Yes, WDC acquired Hitachi's storage division. However, several regulatory agencies (including the FTC in the US) made divestment of certain factories and technologies related to 3.5" disk manufacturing to Toshiba a requirement for their approval.
http://wdc.com/en/company/hgst/ http://ftc.gov/opa/2012/03/westerndigital.shtm http://www.toshiba.co.jp/about/press/2012_08/pr0801.htm I soured considerably on WDC after they started crippling their desktop class drives by disabling TLER - a branded form of the ATA standard ERC - making them unsuitable for RAID. Hitachi drives have been, by far, the most cooperative in RAID, so WDC being forced to divest these assets to a third party is extremely welcome. -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Lider Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 1:16 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [H] Synology DS1512+ and WD Red drives Umm... Did Hitachi storage get bought by WDC? Fujitsu was bought out by Toshiba and Samsung was bought out by Seagate. At least thats what I remember. Regards, On August 28, 2012 at 2:10 PM Greg Sevart <[email protected]> wrote: > Unless you're in a big hurry, you might consider waiting a bit. We > should start to see the new 3.5" Toshiba drives, built using (former) > Hitachi technology by (former) Hitachi employees in (former) Hitachi > factories (spun off as part of regulatory approval for WDC to purchase > Hitachi's storage assets--score 1 for consumer protection for once), enter > the sales channel. > These are expected to be a continuation of the revered 5K3000 and > 7K3000 lines--which means that they should operate perfectly in RAID > and they should be cost effective. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Gary > Udstrand > Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2012 11:29 AM > To: The Hardware List > Subject: [H] Synology DS1512+ and WD Red drives > > I am about to take the plunge and replace my current NAS with a > DS1512+ from Synology. I am aware of the issues they had with > restarts but they supposedly have found the issue (bad flash RAM) and > fixed the issue. I plan on populating it using the new WD Red (3TB) drives. > > I have seen mention that the price on the drives is ~180-190 but the > prices I have seen are a lot more than that, times 5 it gets to be a > fair chunk of change. I have seem them at NewEgg of $260 and Amazon > for $230 (when they had them). NewEgg also had a limit of two. > > So, does anyone know of any place I can get 5 of these for a decent > price? I want reliability and I think these are the best drives available > for that, would love to hear any thoughts on my selections too. It is > a lot of money for a NAS and I want to make sure that I am making the > right choice. > > Thanks! > > -- > Gary > http://www.twigsandtracks.com > Twigs snap and tracks fade, a photograph reacquaints Twigs and Tracks > Blog Superior > Sunrise<http://blog.twigsandtracks.com/2012/03/08/superior-sunrise/?ut > m_sour ce=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=superior-sunrise> > > Tim Lider Sr. Data Recovery Specialist Advanced Data Solutions, LLC http://www.adv-data.com [email protected]
