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Oops! I just nuked my lemmy instance and the other post wasn't in by backups, sorry about that! please don't reply to the other post because I can't see it

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Hello, I’m looking for a good first server for a homelab. I do already have an old Dell poweredge 1950 I got for £30 but it’s:

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        Loud
    Draws 350W
    Costs too much to run
    Only has 2 HDD slots
    DRAC card needs Internet explorer


  

I’m not too bothered by the noise because I can just move it, but the electricity cost is quite ridiculous for something less powerful than my PC in every way. I live in the UK so electricity prices are a huge factor for this.

My Ideal specs are:

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        ~16 cores (total)
    >= 128GB RAM
    ~100W idle power draw
    >= 4 3.5" HDD bays
    Preferably HBA mode on RAID card
    £100-200
    2U


  

Is this completely unreasonable? I have found servers that match this all except the 3.5" bays and 2U. Initially I found a Dell server with 128GB of RAM and two 12 core CPUs for about £200 but I