Review on Zyxel NAS326: Personal Cloud Storage [2-Bay] with Remote Access & Media Streaming – Disks Not Included by Anna Gazda ᠌

Name: Zyxel NAS326: Personal Cloud Storage [2-Bay] with Remote Access & Media Streaming – Disks Not Included
Item: Zyxel NAS326: Personal Cloud Storage [2-Bay] with Remote Access & Media Streaming – Disks Not Included
Rating: 3

July 10, 2023

The product did not cause delight, but you can use it.

The first one was discovered to have a damaged flash drive, with no settings saved at all and around four faulty blocks. I had to adjust. Although there were already 7 bedov (apparently this is the norm for them), the second one had already been saved. Installed entware-ng and mc quietly. I had to purchase a few USB3 enclosures so I could insert files from old disks. As demonstrated by mc, copying via USB 3 can reach 90 Mb/s. I do not suggest using Samba for backups because Mitrastar's Chinese "optimizers" made a mistake. Instead, use FTP or NFS (extra package). If you want to tinker around, you can install a customized Debian.

Pros

512 RAM, USB 3.0 ports, Gigabit, Linux inside with additional package installation support.

Cons

There are numerous errors in the nand flash disk. web interface for Python that is outdated. Occasionally, settings might not be stored at all. Samba is crooked right out of the box.