floofloof@lemmy.ca to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 4 days agoThanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digitalmashable.comexternal-linkmessage-square153linkfedilinkarrow-up1907arrow-down16
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 · 4 days agomessage-square153linkfedilink
minus-squarevillage604@adultswim.fanlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·3 days agoAnd those hard drives will almost certainly be shredded.
minus-squareIbuthyr@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day 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 day agoIt’s data privacy. It’s cheaper to shred them than pay someone to dban them.
minus-squareIbuthyr@lemmy.wtflinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours 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.