[littlecranky67]

You are absolutely right. Apple quit the Server buisness when they killed the Xserve, and relying on Macs as servers is really a bad idea given their support interval for macOS. Seems the author is very angry that his next server cannot be a fancy Apple device.

[7Z7]

>fancy

You don't need this part. Per the article, it is a brand the author knows and has used reliably in the past, and has some knowledge of - you don't need to belittle his choices as fanboyism.

[idorube]

I'm easing into it :-)

[alex_hitchins]

I'd suggest looking at a replacement solution around an open filesystem. Then, even if the world moves on to other technologies, you still have the source you can update or even hire someone to maintain.