apple App store!

Build 3 - April 20th, 2012

Added:

• Mobile - Support for FileCatalyst IOS Mobile clients (iPhone, iPad).
• Central - FileCatalyst Central product replaces Monitoring Console.
• Central - Graph now available to see aggregate transfers on network.
• Central - External SQL access into Central database now available (see our blog) .
• Core - LMZA compression now available in FileCatalyst clients (high compression, high CPU/Memory use)
• HotFolder - Remote folder includes variable substitutions
• HotFolder - HF source to Server to HotFolder destination synch now allows file deletion detection.
• HotFolder - Validates SITES and HOTFOLDERS on startup, leaves notification if site is down.
• HotFolder - Polls SITES and HOTFOLDERS every x minutes to see if they are valid.
• HotFolder - Filters can now be applied to directories.
• HotFolder + Server - Can now set # Reader/Writer/processor threads via remote admin.
• HotFolder + Server - Visualization window now indicate to user that stats are available only for UDP transfers
• HotFolder + Server - Visualization window includes on-the-fly MD5 and on-the-fly compression
• Server - FileCatalyst bandwidth per user now available.
• Server - User directory suffix now available for auto-provisionned users (ie: /home//)
• Server - Unix level authentication (using JPam) is now available for Server.
• Server - Visualization window now available (view session status from Server session monitor).
• Upload Applet - Can now restrict uploads to files only (no directories).
• Upload Applet - Has new browseLiveMultiple() method to select more than 1 file at a time.
• Upload Applet - Subsequent browseLive() calls can now remember what directory user was last using.
• Upload Applet - New methods to getLocalDir/setLocalDir

Fixed:

• All - FileCatayst scripts (*.exe, *.sh, and service files) no longer lock memory use to 1 GB.
• Central - intermittant high CPU usage.
• Central - Unexpected 302 causing "Discard" (Alarms) to fail
• Central - Expanded version info in the nodes page
• Central - Shutting down console and starting it back up raises an alarm.
• Central - Toggling some values in Central configuration (ie: Enable Email) not being saved in the application.
• Central - Disabled alarms are not saved into configuration.
• Central - Database uses up too much disk space due to alarms not purging.
• Core - Optimizations for setting user file permissions (native call).
• Core - Optimizations for sending file lists (combined multiple passes on file lists).
• Core - Issue with HTTP reconnect issuing CWD command when previous working directory was /.
• Core - Improved memory use when transferring 1+ million files (DiskList property must be set).
• Core - Too much logging when using SystemEvents and file is being updated concurrently with a transfer.
• Core - Only show packet loss and RTT for UDP transfers.
• Core - MDTM command to always return time stamp in GMT, and always parse times in GMT.
• Core - Uploading from Apple AFP mounts (Mac OSX) that are not under volumes not working.
• Core - DowngradeModeOnReconnect to work when UDP data connection fails mid transfer on downloads.
• Core - Real Time File Monitoring fails to move files on download to renamed directories.
• HotFolder - Time to create Hotfolders goes up with number of Hotfolders created.
• HotFolder - Advanced features on HotFolder now only shows when "Advanced" view is selected to simply basic interface.
• HotFolder - Show transfer cache progress
• HotFolder - Remote admin on windows modifies Hotfolder on linux machine - unix path characteristics changed.
• HotFolder - Always on + File System Events should have a warning about using it with network drives.
• HotFolder + Server - Visualization window statistics values are inconsistant for sender usage
• Server - SSL generation wizard doesn't have a browse dialog to select save location.
• Server - Never use SSLv2 to address several HTTP protocol transfer issues with SSL.
• Server - Error when ABOR command sent with no active transfer.
• Server - Check for 225 response to ABOR command.
• Server - Workaround for Sonic Wall renaming REST command to R*ST and breaking resume command.
• Server - Hide and show advanced tabs on the advanced panel in the server
• Server - Visualization window statistics values are inconsistant for sender usage
• Server - Race condition that caused UDP download transfer timeout under high latency

Version 4.7.1

• After upgrading to 4.7 or higher, some font sizes and colors might look different on the user pages. You can either re-apply your exisitng template (Real Vista) or upgrade to the new template (FCModern) or Edit Styles and set the correct colors ex: set the background color for table header to transparent. All template and style changes are available in Modify Configuration - Styles or Change Template

• Added: Email notifications to user when recipients downloads all files via HTTP links rather than the applet.
• Added: Transactions are now automatically flipped to "shipped" status even when the recipient uses the HTTP links to download the files.
• Added: New status type called "transferFailed". Uploads/Jobs that have file transfers that failed will cause the job to be flipped to this status.
• Added: Downloadable option for status types. Now admins can specify which Jobs are downloadable by status type. Ex: All jobs in the "sent and received" status can be prevented from any further downloads.
• Added: New Button to save FTP Sites without performing a check on all existing sites.
• Added: Email notifications for failed transfers when downloading using the download applet.
• Improved: Made invite others link more visible. Moved it close to the logout link (The page template must be updated to see the new "Invite Others" link)
• Improved: recipient emails not contain properly formatted tracking numbers to conform with application policies
• Fixed: issue with new FCModern Template. Some CSS was not getting set properly.
• Fixed: issue with system group MY_FILE_AREA not being moved over to MySQL DB after conversion from HSQL DB
• Fixed: IE 9 not displaying remote option icons of the File Area Applet.
• Fixed: Users could invite temp accounts with usernames that already existed in the system.
• Fixed: On-Line Help can now be viewed without logging in. http://support.filecatalyst.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/116/0/filecatalyst-webmail-and-workflow-online-documentation

Here is the link to the complete release notes: http://support.filecatalyst.com/index.php?/Knowledgebase/Article/View/35/0/

To download the latest version, please contact your FileCatalyst Representative.

