2026 production from many of the big manufacturers is already completely sold.

Yes, this explains it.

I have also been triggered to buy the 28 TB HDD last week, even if I do not need it yet, but I will need it later this year, after reading the reports that both WD and Seagate have sold out their yearly production.

The price that I paid was already much higher than some time ago.

	▲	Aurornis an hour ago \| parent [-]
		There's a lot of panic buying going on. Both at the data center level and the consumer level. My recommendation is that if someone doesn't strictly need the hardware in the next 12 months, it's better to wait it out.