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Booted up in 1993, this server still runs – but not for much longer (2017)

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colonwqbang · 1790678244 · focus · HN ↗
When you think about it, 24 years is not such a long time for a machine to keep doing what it's supposed to be doing. It says something about our profession that we find a 24-year service life surprising.
There are airliners that have been in service for over 50 years.
1. PunchyHamster · 1790704910 · focus · HN ↗
  Those are getting regular maintenance and overhauls while not flying, it's not really comparable.
  On other side only moving element would be hard drives and only wear element really would be the electrolytic caps.

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