Lenovo ThinkCentre M Series (minis) are an absolute sleeper and way better value than Raspbery Pis. I run one in my home network closet with a bunch of docker

Lenovo ThinkCentre M Series (minis) are an absolute sleeper and way better value than Raspbery Pis. I run one in my home network closet with a bunch of docker containers on for home networking, crawler projects that need to run from a non-datacenter IP address, homelab experiments, etc. Cost me $100 'used' (open box), SSD, decent RAM and even a copy of Windows I didn't need. Install *nix, run it headless, good to go. You can go cheaper but at a certain point who cares if it's $80 for an unknown brand or $100 for Lenovo, etc. Small form factor, it can tuck in with wherever you store your router, or buy an aftermarket rack kit if you run rackmount network components like I do. OR 3D print one https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4769452 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4769452 Eg https://www.ebay.com/itm/186591932407 https://www.ebay.com/itm/186591932407 - this is a great project server that can probably run tons of docker containers (depending on what you are doing).