News Storage Shortages Incoming: Coronavirus Afflicts Storage Device Makers in SE Asia

[Admin]

The Coronavirus is spreading throughout south east Asia, leading storage device manufacturers to halt operations.

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[King_V]

Storage Shortage...

UGH, that makes me so ANGRY . . angry at that phrase that features rhyme AND alliteration simultaneously! Angry because... I didn't think of it first.

 

[InvalidError]

Globalization of manufacturing chains is nice when it all works properly, not so nice when different parts of the economy are shutting down at different times and completely screw it up for everyone, especially companies that rely heavily on LEAN/JiT to avoid having any stock that isn't spoken for in advance.

 

[King_V]

No margin for error or disruption, and no bufffer?

No surprise when something goes wrong. Shame is that every business is trying to cut things to the bare minimum. Just barely the amount of supply. Just barely the amount of staff. Etc.

It feels like a house of cards. Made with the cheapest, flimsiest playing cards they could find.

 

[digitalgriffin]

One of the reasons traditional HDD prices have been collapsing is because the demand isn't there as SSDs replace them. Both Seagate and WD have been consolidating plants for this reason. They do have excess capacity. It will not be difficult for them to spin back up once things return to normal. I predict no price spike unless it's an excuse to buffer their bottom line.

 

[Gurg]

Just purchased a new 500gb Samsung 970 Evo + M.2 for $109 to replace my 5 year old Kingston HyperX 240gb M.2 that contained Window and hardware software. The old m.2 was about half as fast and for some reason was starting to have problems being recognized when booting. My motherboard has two M.2 slots and the two 500gb EVO s will provide more than enough storage for my needs. I quit using both hard drives and old SSDs in my desktop a few years ago.

The need for large capacity old style SSDs and hard drives is diminishing for home use as M.2s and other online storage solutions become available and relatively affordable. Eliminating those also allowed me to go to a smaller footprint case than my old Corasir A540. Hoping my next build will have room for at least two or possibly three M.2s.

 

[cat1092]

Just an excuse to jack up pricing!

Already see that Newegg has jacked up the price on the Ryzen 7 3700X big time, close to $100 overnight, due to Amazon no longer filling orders until further notice. Am sure they'll do the same with drives of all types.

There's been times when the pricing on Amazon was higher anyway, so it's just Newegg seizing the moment to line their pockets. The FTC should step in and not allow price gouging during this time. We need the economy to flow, this is an example of huge company lining their pockets, while at the same time will have their hands sticking out for stimulus cash once an agreement is reached.

Note that there is no shortage of CPU's, just retailers hiking prices in a national emergency. Newegg & other retailers should be ashamed of themselves for these actions.

Any of these drives were in the supply chain long ago, as I stated in 2011, a shortage is when there's none and customers are on a waiting list. Due to high price gouging, that didn't happen, many turned to eBay to purchase perfectly working used models.

Consumers should stand up and buck the trend, many has all the drives needed & then some, other than PCIe 4.0 devices. I have three unopened PCIe 3.0 NVMe SSD's & two SATA-3, plus numerous new & used drives not in use at this time. This is why it's best to stock up when drives (& RAM) are low in cost, because on a moment's notice, pricing doubles the next day.

Have long decided to pass up on X570, since AM4 will receive only one more CPU & PCIe 5.0 will be here in 2021. Once pricing settles, will build a new PC. Until then, can wait, have near a dozen PC's and plenty of repair parts, to include sealed PSU's. The reason why I have supply is because I stock during promos.

Cat

 

[z0d]

This is true. I have a friend who was working in a Toshiba HDD factory in the Philippines and due to the enhanced community quarantine or lockdown they stopped production temporarily.