Zyxel NAS326 Installation Instruction

IIRC, there is extra no internal port that can be used for that purpose.

You could run USB rootfs and let the HDDs sleep. Running USB rootfs is fine if you take precaution avoid wear. And do backup frequently.

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Pardon the constant questions, but "running USB rootfs" means plugging a storage device into a port and running off of that?

I ask to confirm, because of the suggestion to back up frequently, which .... there isn't anything inherently unsafe about running off of an SSD, is there!? I assume the warning was because of USB implies possibly using a flash drive or the like???

> I ask to confirm, because of the suggestion to
> back up frequently, which .... there isn't
> anything inherently unsafe about running off of an
> SSD, is there!?

There isn't anything unsafe with SSD. It will be just a bit faster than a good flash drive when it's in an USB enclosure. So you might as well use USB flash drive and make the drive "disappear" (example: Sandisk Ultra Fit)

>I assume the warning was because
> of USB implies possibly using a flash drive or the
> like???

Yes.

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Thanks very much for your comments and recommendations!

Just want to thank everyone who made this possible.

Picked up a NAS326 a couple months ago without even knowing installing a standard Linux was already solved.

Getting it up and running with Debian was a piece of cake thanks to you.