What does the rapper have to with this? /s

The N100 really is a great option, I’m running like 40 services on mine. However, some N100 boards from China don’t have the best power management and BIOS. Instead you can also get an N100 board from an established brand and combine it with an M.2 to 6x SATA splitter (those other boards use splitters anyway) for the same (or better) price compared to those Chinese NAS boards.

The AI advertising is just a symptom of the underlying issue; VC funding.

What are those machines on the floor?

Are you using the mail service from Hetzner or are you using their servers to host it yourself?