I have also heard that failure rates on new GPUs are very high (approaching 20% if not burnt in), so that's unsurprising. It's the other stuff I was more surpr

I have also heard that failure rates on new GPUs are very high (approaching 20% if not burnt in), so that's unsurprising. It's the other stuff I was more surprised about. I would have guessed that having your Ethernet cables plugged in and power supplies tested was table stakes nowadays. Then again, I've never been a datacenter admin...