just ordered a REserver from seeedstudio
https://www.seeedstudio.com/reServer-Compact-Edge-Server-powered-by-11th-Gen-Intelr-Coretm-i3-1115G4-p-5087.html
and two HGST ultrastar He12's refurbished from serverpartdeals
https://serverpartdeals.com/collections/wd-ultrastar-sata-hard-drives/products/hgst-ultrastar-he12-huh721212ale601-0f29596-12tb-7-2k-rpm-sata-6gb-s-3-5-hdd
throwing in a 1TB NVME for boot with 16gb of ddr4
whole new setup sub 500 bones, i get two 2.5 Gigabit interfaces and support for 5G backup internal modem in something the size of a toaster with room for a PiKVM for remote admin
