It was ok but their timely demise and gosh of custom hardware seemed to prematurely end the project

I gotta second ikea. Though frankly, every brand will be slightly different in the color balance. If you want matching, you gotta stick to one brand it seems..

On Proxmox, I use the built-in system + storing it to my Synology NAS (RS1221+). I use Active Backup for business (filesync) to back up the Proxmox config files, and also backup the husband's PC and my work PC.

Ahhh the MD3420, nice find c:

Ooo kinda looks like netapp rails, fun