Re: HDD whining

[Shane Ronan via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>]

Do we even want to know why you are insisting on HDD's?

On Fri, Sep 25, 2026 at 3:57 PM Randy Bush via NANOG <nanog () lists nanog org>
wrote:

> i am having a really hard time getting a dozen 20TB WD WD201KRYZ Golds.
> the latest is a seller who takes my order and then a day later emails
> that they only have three and they are refurbs.
>
> i imagine we could use reds instead of golds.  but i am very hesitant to
> take refurbs.
>
> this is crazy making.  the two, supposedly new. amazon 6TBs i drove four
> hours from portland to seattle to install turned out to be crap; one was
> doa (like dmesg barfs), the other had 50k hours on it.  so i have
> ordered replacements from newegg, and will have to do the drive up
> again.
>
> randy
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