Hello! I’m an intern sysadmin for my local school district, and things have been pretty fun so far, but recently, I’ve been wanting to get some more hands on experience with the server hardware. Since I’m only an intern, not only are my opportunities limited to work hours when I’m not busy with other stuff, much to my disappointment the regular IT staff don’t really like us interns getting too touchy with the equipment because it’s important, expensive, and all that other great stuff. Could anyone recommend some cheap but not irrelevant enterprise level server options I could pick up to try and get more experience so that I could get some more in depth learning? I found a poweredge r610 for about 70 usd, but I’m reading a lot of mixed testimonies about their power draw, outdatedness(?) and some issues with iDRAC, which all make like more of a hassle than it’s worth. Thanks in advance!

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