WooSai

It loads into RAM. That's where OSes go. All of them. Either you don't understand that, or you're being obtuse. It's bootstrapped from USB. And that's not a good solution, even if it would boot from a modern sized stick (which it doesn't). This may be acceptable in your world, but I'm an adult, and I can afford adult equipment. I just spent $15 at microcenter to get the smallest USB drive that I could find of reasonable quality, and it's not compatible. ...Can't install on a drive larger than 32GB... Give me a break. My $8k server's OS is running on a nickel's worth of silicon... Not a great first impression, from either the software, nor the moderating staff.

The fact that this is still true in 2025 is absurd. Anyone who says otherwise and makes excuses for it is doing just that. The fact that I'm expected to pay $100+/yr for NAS software that CANNOT run on actual enterprise hardware is laughable. I do not care that it can* run from USB. It's a cute feature. It's a nice addon. It is not reliable for many different reasons. Arguments to the contrary are copium.