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I was referring to google hosting the mail service, so no need to diy or pay for another server, and you don't need to use gmail with it.
by tracker1 7y ago
I was referring to google hosting the mail service, so no need to diy or pay for another server, and you don't need to use gmail with it.
- gumby 7y agoOh, ok. In my case some of my servers are over 20 years old, though I run less critical services on them. My newest machines is about 4 months old. My buddy in the rack next to me is a few servers from the same batch as my 20 year old ones. Obviously the most critical stuff runs on the newest hardware but when you’ve had a machine running uninterrupted for a decade or so why mess with it? Annualized cap ex + the op ex is negligible at this point. As personal servers of course “critical“ is pretty idiosyncratic, though I have used them to start and host various companies overnthe years until it was worth giving them their “own” hardware and identity. I admit the age of managing a rack full of servers in a colo has largely passed.