Our continued focus on innovation and a more agile business unit structure enabled us to quickly adapt to these dynamics. This was attributable to component issues impacting our customers' ability to ship products, greater component sourcing constraints within our own operations, and uneven geographic demand due to COVID lockdowns. The strong demand for these products were partially offset by pressure in the commercial channel within the client end market and certain portions of the consumer end market, particularly retail.
We saw strong demand for our latest generation hard drives and flash products in the cloud end market, as well as strong consumer demand for new 5G-based mobile phones incorporating our latest BiCS5 flash solutions. During the quarter, we shipped a record level of exabytes, while also improving non-GAAP gross margins across both flash and HDD and generating profitable growth. While these disruptions are transitory, the long-term opportunities for Western Digital remain unchanged as the world's digital transformation continues to accelerate. Strong demand across diverse end markets, particularly for our cloud products, combined with Western Digital's strong innovation, broad routes to market, and sharpened execution enabled us to deliver results within our guidance range despite significant COVID impacts and supply chain disruptions. With that, I will now turn the call over to David for his introductory remarks. Reconciliations between the non-GAAP and comparable GAAP financial measures are included in the press release and other materials that are being posted in the Investor Relations section of our website. We will also make references to non-GAAP financial measures today. Please refer to our most recent financial report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC for more information on the risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. We assume no obligation to update these statements. Before we begin, let me remind everyone that today's discussion contains forward-looking statements, including product portfolio expectations, business plans and performance, trends, and financial outlook, based on management's current assumptions and expectations, and as such, does include risks and uncertainties. Joining me today are David Goeckeler, chief executive officer and Bob Eulau, chief financial officer.
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