[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Gizmodo: Western Digital Just Lost 6.5 Billion GB of Flash Storage, and You Could Pay the Price

[Robert Primak]

 What backup does a factory have, when its main production line gets badly contaminated? There would have to be another backup factory, and no, there aren't any of those these days. 
-- Bob Primak

    On Sunday, February 13, 2022, 07:42:42 PM EST, L Wittig <9423lew at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 What no backup?
On Sat, Feb 12, 2022 at 5:07 PM Drew King (dking65 at kingconsulting.us) <dking65 at kingconsulting.us> wrote:

Buy your memory consuming devices now!

Western Digital and Kioxia revealed this week that contaminated materials used in flash-memory chips ruined at least 6.5 exabytes, or more than 6.5 million terabytes, of storage. 



Gizmodo: Western Digital Just Lost 6.5 Billion GB of Flash Storage, and You Could Pay the Price.
https://gizmodo.com/wd-6-5-billion-gigabytes-flash-storage-factory-contamin-1848522061-- 
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