More cameras. More clarity. More surveillance. Built for 24/7, always-on, high-definition security systems. With a supported workload rate of up to 180 TB/yr and support for up to 64 cameras, WD Purple drives are optimized for surveillance systems. The Right Drive for the Job WD Purple drives have been engineered specifically for the extreme demands of high temperature, 24/7 surveillance systems. Performance You Can Trust From a worldwide leader in the storage industry, WD Purple is engineered for quality video playback when you need it most. Expand Your View to 64 WD Purple drives are optimized to support up to 64 cameras, giving you flexibility to upgrade or expand your security system. Seamless Integration With a wide range of industry-leading enclosures and chipsets supported, you're sure to find the configuration and compatibility that's right for your NVR. Less Is More Low power consumption is a must in a high-temperature, always-on surveillance environment. IntelliSeek technology helps reduce damaging ambient noise and vibrations. What is the difference between a desktop drive and a WD Purple drive? The WD Purple drive is designed specifically for 24/7 DVR and NVR surveillance solutions and is optimized with AllFrame 4K technology for system playback and performance. WD Purple drives support 3x the workload rating of desktop drives, making them more capable of handling the higher demands of video surveillance systems. Easy backup and upgrade Acronis True Image WD Edition software, available as a free download, can clone drives and backup your operating system, applications, settings and all of your data.
More cameras. More clarity. More surveillance. Built for 24/7, always-on, high-definition security systems. With a supported workload rate of up to 180 TB/yr and support for up to 64 cameras, WD Purple drives are optimized for surveillance systems. The Right Drive for the Job WD Purple drives have been engineered specifically for the extreme demands of high temperature, 24/7 surveillance systems. Performance You Can Trust From a worldwide leader in the storage industry, WD Purple is engineered for quality video playback when you need it most. Expand Your View to 64 WD Purple drives are optimized to support up to 64 cameras, giving you flexibility to upgrade or expand your security system. Seamless Integration With a wide range of industry-leading enclosures and chipsets supported, you're sure to find the configuration and compatibility that's right for your NVR. Less Is More Low power consumption is a must in a high-temperature, always-on surveillance environment. IntelliSeek technology helps reduce damaging ambient noise and vibrations. What is the difference between a desktop drive and a WD Purple drive? The WD Purple drive is designed specifically for 24/7 DVR and NVR surveillance solutions and is optimized with AllFrame 4K technology for system playback and performance. WD Purple drives support 3x the workload rating of desktop drives, making them more capable of handling the higher demands of video surveillance systems. Easy backup and upgrade Acronis True Image WD Edition software, available as a free download, can clone drives and backup your operating system, applications, settings and all of your data.
More cameras. More clarity. More surveillance. Built for 24/7, always-on, high-definition security systems. With a supported workload rate of up to 180 TB/yr and support for up to 64 cameras, WD Purple drives are optimized for surveillance systems. The Right Drive for the Job WD Purple drives have been engineered specifically for the extreme demands of high temperature, 24/7 surveillance systems. Performance You Can Trust From a worldwide leader in the storage industry, WD Purple is engineered for quality video playback when you need it most. Expand Your View to 64 WD Purple drives are optimized to support up to 64 cameras, giving you flexibility to upgrade or expand your security system. Seamless Integration With a wide range of industry-leading enclosures and chipsets supported, you're sure to find the configuration and compatibility that's right for your NVR. Less Is More Low power consumption is a must in a high-temperature, always-on surveillance environment. IntelliSeek technology helps reduce damaging ambient noise and vibrations. What is the difference between a desktop drive and a WD Purple drive? The WD Purple drive is designed specifically for 24/7 DVR and NVR surveillance solutions and is optimized with AllFrame 4K technology for system playback and performance. WD Purple drives support 3x the workload rating of desktop drives, making them more capable of handling the higher demands of video surveillance systems. Easy backup and upgrade Acronis True Image WD Edition software, available as a free download, can clone drives and backup your operating system, applications, settings and all of your data.
