For the most part, FreeBSD on a Raspberry Pi is about as reliable as any OS can get. I've used a quartet of Pi2 machines running -stable for several years now as name, mail and web servers. One key requirement is to use fast, new microSD cards that are much larger than seem necessary. In some sense the microSD card is treated as a "write once" device. The moment it starts garbage collection the write speed will fall to the point of causing intermittent trouble. There are, however a few little niggles that come up. The Pi was never intended as a "production" server. In particular, the connectors and power supplies are frail by industrial standards. I've had several supplies fail, in a few cases connectors have required re-seating and in one case a micro-USB connector on the Pi's motherboard broke and had to be bypassed. The Pi draws considerably more current on boot than when up and running. It's not unusual for a machine to run for months, then fail to reboot after shutdown if the power supply or its connector has deteriorated meanwhile. It's inconvenient to get at, but the +5 volt and ground pins on the GPIO header are a good place to check. It's important to watch voltage during boot, not later on. Many DVMs can't read fast enough to show a voltage sag that causes a reset. If the machine reboots while it's booting, the power is a prime suspect. While the Pi does have a "voltage monitor" accessible using sysctl -a, it's a go/no-go test at 4.65 volt. Above 4.65 it simply reports 5 volts exactly. Dunno what it says at less than 4.65, if it'll even boot. In RaspiOS, that's what triggers the undervoltage lightning bolt warning. Out-of-the-blue network problems have been very rare. It never hurts to re-seat connectors, but so far all of my network failures have been self-inflicted, usually by getting cables or hosts mixed up. 20211123