Even though most laptops and desktops now come with solid-state drives, hard disk drives (HDDs) saw a surge in sales in the second quarter of this year. According to a new report from Trendfocus, Seagate, Toshiba and Western Digital delivered a record 350,7 exabytes of hard drive storage in the second quarter of 2021. However, while Seagate held onto the top spot, Western Digital nearly managed to catch up. more than nine percent of the quarter. growth room. A total of 67,6 million hard drives were shipped in the second quarter of 2021 according to Trendfocus data, though Nidec, which is the world's largest independent producer of hard drive motors, estimates that the industry has shipped 64 million. units during the second quarter, although the difference between the two company figures is currently difficult to explain. One possible explanation is that two of the three largest hard drive vendors do not publish detailed drive shipments, while only one publishes exabyte shipments according to Tom's Hardware.