Red Falcon
[H]ard DCOTM December 2023
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I remember thinking of hard drives like this way back in the day (these are only a few familiar brands for each category):
LOW END
Matsushita, Wang, Teac, Mitsubishi, JVC, Fuji
MID-RANGE
Maxtor, Connor, Quantum, Samsung, Hitachi, Fujitsu
HIGH-END
Seagate, Western Digital, IBM, Toshiba
Ah, the good old days, those were simpler, better times in many ways.
And today, the list looks like this:
LOW END
...
MID-RANGE
Western Digital, Toshiba, Seagate
HIGH-END
...
As far as this list goes, it really isn't accurate, as each of these companies have HDDs in each category.
Low-end would feature WD Green and Seagate Barracuda LP and portable-class HDDs.
Mid-end would feature WD Blue/Black/Red/Purple and Seagate Barracuda/XT.
High-end would feature WD Velociraptor/Xe/Se/Re/etc and Seagate Constellation/ES/CS/etc, along with many other enterprise-grade drives.