In case you haven't heard, Thailand has had a lot of flooding. WD and Seagate have major plants in Thailand and supplies are either already impacted or about to be impacted, and as a result (even the perception of supply problems), prices are rising. Some server drives increased in price about 300% in the last week. A local store manager said they usually have a lot of stock in the back, but it is depleted and all that they have is on the shelf. 4TB USB drives jumped 10 to 25% in the last week (varies by store) and other drives too (I've been mainly trying to get 4TB externals, 2 TB faster server internal, and 3 TB internals. So if you are planning to get drives, it may not pay wait, as prices may continue to climb and supplies drop. I'm not sure when prices and supplies will get better.
Roger







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