Blade servers in a home

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I'm thinking of buying a blade server enclosure I can use at home and just plug in more servers for more power. Does anyone have any experience with this? Also, what sort of prices am I looking at for an enclosure, as I have noticed that Dell doesn't list prices on their site.

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