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I mean, this is server hardware. One of the major differences between server hardware and desktop hardware is build quality. I've got a ten-year-old 1/2U rack s
by dperny 12y ago
I mean, this is server hardware. One of the major differences between server hardware and desktop hardware is build quality. I've got a ten-year-old 1/2U rack server sitting in a closet that I bought for pennies at a surplus auction that still runs great.
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- jethro_tell 12y agoServer hardware is usually obsolete long before it stops working.
- mahyarm 12y agoBut would it really last 30 years with such things as lead-free solder?
- moe 12y agoWe will probably have to wait 30 years to really know. FWIW, lots of hardware from ~30 years ago still works. I have a 27 year old Amiga500 that still boots fine (many of the floppy disks have become unreadable, though). You can buy fully working vintage computers much older than that on eBay.
- vacri 12y ago30 years of constant/daily use is different from a few years of use, then pulling out of mothballs as a curio every now and then.
- sokoloff 12y agoA server that's 10 years old now was likely made with leaded solder.
- eitland 12y agoI've seen DL380 G5 giving in a few years ago already. (I still love those machines except they seem to boot slower each generation.)