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<blockquote data-quote="Vito" data-source="post: 175939" data-attributes="member: 13"><p>If y'all happen to notice that hard drive prices have skyrocketed (meaning, more than doubled) recently, there's a reason: flooding in Thailand.</p><p></p><p>Western Digital produces half of the world's hard drives, and half of WD's hard drives are produced in Thailand. WD's Thailand plant currently has about 4 feet of water on the production floor. So, about 25% of the world's hard drive manufacturing capacity just went to hell.</p><p></p><p>It looks like it's going to be about 4 to 6 months before production returns to anything like normal.</p><p></p><p>Shit! I've got a big project coming up — one for which I'll need a shitload of 1TB drives. </p><p></p><p>See how we get spoiled? Five years ago, 1TB drives didn't even exist. Now we bitch if we can't get 'em dirt cheap. :mrgreen: </p><p></p><p> :joker: </p><p></p><p>Source: <a href="http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/how-will-the-disk-shortage-affect-you/1562?tag=content;siu-container" target="_blank">How will the disk shortage affect you?</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Vito, post: 175939, member: 13"] If y'all happen to notice that hard drive prices have skyrocketed (meaning, more than doubled) recently, there's a reason: flooding in Thailand. Western Digital produces half of the world's hard drives, and half of WD's hard drives are produced in Thailand. WD's Thailand plant currently has about 4 feet of water on the production floor. So, about 25% of the world's hard drive manufacturing capacity just went to hell. It looks like it's going to be about 4 to 6 months before production returns to anything like normal. Shit! I've got a big project coming up — one for which I'll need a shitload of 1TB drives. See how we get spoiled? Five years ago, 1TB drives didn't even exist. Now we bitch if we can't get 'em dirt cheap. :mrgreen: :joker: Source: [url=http://www.zdnet.com/blog/storage/how-will-the-disk-shortage-affect-you/1562?tag=content;siu-container]How will the disk shortage affect you?[/url] [/QUOTE]
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