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On 4/3/2024 8:38 AM, Jeroen Belleman wrote:
> If an expensive one fails, it takes just a much.

Having spares is an easy solution.  I have 6 identical workstations
and three spare power supplies for them (as they are an atypical
design).

So far, not even a disk failure (touch wood) -- which would be trivial
to guard against (with another copy of the disk)!