does servers act funny from running

thebobby1979 · Sep 5, 2013

I have a server of my own and i was just wondering if you run one for years without turning it off if you let it cool off will it act up and run funny. cause i had read from some forums that that happens and i'm assuming thats why they get new ones?

rgd1101 · Sep 5, 2013

If you don't have proper cooling that would be a problem. Other then that no, we keep our running 24x7, and only shutdown for maintenance.

ss202sl · Sep 5, 2013

Many servers run 24 hours a day for months and are only rebooted for patches or other regular maintenance. I haven't seen a server have issues(from heating and cooling) - even after being shut down for a few hours. Not saying it can't happen, but I haven't seen it. We just did a major switch upgrade in our server room, and shut down every server(about 90) for about 8 hours. None of them had any issues booting back up.

The reason most people replace servers is because the hardware gets obsolete. I've had many servers that have run over 10 years without issues except for maybe a hard drive. I've also seen a couple of cases where a single component goes out, and it was cheaper to replace the entire server than to replace a single component.

rgd1101 · Sep 5, 2013

ss202sl :

Yup, the only reason for replacing server at work is support expired for either hardware and software. If the break under support, we can get replacement parts, get it fix in timely manner.

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