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Researchers have built server prototypes that re-use old components

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45 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 11:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.211s | source
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mistyvales ◴[17 Nov 24 00:52 UTC] No.42160997[source]▶
I find a lot of 10 year old Dell PowerEdge servers for basically free these days, some loaded with 128gb+ RAM. They work perfectly well with TrueNAS, pfSense, or even more powerful stuff. If you dont need a thousand cores, I always suggest them to people. Otherwise they end up in the dump..
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bob_theslob646 ◴[20 Nov 24 11:43 UTC] No.42192954[source]▶
What does it cost to actually run them though? It must be pretty costly
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1. pnutjam ◴[20 Nov 24 13:15 UTC] No.42193669[source]▶
In my experience, power is not the issue; it's the noise. Servers are LOUD.