This seems like a bad move to me..

It's somewhat puzzling that WD, the biggest name in storage, relinqueshes the branding for what is likely the prominent storage tech (at least for now) to SanDisk to (again) focus on yesterday's storage tech. I can't quite figure out, though, if this separation also means that WD no longer owns SanDisk (somewhat akin to ASUS and ASRock).

azraelIt's somewhat puzzling that WD, the biggest name in storage, relinqueshes the branding for what is likely the prominent storage tech (at least for now) to SanDisk to (again) focus on yesterday's storage tech. I can't quite figure out, though, if this separation also means that WD no longer owns SanDisk (somewhat akin to ASUS and ASRock).

There seems to be a myth that hard drives are obsolete. This is not true. Until SSD's catch up to HDD's in high capacity AND cost per GB, HDD's will still reign supreme for mass storage.

lexluthermiesterThere seems to be a myth that hard drives obsolete. This is not true. Until SSD's catch up to HDD's in high capacity AND cost per GB, HDD's will still reign supreme for mass storage.

Cost, sure. But capacity? HDDs will hardly ever catch up again with SSDs. And density? Most of the largest SSDs are in 2.5" size.

WirkoHDDs will hardly ever catch up again with SSDs.

What?!? Ok, show us an 8TB SSD that costs less than $110 or a 16TB SSD that costs than $250. Go on then...
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Not gonna hold my breath while we wait...

lexluthermiesterThere seems to be a myth that hard drives are obsolete. This is not true. Until SSD's catch up to HDD's in high capacity AND cost per GB, HDD's will still reign supreme for mass storage.

I know, and I have the HDDs to prove it. :D HDDs are still "yesterday's tech". But yeah, cost-wise they're hard to beat currently. I also believe they're better for long-term storage then SSDs. I guess we'll know for sure in a couple of decades.

WirkoCost, sure. But capacity? HDDs will hardly ever catch up again with SSDs. And density? Most of the largest SSDs are in 2.5" size.

lexluthermiesterWhat?!? Ok, show us an 8TB SSD that costs less than $110 or a 16TB SSD that costs than $250. Go on then...
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Not gonna hold my breath while we wait...

@Wirko explicitly states that, cost being excluded, capacity on SSDs has outrun capacity of HDDs. I've yet to see a 60 TB HDD.

azraelIt's somewhat puzzling that WD, the biggest name in storage, relinqueshes the branding for what is likely the prominent storage tech (at least for now) to SanDisk to (again) focus on yesterday's storage tech. I can't quite figure out, though, if this separation also means that WD no longer owns SanDisk (somewhat akin to ASUS and ASRock).

They still own Sandisk, the separation is supposed to be on the fab and manufacturing side.

lexluthermiesterWhat?!? Ok, show us an 8TB SSD that costs less than $110 or a 16TB SSD that costs than $250. Go on then...

I fully agree about prices (and how could I not agree). But capacity and density... There are 2.5", 61 TB SSDs by several vendors and Nimbus 100 TB SSDs in the same 3.5" format as HDDs. I suspect Nimbi (Nimbuses?) are made on order and are too costly even for the datacenters but they exist. It seems that manufacturers are able to squeeze almost unlimited amount of NAND chips in a 3.5" enclosure as long as someone is willing to pay for it (and then take care of cooling). Meanwhile, another technological breakthrough is needed for every small increase in HDD capacity.

I hated my wd nvme and those sandisk 2.5 sata ssds.
I won't miss em.

I'm glad all is sold to second hand

They bundle some crappy windows only adobe license for some unknown product with limited time use to their wd nvme. Nothing which annoys me more as adobe and windows only and limited time use.
The sandisk was the worst of many including plextor, crucial, sandisk, adata, crucial.
Second worst adata sata ssd

I cloned my operating system with new partition table and file system on those sata ssds. So i saw the differences. 3 months sandisk, and so on. Highly not recommended sandisk and wd

My backup strategy for years

Another thought... It's surprising that there's no Eastern Digital counterpart to the approximately three Western HDD makers. China sure has a lot of data to store (about its own citizens, and more). Yet they aren't developing this "yesterday's" tech, neither for their own use nor for selling to the world.