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And you're confusing all of these terms. The "3 years" is the standard warranty and typically gets extended to 5 years (and maybe 7 or 8 depending on the vendor
by mbesto 1y ago
And you're confusing all of these terms. The "3 years" is the standard warranty and typically gets extended to 5 years (and maybe 7 or 8 depending on the vendor). This is consistent with Dell PowerEdge, HP ProLiant, etc. servers. Nvidia GPUs on the other hand...there likely could be different terms, but idk because they are not typical purchases for 95% of the companies who make server hardware purchases.
Source - I regularly work with IT departments and review their contracts as part of diligence.
- trenchpilgrim 1y agoNobody in this thread has mentioned warranty periods. The original comment was about the hardware lifecycle, claiming the hardware was only commercially viable for months. The 3 year number that people are tossing around came from a discredited interview that made the rounds on social media a while back: https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/datacenter-gpu-service-life-can-be-surprisingly-short-only-one-to-three-years-is-expected-according-to-unnamed-google-architect https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/datacenter-g...
- mbesto 1y agoYou're proving my point. Hardware's lifecycle is based on warranty - that's it. The parent comment was: > Data centre hardware is more like 3 years. That comment is actually referencing the standard warranty period (which is indeed typically 3 years), which may or may not be consistent with the useful life of server hardware (which is much more subjective and varies based on appliance).
- trenchpilgrim 1y agoNot that immediate parent comment. This original comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575908 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45575908
- mbesto 1y agoI know, and I'm explaining to you that I'm responding to that specific comment that you responded to. You're confusing the two things. Stop it.