[sdw2003] why warranty older servers? WAS:servers from defunct ISP

[John Oliver]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2009 at 02:28:16PM -0800, James Eitzen wrote:
> Its always a good idea to have a server that is in production under
> warranty, thats basicly it. It is also our standard operating procedure and
> would highly recomend that it be anyones.
> 
> This way you are not stuck in limbo if your hardware fails. Having spares is
> good, but spares that are used can fail too.

I heartily agree.

All of my lab systems have service contracts.  If something goes wonky,
or I get some weird error message, I don't want to start swapping
hardware and asking for input from "the community"... I want to pick up
the phone and get someone dispatched who's going to come out and fix
what needs to be fixed so I can get back to what I need to do.

If someone was going to get these particular servers, at $180 a pop I'd
get one or two for spares.  But "spares" have a way of becoming
production systems.

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