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minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·12 hours agoThink about all the HDDs that they will sell for cheap in 5 years.
minus-squareKyuuketsuki@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-27 hours agoI’m not really ever in the market for drives with forty thousand power on hours, are you?
minus-squareplyth@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoI am no expert. What wears the drive down? Depending on the workloads the drives could be ok.
minus-squareBababasti@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 hours agoThat might be a silver lining, but I also see a high possibility of companies just throwing everything onto a big pile of garbage or shipping it to fuck knows where instead of dealing with the hassle of reselling their no longer needed assets.
minus-squarebthest@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·10 hours agoWill they even by allowed by the contracts to resell them?
Think about all the HDDs that they will sell for cheap in 5 years.
I’m not really ever in the market for drives with forty thousand power on hours, are you?
I am no expert. What wears the drive down? Depending on the workloads the drives could be ok.
That might be a silver lining, but I also see a high possibility of companies just throwing everything onto a big pile of garbage or shipping it to fuck knows where instead of dealing with the hassle of reselling their no longer needed assets.
Will they even by allowed by the contracts to resell them?