El Reg網(wǎng)站發(fā)出了一封來(lái)自EMC給他們的Velocity渠道合作伙伴信函的副本，提到了磁盤驅(qū)動(dòng)器的價(jià)格將從2012年1月1日起上漲5%至15%。

　　很明顯價(jià)格上漲的原因是由泰國(guó)洪水造成的驅(qū)動(dòng)器短缺。這導(dǎo)致了零售驅(qū)動(dòng)器的價(jià)格上漲，也影響了許多磁盤驅(qū)動(dòng)器的OEM交易。

　　然而，到現(xiàn)在為止還沒(méi)有主要的存儲(chǔ)陣列或服務(wù)器供應(yīng)商表示他們將不得不提高價(jià)格。

EMC提高磁盤驅(qū)動(dòng)器價(jià)格的信函

　　信函中的文字如下：

　　Attention: Important Change to Drive Pricing in January 2012

　　The tragic, persistent flooding in Thailand has impacted the cost of hard disk drives in the global marketplace. EMC typically adjusts drive pricing on a quarterly basis, passing through cost changes from our suppliers, usually in the form of lower drive prices. In Q4, EMC did just that, absorbing the cost increases in order to shield our partners and customers from the impact of higher drive pricing.

　　We have determined however that we must raise prices in Q1 for an indefinite period of time in order to offset the continued high drive prices we are seeing from our primary suppliers. As a result, our Q1 2012 HDD list prices will rise between 5-15% over Q4 2011 levels. This increase will apply to HDD list prices across all EMC business lines.

　　All current pricing will be honored until the end of 2011. This increase will not take effect before January 1, 2012. While we hope that this increase is temporary, at this time we cannot forecast how long the flooding in Thailand will impact HDD pricing.

　　Please prepare your customers for this increase. Do not allow them to be surprised by the increase after it takes effect. Please direct any questions to your EMC Distributor or EMC Channel Account Manager.

　　Thank you for your continued support and partnership.

　　Gregg Ambulos

　　SVP Global Channel Sales

　　EMC Corporation

　　我們已要求EMC對(duì)此進(jìn)行評(píng)論，但是迄今為止還沒(méi)有得到響應(yīng)。其他存儲(chǔ)陣列供應(yīng)商如NetApp，不知道未來(lái)是否有類似的提價(jià)。但由于EMC打開了這扇門，如果價(jià)格的提高開始發(fā)生將不會(huì)令人吃驚。