Western Digital Red's

welshdragon · 1 Oct 2012 at 16:24

Fair play to WD. Launching a product and thne having like no stock. Unless demand is that huge they can't keep up~!

alfalavala · 2 Oct 2012 at 08:55

OcUK must've got some in early as my order has been shipped! Hope you guys get yours soon too.

Looking forward to this weekend to rebuild the server!

welshdragon · 2 Oct 2012 at 11:06

Darn it. All I need is 1 3tb RED

shahpor · 2 Oct 2012 at 15:57

Thanks for the update Andrew.

Can I just clarify something? Does this mean both the 2tb and 3tb drives will be in stock soon?

Changed my mind and now want 2 3tb drives.

platypus · 2 Oct 2012 at 16:15

Andrew Moore said:
Week 2 ie from the 7th onwards.

However, if we are lucky we may see some here fro thursday

Are we going to be lucky enough to see any humongous discounts

?

StevieP · 2 Oct 2012 at 16:44

alfalavala said:
OcUK must've got some in early as my order has been shipped! Hope you guys get yours soon too.

Looking forward to this weekend to rebuild the server!

I want mine!!! :confused:

Got a shiny new DS213 sat gathering dust until I can get a pair of these in it!!!

welshdragon · 2 Oct 2012 at 17:23

shahpor said:
Thanks for the update Andrew.

Can I just clarify something? Does this mean both the 2tb and 3tb drives will be in stock soon?

Changed my mind and now want 2 3tb drives.

Fight you for them hahaha lol

Wish someone coudl say why these are so hard to get. Strange to launch a product then have it widely UNavailable.

Mike_P · 2 Oct 2012 at 18:30

welshdragon said:
Fight you for them hahaha lol

Wish someone coudl say why these are so hard to get. Strange to launch a product then have it widely UNavailable.

Depends which rumour you believe, one says WD underestimated the demand, the other says there's been a little problem with the drives.

Frankly I got fed up of waiting and in a rush of blood bought a 7K4000 (least they were available)!

welshdragon · 2 Oct 2012 at 21:53

Problem? What rumour is that then? Hope my only 3tb red isn't going to give me grief being part of the first lot.

Speed · 2 Oct 2012 at 21:58

If they've delayed the shipments due to a problem with the drive then one would assume they've sorted it. First batch or not if that is the case you shouldn't have any problems. Although it goes without saying to surface scan and check the SMART data before putting any of your own data on the drive.

unleashed · 3 Oct 2012 at 07:50

Speed said:
Although it goes without saying to surface scan and check the SMART data before putting any of your own data on the drive.

Do you really do that

alfalavala · 3 Oct 2012 at 15:29

Correction, they all arrived.

StevieP · 4 Oct 2012 at 09:23

It's Thursday......any news on these yet??

Be nice to get my 2 x 2TB in time to set my new NAS up at the weekend! :confused:

StevieP · 5 Oct 2012 at 10:33

Are these drives 100% certain to come in stock next week does anyone know??

I've been patiently waiting for over a month now and I'm getting close to getting some different drives if these continue to drag on! I don't want to be sat here in another month still with the promise of "next week"!?!?! :confused:

As an alternative, how would these stack up for use in a NAS??

Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB

or even for less than a tenner more than the 2tb RED's...

Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM

As it's for a NAS (a new DS213) the drives really need to be fairly cool and quiet! (so I'm assuming that the 7200RPM drives are not the best for this??)

Thanks for any advice (or info in the RED's)...

Deleted member 138126 · 5 Oct 2012 at 11:28

I reckon they're worth waiting for. I ordered a couple from another site who had them pre-ordered for today, but now they are "due next week". I can certainly understand your frustration at having bought the NAS and not being able to use it though!

tigerstyle · 5 Oct 2012 at 11:31

Hahahahahahaha arrived today, well the Reds did, had the 212j empty for the last 2.5 months now! No problems with stock in Korea apparently, just took me a long time to decide what to do! Bought the NAS the day before the Reds were announced (by pure fluke) and have been kinda busy since.

It's been flat out at 100% doing a full sector scan the last 4 hours, and is not even slightly warm, the fan is the loudest part and that is only audible at 25cms away.

welshdragon · 5 Oct 2012 at 12:05

StevieP said:
Are these drives 100% certain to come in stock next week does anyone know??

I've been patiently waiting for over a month now and I'm getting close to getting some different drives if these continue to drag on! I don't want to be sat here in another month still with the promise of "next week"!?!?!

As an alternative, how would these stack up for use in a NAS??

Western Digital Caviar Green 2TB

Seagate Barracuda Green 2TB

or even for less than a tenner more than the 2tb RED's...

Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM

As it's for a NAS (a new DS213) the drives really need to be fairly cool and quiet! (so I'm assuming that the 7200RPM drives are not the best for this??)

Thanks for any advice (or info in the RED's)...

Been using a pair of WD Greens in Raid 1 for the last 18 months or so with zero problems. They did well in my DS210j then my DS212+ and currently my DS712+. Although I am getting reds it is to increase size to 3tb drives. Currently have 1 red 1 green.

StevieP · 8 Oct 2012 at 10:09

Any news on these drives yet??

Oh, and

tigerstyle said:
Hahahahahahaha

git.

Wazz-1 · 8 Oct 2012 at 11:05

tigerstyle said:
It's been flat out at 100% doing a full sector scan the last 4 hours, and is not even slightly warm, the fan is the loudest part and that is only audible at 25cms away.

I have two Seagate Barracuda 3TB 7200RPM (ST3000DM001) in my NAS no issue with noise never hear the drives just the fan if you get close.

shahpor · 8 Oct 2012 at 17:27

(in best Homer Simpson voice)

Wheres my hard drive? Wheres my hard drive? etc..

Western Digital Red's

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