WD/HGST reorganizing its drive lineup

[rvassar]

It looks like the HGST NAS line is now EOL. Quite a shame, they were some of my favorite drives. Hopefully the WD Red line matches their legendary reliability. Similarly, the WD Gold line is EOL in favor of the HGST Ultrastar DC line.

 

[Chris Moore]

Good to know, but I don't know if it is a good thing.

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[Stux]

Was just coming round to the gold thing too.

 

[Chris Moore]

Was just coming round to the gold thing too.

Maybe you can get some before they go away. At work, we bought a box of 20 last year as replacement drives for drives that fault out and they have been very good but they do run hot. Pretty comparable to the Red Pro drives. Firmware is probably different, but the 6 TB ones we have look identical (other than the label) to the 6 TB Red Pro drives.