[HA]

sinu jutu järgi on Samsung ka hea

[AJ]

Western Digital outships Seagate in 2010
TechSpot

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Western Digital stripped Seagate of its leading spot in the hard drive market during the first quarter of 2010 and the company maintained that lead throughout the year. According to Information Network, total hard drive shipments grew 17.1% to 653.5 million in 2010 and Western Digital represented 31.4% of the market, nearly two percentage points ahead of Seagate's share of 29.6%. Hitachi took third place in overall shipments with 16.4%, ahead of Toshiba/Fujitsu at 12.6% and Samsung at 9.2%. Western Digital reportedly earned its number one title by focusing on the rapidly expanding mobile sector, whereas Seagate catered more to desktop and enterprise customers. The mobile computer market grew by 29% in 2010 -- more than triple the desktop sector's 8% increase. Western Digital accounted for 27.5% of mobile drive shipments, followed by Hitachi at 26% and Seagate at 20.4%. With the emergence of tablet PCs, 2011 should prove to be another fruitful year for the mobile storage market.

Leading Hard Drive Makers to Support Intel Thunderbolt.
X-bit labs

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Two leading makers of hard disk drives - Seagate Technology and Western Digital - said on Thursday that they would support the new interconnect technology unveiled by Intel Corp., the Thunderbolt. Both companies aim to provide solutions supporting the TB I/O tech in calendar 2011. "Seagate will support Thunderbolt with our external GoFlex drives with in calendar year 2011," said Nathan Papadopulos, senior manager of corporate communications at Seagate. Seagate was not among the companies, who openly supported the standard with Intel, Apple, WD and others. This fact makes the announcement even more important. "Western Digital believes Thunderbolt technology will bring both new performance levels and simpler connectivity for consumers to access and enjoy their digital media in new and innovative ways," said Dale Pistilli, vice president of marketing at Western Digital. Two of the world's largest suppliers of hard disk drives, who ship over 50% of the HDDs on the globe, endorse the TB technology from Intel. Although the two companies have not unveiled any actual products or timeframes, it clear that the standard has already been set on the market of external storage. Obviously, the Intel Thunderbolt technology will yet have to become successful among the end-users as currently it is available only on several models of notebooks. Thunderbolt technology supports two low-latency communications protocols - PCI Express for data transfer and DisplayPort for displays. Thunderbolt technology works on data streams in both directions, at the same time, so users get the benefit of full bandwidth in both directions, over a single cable. With the two independent channels, a full 10Gb/s of bandwidth (something not truly needed for HDDs these days) can be provided for the first device in the chain of the devices. All Thunderbolt technology devices share a common Mini DisplayPort connector. Intel's Thunderbolt controllers interconnect a PC and other devices, transmitting and receiving packetized traffic for both PCIe and DisplayPort protocols and thus makers HDDs need to develop or use additional controllers to make their drives compatible with the TB I/O interface.

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Seagate rolls out 3TB Barracuda XT hard drive
TechConnect Magazine

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Seagate Technology, the world's second-largest hard drive maker has now begun shipping its beefiest Barracuda-branded internal HDD yet, the 3TB Barracuda XT which comes in a 3.5-inch form factor, works at 7200 RPM and has a SATA 6.0 Gbps interface. Seagate's new 3TB drive also boasts 64MB of cache, has 4K sectors, and requires the use of the free Seagate DiscWizard software so as to allow access to all its bytes on systems running Windows XP. "Seagate is squarely focused on delivering the storage performance, capacity and innovation to ensure that technology transitions remain seamless for our customers," said Dave Mosley, Seagate executive vice president of sales, marketing and customer service. "The Barracuda XT hard drive epitomizes our commitment to providing end-user customers and PC manufacturers with the world’s most advanced storage solutions." The 3TB Barracuda XT has a recommended price tag of $279.

[SurfData]

[DVDRW]

Njah tavakasutajal pole vist veeel tükk aega asja vaadata 3TB ketta poole kõrge hinna ja ühilduvusprobleemide tõttu

[AJ]

Seagate Momentus 750GB, 3Gb/s Hard Drive
Bjorn3d

[SurfData]

WD ostab hitachi ära

http://www.engadget.com/2011/03/07/western-digital-drops-4-3-billion-to-acquire-hitachi-gst-enter/

[tahanteada]

SurfData: Aga miks kurvastad, siis ehk hakkavad WD kettad tulema Hitachi ketaste töökindlusega.

[SurfData]

[Tomorrow]

Konsolideerumine.Ei oska hetkel arvata, kas see hea või halb.Eks aeg näitab

[Maldur]

Küsin mõttes endalt - kas kas see nn konsolideerumise produkt saaks olla sama või parema kvaliteediga kui Hitachi seni on?

[SurfData]

[Tomorrow]

[toivos]

[tahanteada]

Millegipärast usun, et selliste liitumiste taga on see probleem, et juba pikki aastaid pole suudetud lahendada probleemi kuidas ikkagi toota 3-10TB mahuga kõvakettaid.

Seda enam, et juba paar aastat tagasi hakkasid kõik kolm suuremat (Hitachi, WD ja Seagate) mängima, igaüks oma liivakastis, erinevat "suure mahuga TB kettatehnoloogiate väljaarendamist", kuid siiani pole olemas ei lahendust ega standardit selle kohta kuidas ikkagi siis reaalselt toota selliseid ulmemahuga kõvakettaid.
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Väike meenutus sellest, mida Hitachi lubas aastal 2010:
Hitachi working on technology to build 10 TB HDD'S
Posted by Siddanth on February 6th, 2010
http://www.tech-mania.com/2010/hitachi-working-on-technology-build-10-tb-hdds/

[toivos]

Kõigil 3TB-l on tegelikult Sata poole pealt sama standard. Vahet pole.

[kaabakas]

Marxu Karla teadis juba aastaid tagasi, et korporatsioonidel on kalduvus ühineda. Mäletame ju veel kuidas paar aastat tagasi Seagate ennast suurimaks tootjaks ostis. Praeguseks on aga WD ennast ette võidelnud ja pole imestada et nad profiti positsiooni kindlustamise alla panna tahavad. Isiklikult tundub mulle siiski, et vähem kui kolme tõsiseltvõetava konkurendiga süsteem unustab kliendi üsna kiiresti. Võrdlusmaterjaliks kasvõi olukord riigis.

[RCC]

WD - ehk hetkel suurim praagitootja, kui hitachi alla neelatakse on alust arvata, et praaki hakkab tulema vägevalt.

[tahanteada]

toivos: ma pidasin silmas platteritele infopõletustehnoloogiate leiutamist, mis võimaldaks 5-10TB kettale ära mahutada.

Näiteks Hitachi plaanis hoopis laser-magnetsalvestuse kasutusele võtta, et taolised suured 5-10TB ära mahutada. Samas - mitte kumbki konkurent, ei WD ega Seagate ei rääkinud midagi sellistest mahtudest.
Link kah selle kohta, kus see salvestustehnoloogia ära on selgitatud:
http://www.tomshardware.com/news/hitach-laser-hard-drives-hdd,9582.html
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Nii, et igal juhul saab WD selle Hitachi-tehnoloogia nüüd ka enda kätte.

[toivos]

[Tomorrow]

[purexpure]

[RCC]

link ukse küljes tahatuppa, kus need kettad seal läbi aegade hunnikus virnas on

[Tomorrow]

[RCC]

ei minul ei ole, teised toovad ja teistel ongi, mina wd ei kasuta reeglina. wd ei osanud kettaid teha juba anno 1989

[Tomorrow]