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I have some old PowerEdge 2650 servers that are 32 bit. Old, but useful.
by ColanR 7y ago
I have some old PowerEdge 2650 servers that are 32 bit. Old, but useful.
- nobleach 7y agoOh man, those things are beasts! I had some 2550s, one 2650, and some 2850s. Somewhere around 2G of memory if I recall (this was 2002 - 2008)
- throwaway2048 7y agoNot really very useful, replacing them with something that is significantly more powerful and uses 1/4th the power (or less) would quickly pay for itself. Which is why old servers on ebay go for very cheap.
- stallmanite 7y agoThis mentality is why many beautiful 80s home computers were tossed back in the day. They have aesthetic and cultural value that will be recognized one day.
- throwaway2048 7y ago80s computers still wouldn't be worth much of anything if 99% of them didn't get recycled. I don't think there is anything beautiful, interesting or unique about a couple of million outdated generic x86 2U servers, nor will there really ever be.
- stallmanite 7y agoI felt this way about some of my early “generic” x86 systems and threw them out. Now I feel like an idiot because I’d love to fire up my old 486 again.
- throwaway2048 7y agoI don't think many people are ever gonna feel nostalgic about firing up their 48 server rack and paying a $1000 power bill.