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Comment on CPU reliability – Linus Torvalds (2007)

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I'd like to through my experience: I was in charge of 300+ x86 rack servers and around 50 desktops for 3 years and never seen a single CPU fail, even old Pentium 4 with dusty fans.

Disk failures are very common, followed by much rarer RAM chips and motherboards failures.

I suspect server chips are rated for 10-15 years average lifespan

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