What happened to HGST?

What happened to HGST?

More than six years after acquisition, the HGST name is disappearing from drives, though influence from the former Hitachi division remains. As part of a branding realignment following a series of acquisitions, Western Digital is spinning down the HGST brand.

Is HGST and WD the same?

In 2018, Western Digital announced that it was phasing out its HGST brand and that all of its remaining product lines (particularly Ultrastar) will henceforth be marketed as brands of Western Digital.

Is Hitachi and HGST the same?

Western Digital Corporation completed the acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies (also known as Hitachi GST) from Hitachi Ltd. in March 2012. The acquired business of Hitachi GST, has been rebranded as HGST, a Western Digital company. There will be no change to HGST’s current business with the rebranding.

Is HGST a good brand?

While it’s always possible to get a bad drive, HGST drives generally are very reliable. HGST drives consistently performed well in Backblaze’s reliability study. They’re not always the best, but they’re almost always better than Seagate drives, and better than Western Digital’s own drives for that matter.

Did Western Digital buy G Tech?

HGST in turn was bought by Western Digital in 2012. G-Technology is currently a line of products sold by Western Digital.

Did WD buy Hitachi?

WD has announced that the acquisition of Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is now complete in a deal worth $3.9 billion in cash and 25 million worth of shares, valued at $0.9 billion. WD is now the world’s largest hard drive manufacturer.

Does HGST make external hard drives?

Touro Desk External Drive HGST develops advanced hard disk drives, enterprise-class solid state drives, and innovative external storage solutions and services to store, preserve and manage the world’s most valued data.

Is HGST a SSD?

DATA DURABILITY AND SECURITY – HGST leverages decades of proven enterprise storage expertise in Serial Attached SCSI (SAS) design, reliability, firmware, customer qualification and system integration to the Ultrastar SSD1600MR solid-state drive (SSD) family.

Who makes HGST?

Western Digital
Hitachi (now HGST, a subsidiary of Western Digital) has the lowest failure rates across the makes and models surveyed. Western Digital itself came in second, with numbers only slightly less impressive than HGST’s. “It’s hard to beat the current crop of 4TB drives from HGST and Seagate,” Backblaze said in its blog post.

Does SanDisk own G technology?

G-Technology is no more, but it has been reborn as SanDisk Professional. Image: Western Digital.