▲ 873 ▼ Thanks a lot, AI: Hard drives are already sold out for the entire year, says Western Digital (mashable.com) submitted 8 months ago by floofloof@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world 125 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 point 8 months ago (3 children) And those hard drives will almost certainly be shredded. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) Why would they? I don't see how they'd have to work more than in regular server farms... I could be wrong though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) It's data privacy. It's cheaper to shred them than pay someone to dban them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 point 8 months ago Oh, you mean actual shredding! Thought that was some IT lingo for an HDD that is well past its prime, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 point 8 months ago (2 children) Why would they? I don't see how they'd have to work more than in regular server farms... I could be wrong though. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) It's data privacy. It's cheaper to shred them than pay someone to dban them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 point 8 months ago Oh, you mean actual shredding! Thought that was some IT lingo for an HDD that is well past its prime, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] village604@adultswim.fan 1 point 8 months ago (1 child) It's data privacy. It's cheaper to shred them than pay someone to dban them. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 1 child comment replies: [–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 point 8 months ago Oh, you mean actual shredding! Thought that was some IT lingo for an HDD that is well past its prime, lol. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Ibuthyr@lemmy.wtf 1 point 8 months ago Oh, you mean actual shredding! Thought that was some IT lingo for an HDD that is well past its prime, lol. permalink fedilink source parent