Yup. I've been pricing out even older gear when I was expecting to upgrade by now.
I can only account for this year, but, I tracked prices of used server gear and specifically storage (memory and disk) trended with US sanctions. I can't say that's the cause, but that's the coloration I noticed.
Chassis, CPUs and just about everything else except for networking stayed on the same depreciation trend if you try to account for inflation. Ram is the most expensive part of a used server chassis right now. That excludes modern epyc, threadripper, and xeon saleables.
10G networking equipment was cheaper used for 4 years than 10 right now.
Servers built in 2014 are still being leased and deployed by smaller businesses.
I can only account for this year, but, I tracked prices of used server gear and specifically storage (memory and disk) trended with US sanctions. I can't say that's the cause, but that's the coloration I noticed.
Chassis, CPUs and just about everything else except for networking stayed on the same depreciation trend if you try to account for inflation. Ram is the most expensive part of a used server chassis right now. That excludes modern epyc, threadripper, and xeon saleables.
10G networking equipment was cheaper used for 4 years than 10 right now.
Servers built in 2014 are still being leased and deployed by smaller businesses.