Western Digital: The company estimates a two-month production halt and then another four to six months to resume full operations
So anyone looking for a HD soon, I would run, not walk to your nearest store and buy what they have before they get a chance to price jump. Online retailers have done so, big boxes have not.....YET. _________________ K-SWISS Power cologne. Who knew you could bottle the scent of boner?
Mon Oct 24, 2011 11:06 pm
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Tue Oct 25, 2011 8:49 am
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I snagged a 1tb WD Black today locally....2nd to last one in the store! Just about all the rest were picked over as well. _________________ K-SWISS Power cologne. Who knew you could bottle the scent of boner?
Tue Oct 25, 2011 9:21 pm
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Saw this on Hardforum, wow.....doesnt look good!:
The flooding is getting worse daily. Most of Bangkok is under 3 ½ feet of water as we speak and it is expected to rise ever further as more rain as well as groundwater seeps to the surface. The dykes and levees in and around the city are virtually inundated and there is a growing threat that the flood waters could be as much as 5 feet in the city this weekend.
As far as the Hard Drive manufacturer’s are concerned, the WD, Seagate, and Hitachi facilities there are completely shut down and there is no word on when or if they will be back up and running. There is also an unconfirmed report that WD has declared their facility a total loss. As it stands right now, Distribution has canceled ALL open backorders for all WD, Seagate, and Hitachi drives across the board and they will not accept any purchase orders from us going forward so it would be well for all of you to understand that any sales orders submitted for Drives will probably not be ordered much less filled. Please be aware that we are doing absolutely everything possible to secure as much stock as we can.
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Fri Oct 28, 2011 11:45 am
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$149 now
Fri Oct 28, 2011 2:30 pm
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No bueno! You know 6+ months from now, they will get back into full production and then it will take FOREVER for prices to fall again. Gonna suck..... _________________ K-SWISS Power cologne. Who knew you could bottle the scent of boner?
Fri Oct 28, 2011 3:55 pm
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Fri Oct 28, 2011 4:42 pm
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Yeah if you want to add to it, you are screwed. _________________ K-SWISS Power cologne. Who knew you could bottle the scent of boner?
Fri Oct 28, 2011 5:45 pm
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And it don't stop........
1TB WD Black 64mb cache 7200 RPM 6gb/sec was $79 - now $219!!!!!!!!!!!
I have to wonder is this disaster will speed up the transition to SSD's and be the death toll of traditional hard drives? Interesting to consider.......I wonder how fast SSD's can ramp up/reduce costs VS HD plants being repaired and brought back into full production?
Interesting scenario I must say! _________________ K-SWISS Power cologne. Who knew you could bottle the scent of boner?
Sat Nov 05, 2011 3:17 pm
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Brules wrote: I have to wonder is this disaster will speed up the transition to SSD's and be the death toll of traditional hard drives? Interesting to consider.......I wonder how fast SSD's can ramp up/reduce costs VS HD plants being repaired and brought back into full production?
Interesting scenario I must say!
We were discussing that a couple weeks ago @ Goahed's on Thursday night. It'd be interesting if this moved Hard disks to the point of being archive drives instead to the primary drives in system drives.
Given the affordability that TB drives got to, it won't stop them from being made once they ramp up... but exactly as you say, This may give SSD's a chance to step up to a larger part of the market. They drop in price a bit, and I'll definitely be replacing my system drive with one. _________________ Advocating the end of the world since July 1995.
Sun Nov 06, 2011 6:51 am
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Well from what I am reading, most of the plants got flooded and are complete loses.....so does WD/Hitachi etc rebuild old tech facilities or new SSD facilities? Maybe both? I have to think the OEM's are pushing like mad for old cheap HD's though! _________________ K-SWISS Power cologne. Who knew you could bottle the scent of boner?
Sun Nov 06, 2011 12:04 pm
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We bought enough to tide us over until spring when we heard about the flood damage.
November 9th: Situation critical....it has been some time now....the data streams are still coming nearly 100gb a day. Our situation is dire....I estimate only a few more weeks before we are overwhelmed.... Local drives are done...and it is much the same across other machines. Network storage is completely gone. They never had a chance.... We are beginning to bring external storage up through our USB data buses and are in the process of adapting reserve units as a stopgap to maintain the flow. But with such small capacities we do not hold out much hope that it will help......
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Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:36 pm
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Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:39 pm
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Thats a lot of animal pr0n?
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Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:49 pm
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Wed Nov 09, 2011 10:52 pm
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