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Hard drives on backorder for two years as AI data centers trigger HDD shortage

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136 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 05:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.459s | source
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karlkloss ◴[12 Nov 25 07:05 UTC] No.45897158[source]▶
And when the AI bubble bursts, "refurbished" HDDs and GPUs will flood the market. Save your money now and be prepared.
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Nux ◴[12 Nov 25 08:39 UTC] No.45897779[source]▶
GPUs yes, but there'll be no HDDs making it alive, they'll get destroyed to protect whatever rubbish they had on.
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pmontra ◴[12 Nov 25 12:53 UTC] No.45899550[source]▶
HDD can be written multiple times with random data if data centers really have to protect what their former customers wrote on them. I never looked at those details in standard contracts.

There is also encryption at rest.

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teeray ◴[12 Nov 25 13:30 UTC] No.45899888[source]▶
> HDD can be written multiple times with random data

Which costs more in compute than simply throwing the drive in a shredder

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1. rwyinuse ◴[12 Nov 25 19:42 UTC] No.45905280[source]▶
Not really, if we give the HDD some resale value. There's a market for used but functional hard drives.