Comment on Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage — delays forcing rapid transition to QLC SSDs

PissingIntoTheWind@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• Bababasti@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Just thinking about all the electronic waste this is gonna generate is making me feel all icky

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  • regedit@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Now may not be a good time to tell you about the Windows 10 EoL that recently lapsed, then.

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  • plyth@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Think about all the HDDs that they will sell for cheap in 5 years.

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    • Bababasti@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      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.

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      • bold_atlas@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Will they even by allowed by the contracts to resell them?

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    • Kyuuketsuki@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’m not really ever in the market for drives with forth thousand power on hours, are you?

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      • plyth@feddit.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I am no expert. What wears the drive down? Depending on the workloads the drives could be ok.

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