More cameras. More clarity. More surveillance. Built for 24/7, always-on, high-definition security systems. With a supported workload rate of up to 180 TB/yr and support for up to 64 cameras, WD Purple drives are optimized for surveillance systems. The Right Drive for the Job WD Purple drives have been engineered specifically for the extreme demands of high temperature, 24/7 surveillance systems. Performance You Can Trust From a worldwide leader in the storage industry, WD Purple is engineered for quality video playback when you need it most. Expand Your View to 64 WD Purple drives are optimized to support up to 64 cameras, giving you flexibility to upgrade or expand your security system. Seamless Integration With a wide range of industry-leading enclosures and chipsets supported, you're sure to find the configuration and compatibility that's right for your NVR. Less Is More Low power consumption is a must in a high-temperature, always-on surveillance environment. IntelliSeek technology helps reduce damaging ambient noise and vibrations. What is the difference between a desktop drive and a WD Purple drive? The WD Purple drive is designed specifically for 24/7 DVR and NVR surveillance solutions and is optimized with AllFrame 4K technology for system playback and performance. WD Purple drives support 3x the workload rating of desktop drives, making them more capable of handling the higher demands of video surveillance systems. Easy backup and upgrade Acronis True Image WD Edition software, available as a free download, can clone drives and backup your operating system, applications, settings and all of your data.
Last updated at 07/24/2024 21:22:31
originally posted on bhphotovideo.com
Runs smooth and quietly. Should easily have room for up to 7 days of HD video from three 4K security cameras. Western Digital (WD) has a solid hard disk drive reputation of its own, and I always have confidence when buying from B&H. This 3TB was an in-between size that I wanted for my particular solution, but was not offered in a bundle by the other merchant, from whom I purchased my system. Saved $60-$70 by sourcing it separately at B&H! Perfect integration into my new system - and a snap to install.
originally posted on neweggbusiness.com
If you need less than 8 drives in your application, power consumption is important, you want to review video rather frequently, and know your system size and its read/write workload, WD Purple is the way to go. If you want to do only a write-only workload and only read very occasionally, have a need beyond 8 drives at 4 TB and higher, and power consumption is not a factor - go with the Seagate. If money is not a factor and you are a big enterprise using racks of drives, move up to the SAS interface enterprise drives from either vendor (at more 2-10 x the price). They will do everything these do and more, but then you already know this because you are an IT pro with an unlimited budget working for a big corp. I tested this drive using several systems: i7 processor ... MoreIf you need less than 8 drives in your application, power consumption is important, you want to review video rather frequently, and know your system size and its read/write workload, WD Purple is the way to go. If you want to do only a write-only workload and only read very occasionally, have a need beyond 8 drives at 4 TB and higher, and power consumption is not a factor - go with the Seagate. If money is not a factor and you are a big enterprise using racks of drives, move up to the SAS interface enterprise drives from either vendor (at more 2-10 x the price). They will do everything these do and more, but then you already know this because you are an IT pro with an unlimited budget working for a big corp. I tested this drive using several systems: i7 processor with Quick Sync Video capability on a Windows 11 system running Blue Iris software and connected to 15 IP POE cameras of varying resolution from various vendors using H.264 compression. Max res being 5 MP. Exacq professional system NVR in RAID5 config. Consumer grade, single disk system. Worked well, was compatible, and all advertised specs were met. Low power and low heat generation. Reading from the system while continuing to do writes worked quite well.
originally posted on newegg.com
In terms of physical aspects, this drive has everything needed for most applications. It has all of the standard mounting holes, the standard SATA power and data connections, as well as jumper pins that can be used to enable certain compatibility modes. The HDD label sticker is one of the easiest to read I have come across; all the useful information is present and easy to find. In terms of performance, this drive performed better than I was expecting. CrystalDiskMark benchmarked the drive with sequential read and write speeds of around 150MB/s while empty and around 100MB/s while 80% full. When transferring files to the drive I noticed an average of about 108MB/s. Being a surveillance drive, this drive also supports some of the streaming standards which aid with ... MoreIn terms of physical aspects, this drive has everything needed for most applications. It has all of the standard mounting holes, the standard SATA power and data connections, as well as jumper pins that can be used to enable certain compatibility modes. The HDD label sticker is one of the easiest to read I have come across; all the useful information is present and easy to find. In terms of performance, this drive performed better than I was expecting. CrystalDiskMark benchmarked the drive with sequential read and write speeds of around 150MB/s while empty and around 100MB/s while 80% full. When transferring files to the drive I noticed an average of about 108MB/s. Being a surveillance drive, this drive also supports some of the streaming standards which aid with video playback while still writing new video to the drive. But, I have a hard time figuring out what modern applications this drive would be a logical choice in. The low 500GB capacity would be fine for a system with low resolution cameras or a system with very few HD cameras, however, the price jump to the 1TB version of this drive (at the time of writing this review) is only a few dollars. With such a small price jump for double the storage, I struggle to come up with a situation where I would rather use this 500GB version than a 1TB version. Overall, this is a good drive that would serve well in a small surveillance environment. The problems with this drive only appear when the rest of the market is taken into account. With higher capacity drives, with the same features, priced at almost the same price point, the appeal of this drive really starts to fade.
