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I remember working in random IT companies, back in the early nineties, where our "servers" were a collection of random desktop machines running Linux. At the t

I remember working in random IT companies, back in the early nineties, where our "servers" were a collection of random desktop machines running Linux. At the time I think we had one Sun E450, and 20-30 random desktop hosts. All headless, except for keyboards connected. We also had a bunch of phone lines and external modems, which were used to run UUCP jobs overnight, or transfer files other ways, to remote SCO Unixware hosts. It was only later that I worked with "proper" servers, with niceties such as remote access, redundant power-supplies, and maybe even multiple hard drives (!)

lproven 2y ago
> our "servers" were a collection of random desktop machines Also normal for the 1980s and early 1990s. Because PCs were not servers, and servers were not PCs, and almost nobody made or offered server-class hardware built around x86. The first I ever saw was a Compaq SystemPro and those things cost as much as a decent new car. Wikipedia says it was the first ever PC-compatible server! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_SystemPro https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compaq_SystemPro
kennethrc 2y ago
> early nineties > running Linux "Unix" though, right?