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I'm not sure what you're asking
In your position, I would want a VPN. I like wire guard, it's pretty simple compared to other options... But just comparatively
If you want to do networking to network, I can suggest all sorts of things... None of them is practical for normal use cases, but some are pretty neat
Right now I'm struggling to figure out what hardware to buy The Zyxel XGS1210-12 seems perfect but it won't fit in a 10" rack
You could mount it on top or vertically behind the rack and have it still look decent and be functional with a little handiwork
You still are going to need a router, although you don't need a fancy router and a fancy switch, you just have to make sure you're not bottlenecked and have to design things differently
2.5 gb is probably more than enough, but you could probably get away with 1 gb if you aren't doing a lot of file transfers - if it's just backups and streaming video, if you want to get fancy it might become a bottleneck.
PoE is kinda niche so unless you have specific plans to use it, it probably won't come up
The switch supports vlans, so you could get fancy with a VPN gateway and access these things remotely with a Virtual DMZ, but realistically that's a bitch to set up and you could just make a real DMZ with a router/wifi access point combo. Or just forget the DMZ and have a VPN gateway that connects to the local network
I really just don't know enough about how you want to use this to get more specific. This is probably more switch than you need, but if you're not connecting from outside it'll probably work great for the LAN
Networking is all about bottlenecks, and I doubt this will be a bottleneck for a good while