R-Elists schrieb: >> 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 >> >> __ >> > > Shawn, > > i dont think you mentioned the specific hardware involved... > > i.e. brand and model number and config > > it makes a difference in how we would approach it... > > mainly because we have some 10 year old and older hardware that has been > running rock solid it's entire life and we expect several more years out of > some of it... > > we keep hot and cold spares of everything though... > > to be semi generic, i am talking about business / industrial rackmount > Compaq & HP servers, and some telco quality Cisco of course... > > :-) > > please do share... > > - rh > Yeah, if it's an IBM mainframe, I'd give it another 10 years, easily. Spareparts will probably still be available long after my death. But don't look at the maintenance-bill you get from IBM. At least not before breakfast. It's not for the faint-hearted or those with a weak stomach.... ;-) Rainer