06:13:11 <jclulow> danmcd: WD are, I feel, not to be trusted since that time they replaced CMR drives with SMR drives without telling anyone or even updating the model, just screwed a bunch of people over
06:13:20 <jclulow> It was only in the last handful of years
06:14:52 <jclulow> I bought Seagate Ironwolf Pros this time and they have been good so far
06:15:06 <jclulow> touch wood, I suppose!
13:36:54 <danmcd> Two positive votes for Iron Wolf.... I wonder if I should put those in contention as well?  (Esp. if I 3xmirror)
13:36:58 <danmcd> Thank you!
14:10:14 <jbk> also a stand up roller coaster (or was)
16:13:43 <danmcd> I don't suppose anyone here has a very modern Intel  Granite Rapids SP machine?
16:14:24 <danmcd> Granite Rapids SP ==> Xeon 6500P-B or 6700P-B  ?!
16:38:18 <sommerfeld> jclulow: their silent substitution of SMR was a factor for me as well.   
21:51:48 <danmcd> I didn't buy my current WD because of WD.  I bought them because they were HGST drives but WD had acquired HGST already.
21:54:22 <danmcd> (The predecessors to my current HDC drives were literally HGST/Hitachi drives.)
21:54:42 <danmcd> So maybe I should put Seagate into the running again?