The latest firmware for the 2nd gen v2.x single bay My Cloud hasn’t cut off SSH access. Apparently what happened is the user name one uses for SSH changed was changed from root to sshd.
The sleep issue hasn’t really been addressed, which is one reason why people use SSH to disable wdmcserverd / wdphotodbmergerd. Performance is another reason why people disable those two services. There are a number of threads that discuss which services to disable via SSH and the S98user-start file.
Generally the only other services one should consider disabling via the My Cloud Dashboard > Settings is cloud access/remote access if one isn’t going to use the My Cloud remotely. And disable the Firmware auto update in the Dashboard > Settings is also advisable.
It is generally recommended to assign/reserve an IP address for the My Cloud in the network router/DHCP server.
Make sure to set the correct Time Zone in the My Cloud Dashboard > Settings section.
