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by AdieuToLogic 198 days ago
> I worked on systems that were allowed 8 hours of downtime per year -- but otherwise would have run forever unless there was nuclear bomb that went off or a power loss...Tandem. You could pull out CPUs while running.

Tandem servers were legendary for their reliability. I knew h/w support engineers years ago that told me stories like your recounting being able to pull components (such as CPU's) without affecting system availability.