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SubjectRe: [patch] CFS scheduler, -v8
On 5/11/07, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu> wrote:
> On Fri, May 11, 2007 at 07:18:25PM +0000, Pavel Machek wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > > > Also notice that current cpus were not designed to work 300 years.
> > > > When we have hw designed for 50 years+, we can start to worry.
>
> On a related note, older technology is less sensible. My old VAX VLC4000
> from 1991 which received a small heatsink in exchange for its noisy fans
> is still doing well in an closed place. I'm more worried for the EPROMs
> which store the boot code. Also, I think that the RS6000 processed at
> half-micron which run the Mars rovers might run for hundreds of years
> at 30 MHz.

Not your typical RS/6000. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RAD6000

Without a doubt, decently built computers will easily last at least 10
years. From what I can tell, the issue here was simply OS runtime?
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