Hardware

• blades?
• use the existing server
• UCFF pc's:
  • Intel NUC6I5SYK + 8Gb DDR4+ 128 Gb m2 SSD ~420€ ex VAT retail, ~10k€ ex VAT bulk
  • Intel NUC5i3RYK + 8Gb DDR3L+ 128 Gb m2 SSD ~300€ ex VAT retail, < 7.5k€ ex VAT bulk (sufficiently powerful?)
  • brand clones: ASRock Beebox-S 6200U, Asus, Gigabyte Brix series
  • Aliexpress clones:
    • https://www.aliexpress.com/item/New-6Gen-Intel-Core-i5-6200U-Fanless-Intel-Skylake-Mini-PC-Barebone-Intel-HD-Graphics-520/32720712561.html , ~315€ ex VAT, <8k€ ex VAT bulk
    • pxe bootable?