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Researchers have built server prototypes that re-use old components

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47 points rbanffy | 1 comments | 15 Nov 24 11:32 UTC | HN request time: 0.201s | 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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7speter ◴[20 Nov 24 07:14 UTC] No.42191466[source]▶
Where are you finding these systems?
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1. bokohut ◴[20 Nov 24 16:18 UTC] No.42195404[source]▶
Should you know any former CTO's or technology entrepreneurs you could ask them?

As one myself I possess pallets of nearly new equipment that had zero issues in function and was only decommissioned per security compliance requirements involving End Of Life equipment. Many informed consumers are now complaining about the forced hardware upgrade for Windows 11 but this EOL revenue technique has existed for decades given Payment Card Industry (P.C.I.) compliance.