HP and EMC warn of hard-disk price rises

Both companies can nix longer swallow the hard-disk drive (HDD) value increases caused by the flooding, EMC and HP told ZDNet UK on Tuesday.

"To blind date EMC has absorbed the value increases accepted on to us by our hard-disk drive suppliers and we desire prolong to figure out so through the come to an end of the month," EMC assumed. "However, inauguration in the field of Q1 2012 we desire take place increasing hard-disk drive make a list prices from five percent up to 15 percent in support of an indefinite full stop of occasion."

HP did not undertake a blind date in support of as soon as its prices would quit up, but assumed it would take place compulsory to raise prices since well. HDD factor prices take part in already risen by 20 percent, it assumed.

"We often adjust prices we charge in support of components based leading sell conditions, and this condition is nix exception," HP assumed in the field of a communication circulated to its customers on 21 November, and exposed to ZDNet UK by HP on Tuesday. "What is separate straight away is so as to particular of these factor prices possibly will get to your feet significantly, and in support of an indeterminate full stop of occasion."

The flooding has led to plain shortages in the field of HDD components, value so as to tubby facility SAS and SATA drives are already in the field of abrupt supply, HP assumed.

In the field of beforehand November sell study company IHS iSuppli predicted the floods would front to "a substantial shortage" of HDDs.

"Operations by the side of many hard-disk drive factories in the field of Thailand take part in been disrupted. According to IDC, Thailand accounted in support of 40-45 percent of worldwide HDD production for the duration of the leading partially of 2011," HP wrote. "Many factories take part in been flooded, and in the field of others production has been impacted due to power outages and exert yourself stoppages."

Chief hard-drive manufacturers Seagate and Western Digital recently slashed the warranties on their HDDs. Western Digital assumed this was unrelated to the floods so as to strictly damaged its manufacturing facilities, but IDC analyst Daniel Bizo disagreed.

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