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Capacity | 2 TB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
Runs smooth and quietly. Should easily have room for up to 7 days of HD video from three 4K security cameras. Western Digital (WD) has a solid hard disk drive reputation of its own, and I always have confidence when buying from B&H. This 3TB was an in-between size that I wanted for my particular solution, but was not offered in a bundle by the other merchant, from whom I purchased my system. Saved $60-$70 by sourcing it separately at B&H! Perfect integration into my new system - and a snap to install.
If you need less than 8 drives in your application, power consumption is important, you want to review video rather frequently, and know your system size and its read/write workload, WD Purple is the way to go. If you want to do only a write-only workload and only read very occasionally, have a need beyond 8 drives at 4 TB and higher, and power consumption is not a factor - go with the Seagate. If money is not a factor and you are a big enterprise using racks of drives, move up to the SAS interface enterprise drives from either vendor (at more 2-10 x the price). They will do everything these do and more, but then you already know this because you are an IT pro with an unlimited budget working for a big corp. I tested this drive using several systems: i7 processor ... MoreIf you need less than 8 drives in your application, power consumption is important, you want to review video rather frequently, and know your system size and its read/write workload, WD Purple is the way to go. If you want to do only a write-only workload and only read very occasionally, have a need beyond 8 drives at 4 TB and higher, and power consumption is not a factor - go with the Seagate. If money is not a factor and you are a big enterprise using racks of drives, move up to the SAS interface enterprise drives from either vendor (at more 2-10 x the price). They will do everything these do and more, but then you already know this because you are an IT pro with an unlimited budget working for a big corp. I tested this drive using several systems: i7 processor with Quick Sync Video capability on a Windows 11 system running Blue Iris software and connected to 15 IP POE cameras of varying resolution from various vendors using H.264 compression. Max res being 5 MP. Exacq professional system NVR in RAID5 config. Consumer grade, single disk system. Worked well, was compatible, and all advertised specs were met. Low power and low heat generation. Reading from the system while continuing to do writes worked quite well.
In terms of physical aspects, this drive has everything needed for most applications. It has all of the standard mounting holes, the standard SATA power and data connections, as well as jumper pins that can be used to enable certain compatibility modes. The HDD label sticker is one of the easiest to read I have come across; all the useful information is present and easy to find. In terms of performance, this drive performed better than I was expecting. CrystalDiskMark benchmarked the drive with sequential read and write speeds of around 150MB/s while empty and around 100MB/s while 80% full. When transferring files to the drive I noticed an average of about 108MB/s. Being a surveillance drive, this drive also supports some of the streaming standards which aid with ... MoreIn terms of physical aspects, this drive has everything needed for most applications. It has all of the standard mounting holes, the standard SATA power and data connections, as well as jumper pins that can be used to enable certain compatibility modes. The HDD label sticker is one of the easiest to read I have come across; all the useful information is present and easy to find. In terms of performance, this drive performed better than I was expecting. CrystalDiskMark benchmarked the drive with sequential read and write speeds of around 150MB/s while empty and around 100MB/s while 80% full. When transferring files to the drive I noticed an average of about 108MB/s. Being a surveillance drive, this drive also supports some of the streaming standards which aid with video playback while still writing new video to the drive. But, I have a hard time figuring out what modern applications this drive would be a logical choice in. The low 500GB capacity would be fine for a system with low resolution cameras or a system with very few HD cameras, however, the price jump to the 1TB version of this drive (at the time of writing this review) is only a few dollars. With such a small price jump for double the storage, I struggle to come up with a situation where I would rather use this 500GB version than a 1TB version. Overall, this is a good drive that would serve well in a small surveillance environment. The problems with this drive only appear when the rest of the market is taken into account. With higher capacity drives, with the same features, priced at almost the same price point, the appeal of this drive really starts to fade.
