I think most people who talk about servers and HDs/SSDs are referring to commercial internet-connected servers.
Yes, a private server will likely see a lesser degree of service/use and storage drives can be uprated (the opposite of derated) for greater lifetime. Dave > I’ve been looking at VPS providers, and most of them offer SSD-based VPSs, > so they seem to be increasingly popular. I suspect that most VPSs do not get > consistently hammered, though. > > Peter
