Sign in / up

back to article Still no flash in a flash as chip supplies remain fried

Five months after the Reg first reported that HPE, Cisco – and even Dell EMC – were being punched hard in the supply chain by worldwide flash chip shortages, it's still a problem for at least one vendor. A Reg reader forwarded this alert message from an HPE system configurator: ALERT! Due to an industry-wide shortage, all non …

COMMENTS

Post your comment
House rules Send corrections
Add to 'My topics' unstar *
  1. Jay 2
    Meh

    It's a bit all over the shop at the moment. I recently ordered some Dell servers with a few SSD in and was told by our trusty VAR that the SSDs may not be available until June(!) and asked if we would accept the server now and the SSDs when available. After mulling it over and consulting people who needed the servers we agreed that we'd take the server and wait for the SSDs. And at that point the VAR called to say the servers had shipped with their full complement of SSDs.

    1 0 Reply
  2. chris 143

    Seems to be better than it was

    Seems to be better than it was. Having been quoted lead times in months before mostly things seem to be arriving within a couple of weeks (about what were were seeing a year ago)

    @el_reg any update on the ram shortage? lead times seems to be dropping to normal but the prices still seem high(er)

    1 0 Reply

POST COMMENT House rules

Not a member of The Register? Create a new account here.

Forgotten password ?

  • Enter your comment

  • Add an icon

Anonymous cowards cannot choose their icon

Other stories you might like