WD Acquires Hitachi GST for $4.3 Billion

[ubercake]

[citation][nom]slyphnier[/nom]hdd failure rate - Maxtor 1.04% (against 1.73%)- Western Digital 1.45% (against 0.99%)- Seagate 2.13% (against 2.58%)- Samsung 2.47% (against 1.93%)- Hitachi 3.39% (against 0.92%)for 1TB drives:- 5.76% Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B- 5.20% Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.C- 3.68% Seagate Barracuda 7200.11- 3.37%: Samsung SpinPoint F1- 2.51% Seagate Barracuda 7200.12- 2.37%: WD Caviar Green WD10EARS- 2.10% Seagate Barracuda LP- 1.57%: Samsung SpinPoint F3- 1.55%: WD Caviar Green WD10EADS- 1.35%: WD Caviar Black WD1001FALS- 1.24%: Maxtor DiamondMax 23for 2TB- 9.71%: WD Caviar Black WD2001FASS- 6.87% Hitachi Deskstar 7K2000- 4.83%: WD Caviar Green WD20EARS- 4.35% Seagate Barracuda LP- 4.17%: Samsung EcoGreen F3- 2.90%: WD Caviar Green WD20EADSfor SSD- Intel 0.59%- Corsair 2.17%- Crucial 2.25%- Kingston 2.39%- OCZ 2.93%source from hardware.frconclusion: 1. hitachi drives have the highest failure rate.2. hdd with more than 2tb (which mean using 3 or 4 platters) will rise failure rate3. 1 or 2 platter max for the best reliabilityi hope WD can maintain their quality, if they start producting hitachi drives with WD labor it will be worst[/citation]
Seeing Maxtor at the top of this list is an f-ing joke. Every Maxtor I've ever owned died on me just outside the warranty period. I completely question the integrity of the source of your data.

 

[Guest]

I'm wondering what the implications are in terms of local presence in MN for both WD and HGST. WD closed their SE MN operations a few years ago, but HGST still has a solid presence in Rochester. Anyone have intel?

 

[mas]

I think many are missing the larger point.

The MO hard drive market is entering a declining period.

SSDs are on the ascendancy.

It is in Hitachi's interest to divest themselves of an increasingly marginalized business product and to either focus on new technologies of which they have a competitive advantage, or to simply look forward to SSD manufacture.

WD is simply consolidating the declining MO market as the market continues to see consolidation as has already been happening for the past 15 years.

 

[mas]

I think many are missing the larger point.

The MO hard drive market is entering a declining period.

SSDs are on the ascendancy.

It is in Hitachi's interest to divest themselves of an increasingly marginalized business product and to either focus on new technologies of which they have a competitive advantage, or to simply look forward to SSD manufacture.

WD is simply consolidating the declining MO market as the market continues to see consolidation as has already been happening for the past 15 years.

 

[mas]

I think many are missing the larger point.

The MO hard drive market is entering a declining period.

SSDs are on the ascendancy.

It is in Hitachi's interest to divest themselves of an increasingly marginalized business product and to either focus on new technologies of which they have a competitive advantage, or to simply look forward to SSD manufacture.

WD is simply consolidating the declining MO market as the market continues to see consolidation as has already been happening for the past 15 years.