Thanks to everyone for their comments so far. The "server" in question is a basic 2 node cluster connected to an MSA500. It runs a variety of applications including Oracle, Apache, Samba, and a proprietary app built by another vendor. The hardware is monitored, maintained and backed up regularly. The setup is mission critical to my client. They spent a lot of time and money to make sure it wouldn't go down. The list's point is well taken that old *nix installs are very reliable long term. I've had similar experiences. Given this particular client's need for a reliable, stable, redundant system, I was contemplating alternatives or future upgrades rather than letting things age. Shawn > Hi Guys, > > I have a client who hopes to keep their server another 5 years making it > 10 years old at that time. > > At this point there are no plans to add new infrastructure or a new server > to the mix. Their business model is fairly static. > > I'd like to see them upgrade. Can anyone suggest specific reasons why > running a business on 10 year old equipment is a bad thing? > > Specific arguments I can think of would be: > - Hard/Impossible to find replacement hardware > - Lack of support for both H/W and S/W > - Possibly unable to run current versions of CentOS > - Higher probability of hardware failures over time > - Performance bottlenecks > > Any other thoughts? > > Shawn > > _______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >