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Researchers have built server prototypes that re-use old components

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45 points rbanffy | 2 comments | 15 Nov 24 11:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.423s | 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. linsomniac ◴[20 Nov 24 14:50 UTC] No.42194375[source]▶
If you're getting one that requires 3-phase power, you should probably think again. :-)
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2. e12e ◴[20 Nov 24 15:53 UTC] No.42195038[source]▶
Reminds me of the German movie "23":

https://www.film-rezensionen.de/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/2...