There is not much to write about HD like this. Now knowing that HD’s are going the route of DVDs/Blue Ray discs, thanks to SSD’s continually improving. Now I am not saying HD’s will not have their place, they do and that place is now going to exactly as a secondary and not primary drive in most systems, besides specific built systems. All these new HD’s that are being seen for energy, performance, and purpose built tasks are in essence marketing tactics. Now I am not saying that all the features are worthless but nevertheless if you put one of these HD’s and do basic benchmarks you see they perform same as standard HD’s for desktops, at times worse at times better. What they are selling in this case is that these drives are optimized for the mass writes and the type ... MoreThere is not much to write about HD like this. Now knowing that HD’s are going the route of DVDs/Blue Ray discs, thanks to SSD’s continually improving. Now I am not saying HD’s will not have their place, they do and that place is now going to exactly as a secondary and not primary drive in most systems, besides specific built systems. All these new HD’s that are being seen for energy, performance, and purpose built tasks are in essence marketing tactics. Now I am not saying that all the features are worthless but nevertheless if you put one of these HD’s and do basic benchmarks you see they perform same as standard HD’s for desktops, at times worse at times better. What they are selling in this case is that these drives are optimized for the mass writes and the type of writes. In all honesty I am pretty sure that these drives are same as NAS drives, all you care about is a drive to be able to run 24/7 with good performance to power ratio, and be able to last a long time doing so. I think the biggest selling points to these drives is ability to write and read for streaming without the drive getting hung up, as you see at times with regular desktop drives where you do some writing and try to do some reading and one or the other will take a major hit, pair that with advertised for 4x the write per month it is easy to see why the consumer would jump on this over other 24/7 drives. With all that said, the 500Gb drive is too expensive, and would probably go into system with few cameras and or lower then 1080p, that or expect to only record and keep files for short time. I would recommended to always do the price per gig comparison and buy the most storage you can afford and based on the number of drives for the system, usually this is some mid-range that is the sweet spot.
I have a 4 camera security system from Amcrest that came with a 500gb HDD and have been waiting for some time to upgrade the HDD, now is the time, and at the weekend I swapped out the 500gb HDD for the new WD 3TB Purple. While Amcrest suggest that a 500gb HDD can hold 6 days of video I found that in reality it is closer to 4 days. I like to hold video for longer, especially if I am on an extended business trip. With a 3TB drive I should be able to get 30-36 days of video, plenty for my personal needs. Be aware that the more cameras you have and the higher resolution they record at will determine how quickly your HDD fills up. It’s difficult to test HDD’s that are specifically designed for security systems, but most people looking at recording streams of video on to ... MoreI have a 4 camera security system from Amcrest that came with a 500gb HDD and have been waiting for some time to upgrade the HDD, now is the time, and at the weekend I swapped out the 500gb HDD for the new WD 3TB Purple. While Amcrest suggest that a 500gb HDD can hold 6 days of video I found that in reality it is closer to 4 days. I like to hold video for longer, especially if I am on an extended business trip. With a 3TB drive I should be able to get 30-36 days of video, plenty for my personal needs. Be aware that the more cameras you have and the higher resolution they record at will determine how quickly your HDD fills up. It’s difficult to test HDD’s that are specifically designed for security systems, but most people looking at recording streams of video on to a local HDD should consider a HDD that is built for 24/7 use and can handle multiple HD streams (in my case 4). The firmware for surveillance drives is most important and this drive comes with WD patented Allframe technology that effectively reduces pixelation error and video interruptions that might be seen if using standard HDD’s. No-one wants lost video footage or skipped frames when performing 24/7 surveillance. According to the WD website sustained writes max out at 145MB/s, but I was not able to verify this. I suppose I could have easily attached the drive to my main PC and run some tests like Crystal Disk Mark, or ATTO, but it made no real sense at the time. This drive has been up and running in my Amcrest system for a few days now, recording HD video from all 4 cameras. The images are crisp and sharp and I have not observed any pixilation or skipped frames yet. The cost at 3.5 cents per gb is great and the 3 year warranty provides peace of mind. I can’t think of any negatives, even the slower spindle rate of 5400rpm that I listed as a con is not really a con as this was likely done to conserve power, reduce noise and heat. All in all I am very happy. This drive is recommended for security systems, but please don’t buy for desktop use or NAS use as there are better drives available for these specific uses.
