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by defrost 1117 days ago
> But I think if anything is powered for 3 years straight it's a bit concerning.

Pretty much why Pawsey has an Annual High Voltage inspection shutdown [1]

> Otherwise you're liable to find things like [..]

TBH that's not really been an issue of note at any of the big iron farms I've been around since the 1980s .. generally there's a disciplined approach to maintaining 24/7/365 operation (that includes scheduled downtime for equipment checks) part of which is process documentation and justification and soft means of freezing | migrating processes+data etc.

[1] https://status.pawsey.org.au/incidents/tk5n5y965r5j