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when providers retire a server?

omelasomelas Member
edited February 2018 in General

It looks like they live a lot longer then I thought, as QuadraNet still has Intel Xeon X3220 in their DC (as in their offer at lowendbox) and it's came out in 2007.

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  • ClouviderClouvider Member, Patron Provider

    When it becomes unprofitable to run it

  • AnthonySmithAnthonySmith Member, Patron Provider

    i3d just retired them last year and replace them with x3440's on fail.

    I guess with big hosts/dc's they retire them when they no longer make money, have no demand or take up space that could otherwise make more money.

  • Quantum leaps in computing power stopped in the early 2000's, a server from ~2007 can still fulfil many purposes, it'll most likely be retired once it's unfeasible to maintain.

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  • Many of the older servers may be too large to be fired out of a cannon (as is tradition in the industry). Thus, instead, they must be left to crumble into dust on their own timeline, as there be no honourable alternative for their proper disposal!

    Since remote hands are costly, these Valhala-bound servers will almost always be left powered on and plugged in to share their last gasping death rattles with the internet at large.

    And that's where LET comes into the picture ...

  • Aidan said: Quantum leaps

    Are you aware that a "Quantum leap", despite the public opinion, is a VERY SMALL and not a very big movement in Physics?

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  • @AnthonySmith said:
    i3d just retired them last year and replace them with x3440's on fail.

    I guess with big hosts/dc's they retire them when they no longer make money, have no demand or take up space that could otherwise make more money.

    i3D’s business model relies on this indeed. But in their main location (Rotterdam, NL) They still have an entire corridor full of R210(ii’s) for game servers. So they’re still in use after 4yrs

  • @Amitz said:

    Aidan said: Quantum leaps

    Are you aware that a "Quantum leap", despite the public opinion, is a VERY SMALL and not a very big movement in Physics?

    Aye, in physics it's a small movement, barely perceivable.

    The English noun describes it as an "a sudden large increase or advance". You're gonna have to take it up with Merriam-Webster

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  • Miriam Webster, the porn star? ;-)

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  • Aidan said: You're gonna have to take it up with Merriam-Webster

    To be fair, the blame lies squarely with Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.

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  • @Nekki said:

    Aidan said: You're gonna have to take it up with Merriam-Webster

    To be fair, the blame lies squarely with Scott Bakula and Dean Stockwell.

  • ShazanShazan Member, Host Rep

    We retire servers when they consume too much power, compared to the new ones. We still have Xeon 5030 in production, though.

  • some of them when is crashed , some others when is not profitable

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