FileCatalyst is excited to announce the launch of our latest release, FileCatalyst Direct v3.0.0 (build 11).

Key features brought about in v3.0.0:

• New FileCatalyst Central (replacing MonitoringAgent) web console
  • View all transfers on the network from single web interface
  • Easy to configure all HotFolder & Server nodes
  • Transfer history / reporting for all data flows
  • View alarms from HotFolder/Servers via web interface
• 10Gbps transfers now available (see YouTube video of a 10gbps transfer via a browser!)
• Added command-line tools to tune disk IO speeds (see blog posting)
  • Set writer thread file mode to rw for faster IO operations (Windows, Linux)
  • Set reader/writer buffer size to allow tuning IO for system-specific operations
  • Set multiple reader/writer threads for improved IO operations
  • Set # packet processors (allows multi-core AES decryption on receiver)
• Improved Multi-core scalability of software
  • On-the-fly compression now done by Sender threads (allows faster multi-core compression)
  • MD5-on-the-fly verification is now handled by packet processors (allows faster multi-core verification)
  • Packet Processors now handle AES decryption (allows faster multi-core decryption)
• New congestion control strategy which responds better to packet loss when RTT is constant (see blog posting)

Release notes for v3.0.0 build 11 (full release notes here): 

Build 11 - February 28th, 2012

• Added: Ability to send files to selected HotFolders directly from Server admin
• Fixed: Current rate shows odd values in task activity graph for FTP uploads.
• Fixed: HotFolder monitoring state indication in the task activity view.
• Fixed: Performance improvements with UDP transfers under high load.
• Fixed: High packet loss detected when approaching IO limit of disk on receiver.
• Fixed: Dynamically delay sending missing packet request based on number of sender sockets.
• Fixed: Downloads in UDP mode from 2.9 server don't work.
• Fixed: Illegal chars breaking passwords in the MA/MC/Central application.
• Fixed: Fix issues with LIST command and files that do not exist.
• Fixed: HotFolder reports Report Writer not initialized when the server is down.
• Fixed: Issue with reader visualization stats when read buffer was set to non-default value.
• Fixed: Compression broken on downloads.
• Fixed: MD5 on the fly broken on downloads.
• Fixed: Catch/log an exception that was occurring with restarting embedded web server.
• Fixed: Express from "Connect" button identifies as "API" to Central.
• Fixed: Server post process doesn't work with Single Zip archive.
• Fixed: Glitch creating nested scroll panes for the remote tree.
• Fixed: Added identifiers for iOS API (yes... it's coming).

Here is what is new in version 4.7:

• NEW: User style template FCModern is now used as the default template. The new user interface is cleaner and easier to use
• NEW: Ability for user to specify which FC/FTP server to upload files to (submitting from file area will always use users preferred server)
• NEW: Better logging; Separate log files for user, system and autodelete.
• NEW: All Java applets and Internal FC Server upgraded to FileCatalyst 3.0, which works with the new FileCatalyst Central (Monitoring Console)
• NEW: Internationalization: language file now supports UTF-8. French language pack is now provided
• NEW: Import and keep in Sync Global Address book from LDAP/AD
• NEW: Internal processes (like auto-deletion) can now be tracked with thread scheduling using Quartz
• NEW: Address Book now available from the main menu in Workflow Enterprise
• Improved: Both LDAP/AD now support security groups
• Improved: User passwords in the database are now encrypted using MD5
• Improved: Ability to restart internal servers (SQL, FTP) and the config separately
• Improved: simplified user fields configuration
• Improved: added banned IP and email filters in Workflow (this feature was already available in Webmail)
• Fixed: Adding a user with the same username as super admin is now blocked
• Fixed: Disable Forgot password for super user
• Fixed: Mass delete of jobs under maintenance
• Fixed: Multiple recipients not properly formatted on the job list
• Fixed: Location and the look of the drop downs (like New Job or File Area selection drop downs)
• Fixed: Font Size in all the templates
• Fixed: Styles are now fixed, admins can now apply font size and colors without changing the CSS in Modify Configuration - Styles
• Fixed: Upload applet no longer accepts illegal characters, leading or trailing whitespaces in file names.

If after upgrading to 4.7, some font sizes and colors might look different on the user pages. You can either re-apply your exisitng template (Real Vista) or upgrade to the new template (FCModern) or Edit Styles and set the correct colors ex: set the background color for table header to transparent. All template and style changes are available in Modify Configuration - Styles or Change Template

• Improved: Added support for the "mget" command built-in to Windows FTP.exe tool
• Improved: Error email, now includes the logs when a user uploads using the HTTP Form upload
• Improved: Added new user template in the Standard Edition
• Fixed: HTTP Form upload doesn't work when the transfer takes longer than 30 minutes
• Fixed: Added UTF-8 Encoding for on edit user profile, user properties can now contain non-ASCII characters
• Fixed: Added UTF-8 Encoding to edit email content, language file and page template
• Fixed: New user template for regular and temporary users now works with password properties
• Fixed: Functionality issues with the Standard edition