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Comment by mbesto

20 hours 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.

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trenchpilgrim  18 hours ago

Nobody 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-g...

  • mbesto  15 hours ago

    You'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).