TheImpressiveX@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · il y a 2 moisHard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square133fedilinkarrow-up1546arrow-down19
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minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·il y a 2 moisThink about all the HDDs that they will sell for cheap in 5 years.
minus-squareBababasti@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·il y a 2 moisThat might be a silver lining, but I also see a high possibility of companies just throwing everything onto a big pile of garbage or shipping it to fuck knows where instead of dealing with the hassle of reselling their no longer needed assets.
minus-squarebthest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·il y a 2 moisWill they even by allowed by the contracts to resell them?
minus-squareKyuuketsuki@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-2il y a 2 moisI’m not really ever in the market for drives with forty thousand power on hours, are you?
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·il y a 2 moisI am no expert. What wears the drive down? Depending on the workloads the drives could be ok.
Think about all the HDDs that they will sell for cheap in 5 years.
That might be a silver lining, but I also see a high possibility of companies just throwing everything onto a big pile of garbage or shipping it to fuck knows where instead of dealing with the hassle of reselling their no longer needed assets.
Will they even by allowed by the contracts to resell them?
I’m not really ever in the market for drives with forty thousand power on hours, are you?
I am no expert. What wears the drive down? Depending on the workloads the drives could be ok.