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

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172 points pabs3 | 1 comments | 12 Nov 25 05:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.202s | 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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archagon ◴[12 Nov 25 17:20 UTC] No.45902830[source]▶
I believe many enterprise drives have instant-erase functionality (presumably deleting an encryption key).
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SoftTalker ◴[12 Nov 25 19:42 UTC] No.45905281[source]▶
If they were encrypted to begin with, yes. Many are not.
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1. archagon ◴[12 Nov 25 22:12 UTC] No.45907559[source]▶
I was under the impression that these drives may be transparently encrypted by default. (Rollable encryption key in hardware, invisible to end-user.)