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Dell does not publish an end-of-life date for a PowerEdge server. Asked on Dell’s own forum, a Dell community moderator answered on August 24, 2023: “There isn’t any documented information for End of Life and End of Support Life on PowerEdge servers.&rdqu … read more

On October 13, 2026 — the October Patch Tuesday — the last Extended Security Update ever issued for Windows Server 2012 and 2012 R2 ships, and the program closes. Both tracks close at once: Microsoft's ESU lifecycle table lists the same end date, October&n … read more

The 2026 home lab has settled into a recognizable stack. Proxmox is still the most-recommended base in this year's community starter guides, with TrueNAS 27 (correction, October 13, 2026: this line first said TrueNAS 26, the name iXsystems dropped on October 5; 27 is a release … read more

Open Dell's PowerEdge configurator today and three things hit at once. The starting price is far above what you budgeted last year. The memory options you wanted say “No longer available.” And the build you finally assemble is weeks out, if it is orderable at all. T … read more

Correction and update, October 4, 2026. Windows Server 2022's dates stand — mainstream support ends October 13, 2026, security updates run to October 14, 2031 — but a Windows Server 2025 system can be certified only on second-generation or newer Xeon Scalable CPUs. … read more

"How much does a server cost?" used to have a boring answer. In 2026 it has a moving one: a global memory shortage roughly doubled server DRAM prices in a single quarter, Dell and Lenovo have each raised list prices twice since December while HPE rewrote its terms so a price ca … read more

Cloud vs on-premise is usually argued with adjectives. This guide argues it with a receipt. We price one mainstream AWS instance against the equivalent refurbished Dell PowerEdge from our own catalog, add the real monthly costs of ownership — electricity at the current na … read more