floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agoThanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digitalmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square147linkfedilinkarrow-up1908arrow-down17cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
arrow-up1901arrow-down1external-linkThanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digitalmashable.comfloofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 6 days agomessage-square147linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.ca
minus-squarevillage604linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 days agoAnd those hard drives will almost certainly be shredded.
minus-squareIbuthyr@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoWhy would they? I don’t see how they’d have to work more than in regular server farms… I could be wrong though.
minus-squarevillage604linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoIt’s data privacy. It’s cheaper to shred them than pay someone to dban them.
minus-squareIbuthyr@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoOh, you mean actual shredding! Thought that was some IT lingo for an HDD that is well past its prime, lol.
And those hard drives will almost certainly be shredded.
Why would they? I don’t see how they’d have to work more than in regular server farms… I could be wrong though.
It’s data privacy. It’s cheaper to shred them than pay someone to dban them.
Oh, you mean actual shredding! Thought that was some IT lingo for an HDD that is well past its prime, lol.