Hi all,
Thanks for your feedback.
I've ended up sticking with a standard desktop machine rather than a micro/bare bones.
Reasons being:
- Minimal re-cabling to leave the PC where it is rather than relocate to the pier as I was thinking.
- Desktop is able to continue doubling as my backup machine by housing an extra 4 HDD's, with the bare-bones I'd need to eventually buy a separate backup machine to replace existing.
My investigations of the NUC and Gigabyte Brix remained somewhat inconclusive as to which I would get. My preference was the Brix but questions remained about stated environmental requirements even though several IIS members have told me how they successfully run Brix without a problem for their astronomy and other purposes.
Regards,
Roger.