what is the average lifespan of a server? >3 years >1

When you have ebough servers, power efficency of those newer cpus make a difference

Because they're corporate cucks

>>55860399
>change the fucking hard disks frequently
wut

i change my servers as often as i change my thermal paste

>>55860412
OP here

totally agree with that

but right now, I have like 1 server, and 3 desktop computers doing work they shouldn't be doing

I am planning on getting just one damn server, and put everything in there

BUT I don't want to change that fucking thing every 3 years

that's fucking nuts

>>55860424
>>change the fucking hard disks frequently
>wut
I did it because

OP HERE

>was using those SAS 10K RPM disks
>SSD master race, yeah
>I don't trust MLC technology for very long periods of time
>when I take one SSD out of the server, I use it on a client's computer
>client's computer SHOULDN't store any information, other than the fucking OS

I change SSD's every 2 or 3 years

>>55860399
anything can be a server.
sage

So answer me guys

what is a plaussible lifespan of a server?

>as long as your waranty blah blah blah

fuck warranty, those fuckers never take any single responsability, and depending on them is having 1 month downtime, I rather change my own god damn parts than having some incompetent asshole do it for me

>>55860473
>>I don't trust MLC technology for very long periods of time
mine have been fine

>>when I take one SSD out of the server, I use it on a client's computer
wut

>I change SSD's every 2 or 3 years
maybe if you bought enterprise class SSDs you wouldnt have this problem, mine have endurance of ~2.3EB sequential 500TB enterprise workload.

>>55860507
>2.3EB
2.3PB sorry

>>55860507
I am actually thinking on getting an enterprise class SSD, with my new server

but I am not planning on having new server's every fucking 3 years

>>55860507
also, If I am planing on having an enterprise class SSD, I will fucking have it SLC, not MLC

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>>55860519
>I am actually thinking on getting an enterprise class SSD, with my new server
>an
what kind of shitbox are you LARPing to be a "server"?

>>55860544
current setting is a HP Proliant DL 360 G5 with 2 Intel Xeon E5420 @ 2.50GHz, 16 GB DDR2 RAM on 2x8GB sticks

I can top it up to 64 GB RAM

dual power supplies

>>55860544
oh, and my current SSDs are
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.
please don't laugh
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fucking 512 GB normalfag kingstone SSD SATA drives

>>55860544
dude, you RAID'd 0 MLC SSD's?

thats asking for trouble

multiplying your possible error rate ^ 8

but I see you got a nice RAID 6 data partition, so no big deal

>>55860558
>current setting is a HP Proliant DL 360 G5
I thought you said it was 13 years old?

>>55860594
They're an order of magnitude better than my HDDs
>Seagate 600 Pro
>Nonrecoverable Read Errors per Bits Read, Max
1 per 10E16

>HGST UltraStar 7K4000
>Error rate (non-recoverable, bits read)
>1 in 1015

>>55860647
>>1 in 1015
1 in 10E15

The only good reason to upgrade is if what you have isnt fullfilling your needs

>>55860594
>multiplying your possible error rate ^ 8
Also how would this even work? The error rate remains the same regardless of the disk count. It is per bits read. Also I think you meant * not ^.

Also it is a bit irrelevant as you noted. The only stuff on that disk is Win10, my Steam library and the VHDs for 3 ESXi VMs which have their VMs backed up to the HDD RAID.

Hello, new to /g/ I am. What is a non normie use if a server? primarily what are you using it for

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>>55860794

>>55860821
a virtual machine... to test programs with?

>>55860853
3 ESXi VMs in turn running other VMs.

>to test programs
Not testing. Its nice to be able to walk in to a job interview and prove that you can be a systems admin by VPNing in to your home and show that you have much of the same basic infrastructure any enterprise would have; at least for the Microsoft/NTP/Veeam VMs.