Questions before converting my 440

[Batoo76]

Hello from France, and many thanks for this awesome job!

I have some questions on the project.
My goal is to connect the NAS on a part of my network reachable by the Internet.
Due to the obsolete software I isolated it for safety.

I want to know, what type of interface i can expect after update.
The command-line interface will be available only through the serial interface or also via ssh on ethernet 0 or 1?
The debian core is a very good base, can I install a web management interface like OpenMediaVault?

Is it possible to recover the existing RAID 5 configuration, and keep the data, through the process?

Thanks for your answers, and if requirements are green I'll share my progression, as keeping capable hardware working is for me very important.

[hn]

Questions before converting my 440

⚠️ Support for drives in slot 1+2 is very limited.

The command-line interface will be available only through the serial interface or also via ssh on ethernet 0 or 1?
The debian core is a very good base, can I install a web management interface like OpenMediaVault?

During install, the standard Debian installer comes up and you'll be able to select packages.

But beware, the device is 15+ years old, especially RAM is very limited. I suggest to start with a minimal selection of packages.

Is it possible to recover the existing RAID 5 configuration, and keep the data, through the process?

Theoretically yes, practically ... probably not.