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title: "True Tales of Survival: Twenty Years of (Server) Solitude"
url: https://daily.dev/posts/true-tales-of-survival-twenty-years-of-server-solitude-jub7yuoge
source_url: https://www.cockroachlabs.com/blog/true-tales-server-solitude/
type: article
source: "CockroachDB"
author: "Cockroach Labs"
published: 2024-02-15T03:41:07.692Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:28:18.744Z
reading_time: 3
upvotes: 0
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# True Tales of Survival: Twenty Years of (Server) Solitude

**[CockroachDB](https://daily.dev/sources/cockroachdb)** · [@cockroachdb302](https://daily.dev/cockroachdb302) · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

A true story of a mystery AS/400 server found under a desk in a data center that had been running for 20 years without anyone knowing its purpose.

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