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		KomoD 23 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Old laptops in a colo as low cost servers Well, yeah, but that's not really a Hetzner thing. That's just computers in general. Just monitor them so you can act proactively.

QuantumNomad_ 23 days ago [–]

Of course. Just pointing out that even if the hardware might be server grade, doesn’t mean one can assume that the risk of hardware failure is negligibly low. And that one always needs to have offsite backups.

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