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Huh, what happened to HGST?



They, ironically, got acquired by Western Digital. But the 'Ultrastar' line name is still alive, if that's what you're looking for. 'Deskstar' seems to be gone, though.


> 'Deskstar' seems to be gone, though.

Considering we used to call them deathstars, I'm surprised they didn't get rid of the line sooner...


I still have some of those in working condition, somewhere.

If I can be bothered to power on the antiques, which they are built in.

Which is rare, but it happens.

I abused them really hard when they weren't antique.

Still working every time, so far...


From that table I understand that WD are the most reliable nowadays. Especially 16TB models. Is my understanding correct?


It's a wash. Modern mechanical HDDs are so reliable that the vendor basically doesn't matter. Especially if you stick with 'Enterprise'-tier drives (preferably with a SAS interface), you should be good.

Aside from some mishaps (that don't necessarily impact reliability) with vendors failing to disclose the HAMR nature of some consumer HDDs, I don't think there have been any truly disastrous series in the past 10-15 years or so.

You're more likely to get bitten by supply-chain substitutions (and get used drives instead of new ones) these days, even though that won't necessarily lead to data loss.


I don't think there have been any truly disastrous series in the past 10-15 years or so

ST3000DM001.




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