In reading reviews for other Surveillance / Video streaming drives some claim that you shouldn't use this drive in a server or NAS as its streaming design means it could drop bits and leave you with corrupted files. That's not true. Yes, when installed on a device designed to record multiple real time streams, the drive can be utilized in streaming mode that can drop data when the drive cannot keep up and the caches get full. WD have designed this drive to be very good at this, so it shouldn't happen very easily -- my network traffic (<5 cameras) isn't enough to get this breathing hard at all. But for file transfer to and from the drive under non-streaming circumstances, this thing operates just like any other drive. All the bits will be there. In fact, the drive ... MoreIn reading reviews for other Surveillance / Video streaming drives some claim that you shouldn't use this drive in a server or NAS as its streaming design means it could drop bits and leave you with corrupted files. That's not true. Yes, when installed on a device designed to record multiple real time streams, the drive can be utilized in streaming mode that can drop data when the drive cannot keep up and the caches get full. WD have designed this drive to be very good at this, so it shouldn't happen very easily -- my network traffic (<5 cameras) isn't enough to get this breathing hard at all. But for file transfer to and from the drive under non-streaming circumstances, this thing operates just like any other drive. All the bits will be there. In fact, the drive does a very nice job of write cacheing for file transfers under windows 10. There is no reason not to use this in a computer or NAS. Although you won't taking advantage of the streaming function the drive (unless you have specific apps that can make use of it), it does have a nice warranty, is rated for almost full time operation and has good performance as a file transfer and storage device. If you're looking for storage for home NAS with constant video being recorded, you might be just fine with a NAS class HDD and not this. Compared with WD Red, both have 3 yr warranty, 180TB/yr duty rating, but Red has double the Load/Unload cycles rating and uses a little less power. List price for purple is $10 less than red. Red might go on sale more frequently, though.
I've had MANY WD drives over the years, both internal and external. Their quality is why I never changed brands (although now I use Seagate for my externals). I've had more WD Caviar Black's than I can even remember and they all worked great and silently and still do. The WD Green that I was using in our surveillance DVR before this was also silent. When I got this WD Purple because it was specifically a surveillance DVR hard drive I expected the same level of quality. Unfortunately, this drive is constantly making grinding, chugging noises that are quite loud. We have to turn whatever we're watching up louder to drown out the noise of this hard drive chugging away. I don't know if this is a sign that the drive isn't going to last long but it already sounds like ... MoreI've had MANY WD drives over the years, both internal and external. Their quality is why I never changed brands (although now I use Seagate for my externals). I've had more WD Caviar Black's than I can even remember and they all worked great and silently and still do. The WD Green that I was using in our surveillance DVR before this was also silent. When I got this WD Purple because it was specifically a surveillance DVR hard drive I expected the same level of quality. Unfortunately, this drive is constantly making grinding, chugging noises that are quite loud. We have to turn whatever we're watching up louder to drown out the noise of this hard drive chugging away. I don't know if this is a sign that the drive isn't going to last long but it already sounds like it's on its last leg right out of the box. For the price it should be the same quality as the WD Black's and those are silent.
