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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 | 3 comments | 12 Nov 25 05:36 UTC | HN request time: 0.621s | source
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Neywiny ◴[12 Nov 25 21:34 UTC] No.45907071[source]▶
I just got 2 16TB drives for $90 each off Craigslist. Perfect for video game storage or downloading huge AI models or whatever. Or legit Linux ISOs. Wish I got more but I was too late. Can't find anything close to that price online
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jdprgm ◴[12 Nov 25 22:25 UTC] No.45907719[source]▶
$5 a TB is insanely cheap and someone just getting rid of stuff and not really caring about the price. Nothing has ever been that cheap at retail or manufacturer recertified. Lowest was like $9-10 last year and now we are sitting at more like $15.
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1. Neywiny ◴[12 Nov 25 23:41 UTC] No.45908501[source]▶
Yeah it was interesting because the guy knew what he was doing unlike other great deals I've had. I guess he just really didn't want them
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2. brailsafe ◴[13 Nov 25 01:58 UTC] No.45909539[source]▶
... might wanna zero those drives just in case
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3. Neywiny ◴[13 Nov 25 02:40 UTC] No.45909849[source]▶
They came uninitialized, but yeah it could be worthwhile to actually zero and fully format them. They are decently fast at 275 MB/s but even that's 16 hours to do one pass. Maybe let it run over the weekend