Thanks. I have some experience with BeeLink, and they seem solid.

Thanks; this is the advice I was looking for.

Exactly. If you’re running kubernetes, you probably want etcd to have its own disk. And if you don’t have a NAS, then you’re looking at extra disk to hold your data. The data disk should probably be separate from the OS disk.

I AM a friend in IT. In my experience, retired workstations are not energy efficient. Otherwise I agree.

I know Pi used to be the trendy answer, but I’ve been hearing about how their value/money isn’t what it used to be. What’s the latest advice?