Byron C Clark

Spare a thought for your friends deciding what to cull from their Plex servers this year instead of buying a bigger hard drive

WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out | heise online https://www.heise.de/en/news/WD-and-Seagate-confirm-Hard-drives-for-2026-sold-out-11178917.html

WD and Seagate confirm: Hard drives for 2026 sold out

Hyperscalers are tearing hard drives out of the hands of manufacturers. Prices are therefore also rising for SSDs.

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Feb 18 at 8:35amopenvibe
Show threadTrevorNFeb 18
@byroncclark damn, that's me
Show threadDolby JrFeb 19
@tcnicholls @byroncclark, ditto on that 😡
Show threadPhilipFeb 18
@byroncclark A coworker went to re-buy a 1tb m2 drive he got a year or two ago for $100 only to find it was now $300.