

In the video game Wolfenstein, the side character Tekla goes on a wonderful rant about the continuity of consciousness.
https://youtube.com/watch?v=_4oU7sB_AJ0
If you want a darker aspect, the game SOMA is all about this concept, though it is meant as a horror game, so it explores all the worst outcomes.
You are looking at the software, but how’s the hardware?
How old is the server? Could the thermal paste be old and dried up? Is the cooling fan working?
A CPU with bad cooling can still run, up to a threshold and then it will throttle itself to avoid going over, but since the cooling sucks just being on will keep it there.