It could be different but that is what the companies are stating as their operational life span when they report their financials. They used to say they would only last 4 years…
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GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip 2 months agoHow do you know it’s going to burn out in 6 years?
zbyte64@awful.systems 2 months ago
krakenx@lemmy.world 2 months ago
It’s an accounting thing. They can deduct the value of the hardware over its expected usable lifespan. So they have to replace it after 4-6 years even if it’s still working fine. Sometimes they sell it used, and you can buy it pretty cheap, but dollar for dollar, consumer grade stuff that’s current will usually consume less power and game better than a 6 year old server. Now if you need a home NAS or VM host…