Early 90's. Big fortune 500 website running on a single Pentium 90 desktop PC. We had to remove the case on the computer to allow for more cooling and put a consumer grade house type fan next to it. Otherwise, it constantly overheated and would reboot.
So real data center, racks, etc. But this cheap ass, caseless, P90 on a shelf with a household fan blowing on it, while making millions of dollars.
I was mystified why there was no budget to use a real 1U server. The internet was pretty new at this time, but it was driving revenue.
Also, side info, this caseless P90 still exists. Sitting in my friend's cubical, naked and caseless. Pure glory. It's a hero. Tech stack was NCSA webserver, C, and Ingress plus daily updates with a 1.44MB floppy disk.
So real data center, racks, etc. But this cheap ass, caseless, P90 on a shelf with a household fan blowing on it, while making millions of dollars.
I was mystified why there was no budget to use a real 1U server. The internet was pretty new at this time, but it was driving revenue.
Also, side info, this caseless P90 still exists. Sitting in my friend's cubical, naked and caseless. Pure glory. It's a hero. Tech stack was NCSA webserver, C, and Ingress plus daily updates with a 1.44MB floppy disk.