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    Which are the most usual hardware failures?

    I want to know this in order to make a decision, if I said the exact reason I would remember you an specific failure and that would distort the poll.

    Please post what do you think are the most common HARDWARE failures in a dedicated server?

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    RAM dying slowly, probably due to a poor power supply
    Hard drive failures
    Power supply failures
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    In this order:

    1) Hard Drives
    2) RAID Card
    3) MotherBoard or Power Supply
    4) RAM
    5) CPU (never seen a CPU failure so far)
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    It also can depend on the quality/brand of each. In my experiences, power supplies have failed a lot more often than raid cards. Hard drives are indisputably number one, however.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rohitj
    Hard drives are indisputably number one
    That's exactly what I wanted to know. So I will definitely get a RAID-1 with my future dedicated server in hetzner.de

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    You forgot fans. They die at similar or worse rates to hard drives. When they start to fail, temperatures rise and electronics starts to fail.
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    In my experience....

    IDE disk crash
    Fans
    SATA disk crash
    Faulty RAM modules
    RAID controller breakdown
    Power suppy
    Mainboard

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    For my expeirnce
    1.Hard Drive (espacily SATA and IDE)
    2.RAM
    3. FANS

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    Assuming proper hardware (hp, Dell, Intel, thus serverboard, chipset and ECC ram)

    1. Disks
    2. Fans
    3. (nothing)
    4. (nothing)
    5. All other stuff

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    Quote Originally Posted by spookyfish
    Assuming proper hardware (hp, Dell, Intel, thus serverboard, chipset and ECC ram)

    1. Disks
    2. Fans
    3. (nothing)
    4. (nothing)
    5. All other stuff
    agree

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    for me its been fans lol

    but then Hard Drive

    But i'm glad its just been fans
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    Disks are cheaper/easier to replace than some fans though

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    I had 2 DELL raid controllers fail on me in 1 year. just because its supposedly a good brand doesn't mean they dont break down

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    Quote Originally Posted by spookyfish
    Disks are cheaper/easier to replace than some fans though
    I'm covered for hardware replacements anyway it doesn't cost anything

    So for me its better
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    When getting a server, make sure the power supply is good (high wattage).

    Depens on your $ budget I would go with ECC memory as well, and supermicro products.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GVHOST
    When getting a server, make sure the power supply is good (high wattage).

    Depens on your $ budget I would go with ECC memory as well, and supermicro products.

    I wouldn't decide a PSUs quality depending on maximum wattage throughput. Just don't buy the cheap non-branded types. Some good brands that come to mind are Antec/Sparkle (higher end models).

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