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Who is still buying tower servers? Seems like a time machine back to the 90s but there must be a market....somewhere?
by housemusicfan 3y ago
Who is still buying tower servers? Seems like a time machine back to the 90s but there must be a market....somewhere?
- MrFoof 3y agoSmall businesses in particular. I remember back in the day working in companies of 15-40 people. There'd be ONE server. That ran everything you needed -- auth, DNS, file sharing, email server, application servers, web servers for internal apps, database server for internal apps. Usually sourced from a local MSP - or at least you had a support contract with them. You didn't need a rack. You also had something that wasn't designed for a rack, so it could be in a secure back room with the switches, a UPS, a router, maybe some external storage... where it'd just sit quietly. Just has some big slow fans because that's all it needs. Trust me, still a thing in small businesses, small retail stores, restaurants, etc.
- johnvanommen 3y agoI do a lot of work with AI and I love towers. Basically, they're much much quieter than a 1U or a 2U server. I once tried using a HP DL320 in my office and the noise from the fans was unbearable.
- wmf 3y agoApparently you can replace 1U server fans with much quieter 40 mm Noctuas.