Just curious what is the advantage of using Cisco servers compared to Dell HP Lenovo? It seems to me they are all the same items under the hood.

80W for me in R730 running various VM and most of the time are just idle.

CPU wise , I prefer Optiplex. But R720xd will give you plenty of slots for storage expansion and more power consumption.

13th generation is 530 630 730 830 930 14th generation is 540 640 740 840 940 See the pattern. The latest is 16th generation.