I don’t know enough about them but how much vendor lock-in is there usually? Could I use a distribution of my choosing, or even add an extra NIC?

That’s the info I’m looking for. I wasn’t considering I would need 2.5’’ instead of 3’', besides glueing is not great That idle power is awesome though and why I was looking into SFF

I don’t need much redundancy, as I have off-site backups and in case something goes wrong I don’t need to restore the files quickly

I mean I could go the DIY route but I’m guessing it’s going to be more expensive?