A managed switch is basically an embedded server with super-slow storage. If it's of a certain age you might pop the cover and find a CompactFlash card. I run

A managed switch is basically an embedded server with super-slow storage. If it's of a certain age you might pop the cover and find a CompactFlash card. I run my most critical piece of home infrastructure (PiHole, of course) bare-metal on an ancient NUC-like thing with a $20 SSD because it boots and is responding to network requests in like 6 seconds.