[digikata]

A reduction in floor and building vibration might have contributed too?

[oconnor663]

Or for example, old cables and improperly installed cooling fans might tend to get fixed during a move. Hard to know for sure.

[shiftpgdn]

Well yeah, that's why it's presented as an anecdote. :)

[oconnor663]

Totally. Kind of reminds me of http://www.ibiblio.org/harris/500milemail.html

[digikata]

I was recalling this paper characterizing loss of system drive performance due to environmental vibrations (though I'm sure there are others).

https://www.usenix.org/legacy/events/sustainit10/tech/full_p...