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Yeah I was surprised. Don't they have a ups for this kind of thing?
by wyxuan 7y ago
Yeah I was surprised. Don't they have a ups for this kind of thing?
- HankB99 7y agoYes. My Google-fu is not up to finding them but I happen to be familiar with this company's products and here is one. https://www.energy-xprt.com/products/purewave-ups-systems-559832 https://www.energy-xprt.com/products/purewave-ups-systems-55... One application of this kind of product is chip fabs because they are so sensitive to power disruptions. Whether Toshiba/WD had this type of system and if so, why it didn't prevent loss of product was not mentioned in the linked article. I have heard that there is a glut in chips for SSDs so a reason to cut production can't be ruled out. However it seems like Toshiba/WD would pay the price for this outage while their competitors would reap the benefits (unless the competition agreed to somehow share the cost.)
- pault 7y agoI believe the memory industry is also known for price fixing, so it's not out of the question. The oversupply is ridiculous though; the last time I shopped for an nvme they were $1000 for 500gb and the other day I bought 1TB for $500.
- nixgeek 7y agoAmazon was selling 2TB NVMe from Intel for under $200 just last week!
- loeg 7y agoYeah Intel 660p (QLC, but with some SLC cache and a decent controller) is going for under $100 per TB. In my (limited) experience it makes a solid non-24/7 workstation drive (e.g., I use it for local object storage for large builds).
- fao_ 7y ago> The oversupply is ridiculous though; No it's not? Isn't that basically capitalism working as intended (in this rare case)?
- thoughtfunction 7y ago1TB TLC was $300-$500 3 years ago, where are you shopping, the expensive store?
- peterburkimsher 7y agoThe other day I bought 2 TB for $189 (Intel 660P). Actually I bought 5 of them, because they're so cheap in Taiwan right now. I was really pleased to discover that they fit my spare MacBook Air using an adaptor, and 10.14 Mojave supports TRIM.
- reaperducer 7y agoYeah I was surprised. Don't they have a ups for this kind of thing? One would think. Though, the tech industry is much like any other industry, and I imagine a conversation like this: Engineer: We need to install backup generators in case the grid goes down. Middle manager: Can you do it without stopping production? Engineer: No. Middle manager: Screw it. It's the next guy's problem.
- londons_explore 7y agoAt this sort of level, all power systems can be replaced or redesigned without the load being switched off...