Topic: Hard Drive Prices Going Up Up Up...

[Fried Chicken Boy]

damn!  my go to storage drive has gone up $10 ($69.99) with $8 shipping.  non sale price is usually $59.99 with free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

Yeah, that's considerable!  I just bought a few 1.5TB Samsung drives a couple months ago for $50 a pop.

IMHO, I'd be a little weary of 3TB drives, especially until the prices fall in line with the smaller sized offerings.  And I'd stay away from the Hitachi's; I've had more of those go teats-up on me than any other HDD I've used.  When Lacie began using them in their external drives, I heard a lot more drive failure stories from disgruntled buyers/users.

[Gordon]

And I'd stay away from the Hitachi's; I've had more of those go teats-up on me than any other HDD I've used.  When Lacie began using them in their external drives, I heard a lot more drive failure stories from disgruntled buyers/users.

I had a lacie 750 with a Hitachi in it.  when it failed it was still under warranty. they sent me a 1tb with a samsung in it!

[Gordon]

damn!  my go to storage drive has gone up $10 ($69.99) with $8 shipping.  non sale price is usually $59.99 with free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

make that     $79.99 w/ $7.28 Shipping

the 2tb      $159.99 w/  $7.28 Shipping  I paid $69 in may for it!

[H₂O]

It's ridiculous! - Prices are almost triple what they where a month ago for 2TB internal drives at newegg now.  You can still get deals on external drives as they haven't been hit yet by the shortage I guess.

I bet they won't go down anytime soon (esp with all of Taiwan under water - and supply and demand logic "once price goes up it takes a very long time for it to go back down even after normal supply levels are reached")

[Fatah Ruark (aka MIKE B)]

You would think these companies would have distributed their manufacturing to avoid situations like this.

Just read that Western Digital is completely dead in the water, and many distributors are nearly out of stock.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-thai-floods-drives-idUSTRE79R66220111028

While, I will personally be fine without buying another drive for a year or so, I would think that companies like Apple and Dell could be in trouble. I wonder if they have an action plan for shortages like this.

[rastasean]

You would think these companies would have distributed their manufacturing to avoid situations like this.

Just read that Western Digital is completely dead in the water, and many distributors are nearly out of stock.

http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/28/us-thai-floods-drives-idUSTRE79R66220111028

While, I will personally be fine without buying another drive for a year or so, I would think that companies like Apple and Dell could be in trouble. I wonder if they have an action plan for shortages like this.

They BETTER!  thanks for the link

[rastasean]

It's ridiculous! - Prices are almost triple what they where a month ago for 2TB internal drives at newegg now.  You can still get deals on external drives as they haven't been hit yet by the shortage I guess.

I bet they won't go down anytime soon (esp with all of Taiwan under water - and supply and demand logic "once price goes up it takes a very long time for it to go back down even after normal supply levels are reached")

The WD facility is actually in Thailand but yes, most of the Asian area is flooded severely.

[Rob D.]

I finally bought a 2TB Seagate expansion drive two weeks ago at Fry's and it was only $69. There was no shipping option so I had to drive about 25 mile each way to pick it up but now thinking I should've picked up two 

[Gordon]

damn!  my go to storage drive has gone up $10 ($69.99) with $8 shipping.  non sale price is usually $59.99 with free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

make that     $79.99 w/ $7.28 Shipping

the 2tb      $159.99 w/  $7.28 Shipping  I paid $69 in may for it!

the 1tb is $139.99 now!  damn I'm glad I'm set for a little while.

edit:  just noticed this 

In stock. Limit 1 per customer.

[George]

damn!  my go to storage drive has gone up $10 ($69.99) with $8 shipping.  non sale price is usually $59.99 with free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

make that     $79.99 w/ $7.28 Shipping

the 2tb      $159.99 w/  $7.28 Shipping  I paid $69 in may for it!

the 1tb is $139.99 now!  damn I'm glad I'm set for a little while.

edit:  just noticed this 

In stock. Limit 1 per customer.

Ouch...I guess I'll wait a while to buy more drives.

[H₂O]

now there over 3x as much won't be long till they are almost 4x the price they where 1 month ago.

1 month ago $69 for a 2TB was not uncommon - now they sell for around $229 - or 3.3x the price

Pretty soon SSD's will look cheap

[justink]

damn!  my go to storage drive has gone up $10 ($69.99) with $8 shipping.  non sale price is usually $59.99 with free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

it's $140 now!  :lol

[Gordon]

damn!  my go to storage drive has gone up $10 ($69.99) with $8 shipping.  non sale price is usually $59.99 with free shipping

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152185

it's $140 now!  :lol

look a few post up



the home server I built my buddy I used five of these on sale for $50 and a $30 ish WD 120gb for OS.  total price for drives was less than $300.  total for server was less than $600.  new prices it would be over  $800 just for the drives! 

[Brian E.]

jeez 3TB drives just jumped from $180 to $260 on Amazon.

[it-goes-to-eleven]

jeez 3TB drives just jumped from $180 to $260 on Amazon.

That's okay- I still fear their reliability.   And the statistics are not good.

But, oh how I pine for the capacity!  But if you are good about multiple copies *AND* don't have simultaneous failures from the same lot, then it isn't such a concern.  But for those of us who lived the IBM "death star" drives, and them all basically being bad, multiple simultaneous failures are a real consideration. And these drives are far more complex, in many significant ways.... If those old drives were like "a 747 flying inches above the runway without ever touching", these drives are like "a thousand 747's, with their wings all connected, flying fractions of an inch above little cesna airplanes, which are flying fractions of an inch above the runway, in the dark"...