1-2 year SSD wear on build boxes has been minimal

Re:1-2 year SSD wear on build boxes has been minimal by dperny on Sunday February 15, 2015 @02:03PM (#9053610)

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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Re:1-2 year SSD wear on build boxes has been minimal by jethro_tell on Sunday February 15, 2015 @03:47PM (#9054044)

Server hardware is usually obsolete long before it stops working.

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Re:1-2 year SSD wear on build boxes has been minimal by eitland on Sunday February 15, 2015 @05:35PM (#9054449)

I've seen DL380 G5 giving in a few years ago already. (I still love those machines except they seem to boot slower each generation.)

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Re:1-2 year SSD wear on build boxes has been minimal by mahyarm on Sunday February 15, 2015 @04:25PM (#9054187)

But would it really last 30 years with such things as lead-free solder?

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Re:1-2 year SSD wear on build boxes has been minimal by moe on Sunday February 15, 2015 @06:16PM (#9054594)

We 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.

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Re:1-2 year SSD wear on build boxes has been minimal by vacri on Sunday February 15, 2015 @09:29PM (#9055051)

30 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.

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Re:1-2 year SSD wear on build boxes has been minimal by sokoloff on Sunday February 15, 2015 @06:48PM (#9054670)

A server that's 10 years old now was likely made with leaded solder.

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