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Yep, I'm happy I just finished off my file server. Was waiting on two more 2TB disks for the array and got them about two weeks before the flooding. I'm done for a bit, lets just hope I don't have a failure. Although for one drive, it wouldn't be so bad.
I haven't seen a [DEAL] on a hard drive since the announcement.
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I recently bought a couple Hitachi 3TB drives for $110 on sale from Newegg. Same drives are $210 on the same site today.
It's sounding like it'll get worse before it gets better too. Western Digital is talking two months of zero production then another four to six months of ramping back up. Nevermind the parts suppliers...
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Picked up another two Hitachi 3TB green drives for $125 apiece locally today. I should be set for the next year or two now, heh.
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Looks like all the manu's prices have gone up - they're conspiring to conspire!!
I'm not in immediate need, however, as we all know prices tend to take much longer to fall back down vs shoot up quickly.
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I don't really pay much attention to SSD prices but does anyone noticed if SSD are also affected?