Open Source

Western Digital believes in the value of open source as a user and contributor. We recognize open source's critical role in the growth and success of the technology industry today because it encourages a community to innovate, build, and share together. Western Digital also sees open source as a critical building block to its overall corporate and business strategy.

Open Source Projects

Western Digital contributes to and maintains many open source projects. Here are some examples of our work.

Linux Kernel - Zoned Storage

We make many contributions to the Linux kernel particularly in the subsystems related to storage to enable next generation storage technologies. One of our recent areas of focus has been Zoned Storage. Zoned Storage is an open, standards-based initiative to enable data centers to scale efficiently for the zettabyte storage capacity era. Related product: Ultrastar DC ZN540 NVMe ZNS SSD.