[email protected] writes:

> I am in the process of doing this with a batch of systems purchased
> 5-6
> years ago.


How long do you usually try to keep servers online?   with my cost of hardware
(lower than usual, as far as I can tell, as I build)  and my cost of
power (higher than usual, as I am in California)  and my higher than 
average cost to downtime, I'm usually looking to retire old servers
after about three years, but I don't know if that's the right policy.

Do you usually do it based on the ratio of what you are paying for power
vs what you pay for a new server?  or do you keep a batch of servers
online until you start seeing more than a certain amount of failures?  
a mix of both?  
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