HGST > Toshiba
Avoid WD and Seagate totally
I know WD has bought HGST. If you could determine which model hdd come out of HGST factories, maybe buy those, but I would wait til we get more information
The whole Brand v Engineering v design v marketing v Fabrication site differentiation vs. time is quite problematic.
HGST, Inc. (formerly Hitachi Global Storage Technologies) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Western Digital that sells hard disk drives, solid-state drives, and external storage products and services.