You know, I see the appeal of the Microserver G7 back when it was 300-400 USD for a barebones 4 slot NAS chassis (it was competitive against the ARM based 4 bay stuff back then). I saw the G8's appeal when you could pull that crappy Pentium out and swap it for a low-voltage Ivy Xeon. When it got to the Gen 10 with the soldered weak APU I am not quite convinced (especially when something like a Qnap TVS473e is around the same pricing ballpark-wise and offers more expandability)> . With the G10 Plus, it's going up against something like the SuperMicro SuperServer E800-9D...and it still comes up short on bang-for-buck (especially the AMD Epyc version). Seriously - external power bricks? Only 2 RAM slots, a USB2 internal port (didn't FreeNAS just mandate USB3 for their media on their version 12 trains) and OH WOW 4 drive bays? It's 800 USD for a base model and you still to buy a license for iLOM/IPMI functionality?
Seriously, HPE, I know those Microservers are meant to be gateway drugs into your Proliant ecosystem, but what's wrong with slapping together a cheap-and-cheery little box that punches above its weight?