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Shares of Seagate and Western Digital dropped approximately 10% following news that Toshiba is expanding its hard disk drive production. The move signals increased competition in the storage market, pressuring valuations for the two major incumbents.
Amazon Prime Day is delivering deep discounts on SSDs and hard drives from brands like Seagate, Lexar, Western Digital, Netac, Samsung, and UGREEN, with a range of portable and internal drives and enclosures. Highlights include Seagate’s 2TB Xbox Expansion Card at $259.99, Lexar 2TB Go SSD at $229.99, WD Elements 5TB at $196.99, WD My Passport SSD 1TB at $184.99, Netac 512GB Extreme Portable SSD at $80.31, Samsung T9 4TB at $769.95, Samsung T7 2TB at $373.62, and UGREEN 1TB portable SSD at $180.49, among others, with more editor-vetted Prime Day deals rolling out as the event continues.
Prime Day is delivering deep discounts on SSDs and HDDs from brands like Samsung, Seagate, WD, Lexar, Netac, and more, with highlights including the Seagate 2TB Xbox Expansion Card, Lexar Pro Go 2TB, WD Elements 5TB, WD My Passport SSD 1TB, and Samsung T9/T7 portable SSDs. Deals cover portable drives, enclosures, and rugged options with fast USB-C interfaces and warranties; editor-selected deals will be updated throughout Prime Day.
Amazon's Spring Sale bundles a wide range of storage deals on SSDs and HDDs from brands like Kingston, SanDisk, Western Digital, and Seagate, highlighting fast NVMe options, portable drives, and large-capacity internal/external storage with substantial discounts and ongoing updates throughout the week.
Western Digital says it’s sold out of HDD capacity due to surging AI and enterprise demand, pushing HDD prices to multi-year highs. With cloud revenue around 89% and consumer sales only about 5%, WD will focus on HDDs for exabyte-scale data centers and has secured long-term orders through 2027–2028 with major customers.
Newegg is offering a Black Friday deal on the Seagate Exos X20 20TB HDD, providing a massive 60% discount of $430 off the usual price. Despite being a traditional HDD, the Seagate Exos X20 offers enhanced performance with low latency and a 256MB cache for quick data loading. Designed for large data transfers and low latency, this datacenter-quality storage solution is now available at a price point that many average computer users can afford, priced at $269.99.
Backblaze has published its quarterly hard disk drive failure rate statistics, revealing that the annualized failure rates (AFR) have remained relatively stable. As the HDD population grows, the average AFR is 1.54 percent. The latest report shows a recovery in drive reliability after a 10TB failure rate peak, with the newest 16TB drives being the most reliable in Backblaze's HDD buying history. Seagate has the lowest reliability rating, and the average age of failed drives is two years and six months. Backblaze's HDD test data page is available for public use, but users must cite Backblaze as the source and cannot sell the data.