>After several weeks, between 2 and 3, the indexing process finished without failures. ... we could finally shut down the virtual machine. The cost was 184 euros on Hetzner, not cheap.

184euro is loose change after spending 3 man weeks working on the process!

That's the budget I'd have for the coffee shop with the team to discuss budget

That's the budget to discuss and approve the above coffee shop budget

Pffft, that's the budget for the paperclips to hold the meeting notes together

You guys have budgets?