floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoThanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digitalmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square152linkfedilinkarrow-up1913arrow-down17cross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cahackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1906arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square152linkfedilinkcross-posted to: pcgaming@lemmy.cahackernews@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoAnd those hard drives will almost certainly be shredded.
minus-squareIbuthyr@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoIt’s data privacy. It’s cheaper to shred them than pay someone to dban them.
minus-squareIbuthyr@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month 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.