[Gllug] london hackspace news / Cheap 2nd hand rackmount servers

Chris Bell chrisbell at chrisbell.org.uk
Wed Mar 30 10:20:40 UTC 2011


On Sat 26 Mar, Jasper Wallace wrote:

> 
> There's now another batch of 8 servers up, most are 3U with one 4U and 1 
> 1U.
> 
> 

   Out of interest, what are the main reasons for retiring old servers
(apart from the company closing)? Signs of failure within a batch of
machines? Speed? Capacity? Power economy? Tax write-off?

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