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Quantum was the premiere maker of SCSI drives back in the day. They were beating IBM and IBM needed more capacity so IBM bought them. Then IBM sold to Hitachi,
by MCRed 11y ago
Quantum was the premiere maker of SCSI drives back in the day. They were beating IBM and IBM needed more capacity so IBM bought them. Then IBM sold to Hitachi, who sold the drive business to Western Digital who sold the drive business to Toshiba.
I believe these Deskstar types and derivatives are the same essential mechanism and processes as those old quantum drives (probably especially in terms of the QA processes). The heads and the technology have improved to give better capacity of course, but I've been buying and relying on these drives for ~25 years at this point.
I'm not surprised to see them showing up well on these charts.
- castell 11y agoThanks for the full picture! I have been relying on these drives for 10+ years too and hope Toshiba keeps producing them.
- currysausage 11y agoNot quite the full picture. And there's bad news: Newer Toshiba desktop drives look more like the server stuff that they have been manufacturing since acquiring Fujitsu's HDD business. Plus, Toshiba might give up the HDD business entirely. [1] [1] http://seekingalpha.com/article/3827746-seagate-western-digital-soon-true-duopoly-hdds http://seekingalpha.com/article/3827746-seagate-western-digi...
- currysausage 11y agoPlease check facts before posting. > Quantum [...] were beating IBM and IBM needed more capacity so IBM bought them. No, Maxtor bought Quantum's HDD business, and Seagate later bought Maxtor [1], [2], [3]. > Western Digital who sold the drive business to Toshiba No, WDC sold some assets related to desktop (not server) 3.5" (not 2.5") HDDs to Toshiba [4], [5], [6]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxtor#Acquisition_of_the_Quantum_hard_drive_division https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maxtor#Acquisition_of_the_Quan... [2] http://www.cnet.com/news/maxtor-buys-rival-quantum-to-become-biggest-drive-maker/ http://www.cnet.com/news/maxtor-buys-rival-quantum-to-become... [3] http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1966943,00.asp http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,1966943,00.asp [4] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HGST#History https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HGST#History [5] http://techreport.com/news/22553/toshiba-becomes-third-player-in-wd-acquisition-of-hitachi-storage http://techreport.com/news/22553/toshiba-becomes-third-playe... [6] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8367993 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8367993