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Originally Posted by baddog
Then you change it out.
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I believe modern CPUs throttle back to prevent thermal overload, but if a chassis or PSU fan fails the results may be less spectacular... the customer may not be aware of anything being wrong until the parts in the case have been slow cooked and a capacitor eventually explodes. I can't see or hear my server, and the ability to reliably monitor its internals remotely is dependent on the hardware and my OS being compatible.
Anyway, I'm not being overly paranoid, I'm just curious whether any hosts actually do preventative maint...