Enthusiast reverse engineers world’s smallest HDD to access data with help from an old Nokia N91 and OpenClaw — open source USB bridge unlocks 0.85-inch mechanical Toshiba drive from 2004

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-hdds/enthusiast-reverse-engineers-worlds-smallest-hdd-to-access-data-with-help-from-an-old-nokia-n91-and-openclaw-open-source-usb-bridge-unlocks-0-85-inch-mechanical-toshiba-from-2004

Seagate begins shipping 44TB hard drives with HAMR tech to data centers — Mozaic 4+ platform expands to 10 platters

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/seagate-begins-shipping-44tb-hard-drives-with-hamr-tech-to-data-centers-mozaic-4-platform-expands-to-10-platters

In mid-2024, I bought a bunch of WD/HGST 12TB refurb HDDs for $75 each. They came from GoHardDrive and had a 5-year warranty. I even used the warranty on a drive that died a couple months later. All good.

I see now that GHD is now entirely "sold out" of these drives. However, they have plenty of relabeled MaxDigitalData 12TB drives. These are just the same refurb WD/HGST drives, but with a GoHardDrive house-brand sticker on them.

All to say that my 5-year free-replacement warranty appears to have been swapped with a "30% off" coupon on those 12TB drives (which now cost $250 each). Because, now, GHD can just refund the original $75 purchase price and say they don't have replacements anymore.

#DataHoarder #SelfHosting #HDDs

Are we measuring wellness in terabytes already? I have some gold :)
One is clicking, but I don’t know which one. Will put them in a box with other unused hardware for now. Can be useful someday.

#hdd #hdds #harddrives #harddrive #hardware #wd #seagate #homelab

Get 20TB of Seagate external storage for just $11 per terabyte — rare discount lands during the AI-driven storage crunch

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/external-hdds/get-20tb-of-seagate-external-storage-for-just-usd11-per-terabyte-rare-discount-lands-during-the-ai-driven-storage-crunch

Hard drive pricing in the UK is so high that a person flew to the US to buy them instead, saving money despite flight and hotel costs — HDD deal seeker saved more than $2,000 by taking a trip

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/hard-drive-pricing-in-the-uk-is-so-high-that-a-person-flew-to-the-us-to-buy-them-instead-saving-money-despite-flight-and-hotel-costs-hdd-deal-seeker-saved-more-than-usd2-000-by-taking-a-trip

RE: https://hachyderm.io/@leitzke/116086295913221015

Same for #HDDs, #SSDs, and #NVMEs btw.

I really think this shit needs to be:
a) Illegal internationally.
b) We need someone like the @EUCommission to come up with a plan to have our European companies as well as any company that is actually selling towards European Consumers (including smaller businesses) ramp up production.

This shit is insanely stupid right now...

Western Digital just said their '26 allocation of HDDs are already spoken for. And it's for AI. No surprise there. And WD said they've already taken huge orders for all the way out until '28. This AI BS has got to stop!

#AI #AIBubble #Bubble #AISlop #WesternDigital #HDD #HDDs #Storage #RAM #DRAM #CES

Seagate's enormous 20TB IronWolf HDDs are just $419, or $21 per-terabyte — large-capacity storage deal from Newegg is perfect for your NAS

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/hdds/seagates-enormous-20tb-ironwolf-hdds-are-just-usd419-or-usd21-per-terabyte-large-capacity-storage-deal-from-newegg-is-perfect-for-your-nas