James
On Oct 27, 2011, at 1:52 PM, Gary Bettan wrote:
> WHOA! Not trying to downplay the human impact here at all. Earthquakes &
> flood devestation is nothing to make light of.
>
> What I'm trying to do is let Video Editors know that hard drive production
> shortages are hitting and the impact on prices is going to be felt almost
> immediately. If you're planning on buying storage in the near future, jump
> on todays availability and pricing.
>
> Gary
>
> _____
>
> From: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com [mailto:Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of
> bouke
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 4:41 PM
> To: Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [Avid-L2] Hard Drive Shortages to Drive Up Cost of Video
> Editing
>
> how should i read this, other peoples misery is nothing compared to the
> added markup on our bills to our clients?
> No, i did not read your blog, but since you put out the short version here,
> please explain to me what i've missed, so i don't have to call you a
> heartless SOB.
>
> Bouke
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Gary Bettan" <gary@videoguys.com <mailto:gary%40videoguys.com> >
> To: <Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:Avid-L2%40yahoogroups.com> >
> Cc: <FinalCutPro-L@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FinalCutPro-L%40yahoogroups.com>
> >
> Sent: Thursday, October 27, 2011 10:15 PM
> Subject: [Avid-L2] Hard Drive Shortages to Drive Up Cost of Video Editing
>
> > Over the past year the hard drive producers have been hit by a one-two
> > punch
> > that has them scrambling to find ways to produce enough hard drives to
> > satisfy demand. Hard drives prices are expected to jump up by 20% or more
> > over the next week, with no end in sight.
> >
> > Back in March the Japanese earthquake and Tsunami created massive supply
> > chain issues. While no hard drive production facilities were directly
> > effected, several plants that produced key components such as circuit
> > boards
> > were destroyed. This created spot shortages in the drive business while
> > hard
> > drive manufacturers had to scramble to work around these issues. It
> > appeared that the worst was over and that by the end of the year,
> > production
> > would be back up.
> >
> > Then this October another natural disaster struck Asia. Thailand has been
> > hit by massive flooding. Thailand as a country is the second-largest
> > manufacturer of drives in the world. Western Digital, Hitachi, Seagate,
> > Toshiba and Samsung all have a significant portion of their production
> > coming out of Thailand. Thailand has ground to a halt. It could take
> > another
> > 4-6 weeks until the flood waters recede. While most of the finished goods
> > were pulled out in time, the same can't be said for the facilities
> > themselves.
> >
> > Over the past week we have been talking to our drive vendors and the news
> > is
> > bad, really bad. Hard drives assembly lines are modern marvels, with
> > automation, robotics and extremely expensive machines working in highly
> > controlled environments. Some factories are wiped out, others have severe
> > water damage. Attempts to move equipment and assembly lines to higher
> > ground resulted in damages that may or may not be repairable. Key parts
> > suppliers have been hit just as hard, Nidec Corp which makes hard drive
> > motors had one of their Ayutthaya plant (pictured) swamped under several
> > feet of water. It's a mess, and some are expecting supply to fall as much
> > as 35% below forecast - which in this day and age of computerized just in
> > time manufacturing, equals demand.
> >
> > How does this effect video editors?
> >
> > Right in your pocketbook. While there are some supplies of drives already
> > in
> > the US, we've been told by our vendors across the board to expect major
> > shortages and higher prices in Q4. How much higher you ask? We don't know
> > yet, but the impact will be felt initially in lower capacity drives. For
> > us
> > that means that external RAIDs based on 1TB drives are going to get hit
> > first. We've had problems getting 2TB G-RAIDs since the summer, we were
> > able
> > to get 2TB GT062E RAIDs from Glyph, but now that supply has dried up. At
> > this point we are pulling both Glyph and G-Tech 2TB external RAIDs from
> > our
> > website - indefinitely.
> >
> > While it looks like we'll be able to get RAIDs based on 2TB and 3TB
> > drives,
> > that too will become problematic over the next 4-6 weeks. If you are
> > planning on purchasing an external RAID solution for your NLE system, do
> > it
> > NOW! Take advantage of whatever pricing and availability exists in the
> > market. Prices will move up without notice as supply fails to keep up with
> > demand.
> >
> > For the complete blog post http://bit.ly/sMoZCR
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
>
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>
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