[dperny]

I mean, this is server hardware. One of the major differences between server hardware and desktop hardware is build quality. I've got a ten-year-old 1/2U rack server sitting in a closet that I bought for pennies at a surplus auction that still runs great.

[jethro_tell]

Server hardware is usually obsolete long before it stops working.

[eitland]

I've seen DL380 G5 giving in a few years ago already. (I still love those machines except they seem to boot slower each generation.)

[mahyarm]

But would it really last 30 years with such things as lead-free solder?

[moe]

We will probably have to wait 30 years to really know.

FWIW, lots of hardware from ~30 years ago still works. I have a 27 year old Amiga500 that still boots fine (many of the floppy disks have become unreadable, though).

You can buy fully working vintage computers much older than that on eBay.

[vacri]

30 years of constant/daily use is different from a few years of use, then pulling out of mothballs as a curio every now and then.

[sokoloff]

A server that's 10 years old now was likely made with leaded solder.