My half-brother has a nice spot where he employs 24 cameras around his property. my 10 cameras are no match for his collection, so he was quick to snag up an opportunity to try out a WD HDD considering he was actually in the market for 4 new drives. After I told him I had one that he should try, he was more than willing to let me get my paws on his equipment and install this drive after I told him my review could REALLY use an abusive system like his. After 2 weeks he was sold on every aspect of the drive and bought him 4 new WD Purple 4T's. He decided to use it on the most active 4 cameras which he uses for training videos on how to break new horses. We were VERY impressed at the steadiness and clarity that was captured and recorded. . So the NEXT 2 weeks I plugged ... MoreMy half-brother has a nice spot where he employs 24 cameras around his property. my 10 cameras are no match for his collection, so he was quick to snag up an opportunity to try out a WD HDD considering he was actually in the market for 4 new drives. After I told him I had one that he should try, he was more than willing to let me get my paws on his equipment and install this drive after I told him my review could REALLY use an abusive system like his. After 2 weeks he was sold on every aspect of the drive and bought him 4 new WD Purple 4T's. He decided to use it on the most active 4 cameras which he uses for training videos on how to break new horses. We were VERY impressed at the steadiness and clarity that was captured and recorded. . So the NEXT 2 weeks I plugged it in, formatted it, and started some obscure testing on this drive to see how it would handle for the average home user/gamer. Well I SAY average, but you might not know me. I am an abuser of equipment. Torrenting like a demon all OVER this drive. I installed 5 games on this drive and played them all without hitches or radical load times. There were some hiccups once in a while, but that is PURELY due to the 64 meg cache. 128 would set this drive alive for multi-purpose use. I edited and assembled 6 videos on top of testing disktrix disk defragmenter on it. IMPRESSIVE... . This drive is neck and neck competition for some Samsung 5400 rpm drives. and THEY are pretty snappy! . The games I installed AND played (not just tested) were Dead By Daylight, Battlefield 1, Call of Duty WWII, Just Cause 3 and Syndicate. My system is an AMD Phenom 2 x6 1035T, 8G, R9 280.
There are a LOT of hard drive options out there, and the differentiation between them can be subtle, to say the least. To try to tease out as much detail about this product out as I could, instead of putting it directly in my DVR I began by connecting it to my computer via SATA to run the drive through its paces and get a sense for what this piece of hardware does. I formatted the drive MacOS Extended to provide a clear comparison with other hard drives I have used, and then used the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test tool to generate some benchmarks. The drive clocks 173.9 MB/s write and 174.6 MB/s read. The drive maintained this level of performance plus or minus 1 MB/s under sustained stress testing using the Blackmagic application. Performance-wise, this is lackluster ... MoreThere are a LOT of hard drive options out there, and the differentiation between them can be subtle, to say the least. To try to tease out as much detail about this product out as I could, instead of putting it directly in my DVR I began by connecting it to my computer via SATA to run the drive through its paces and get a sense for what this piece of hardware does. I formatted the drive MacOS Extended to provide a clear comparison with other hard drives I have used, and then used the Blackmagic Disk Speed Test tool to generate some benchmarks. The drive clocks 173.9 MB/s write and 174.6 MB/s read. The drive maintained this level of performance plus or minus 1 MB/s under sustained stress testing using the Blackmagic application. Performance-wise, this is lackluster compared to other hard drive technologies on the market, but of course this drive isn’t designed to provide extreme data transfer rates. As 5400rpm drives go, this one is actually quite good performance-wise. By way of comparison, a 2TB WD Red I had on hand clocked 152MB/s read and 154MB/s write in the same test. After 20 minutes of stress-testing with the drive exposed in a “toaster” style dock to 70ºF ambient air, the surface temperature of the drive was 83.5º on the top surface, 88ºF on the underside of the platter, measured with an IR thermometer. Though not a terribly scientific test, this does suggest that this drive has decent thermal management properties. Acoustic properties are fine, there is a noticeable whirring sound as the drive spins up but otherwise it’s fairly quiet. In an enclosure it would be a very quiet device. Installation in my camera DVR, an Apsonic 8-channel model, posed no snags. The drive installed physically without problems and the system immediately recognized it as an unformatted drive of the correct size, and proceeded to format it without issue. Formatted in the system I got 3.73gb of usable space. I set each of my 720p cameras to the max bitrate and off it went. Over the course of my weeklong evaluation so far, the drive has taken every byte of data thrown at it by the cameras with no issues whatsoever. In terms of the qualitative system performance (lag time opening recordings and so forth), I don’t notice any difference between this drive and the WD Red model it replaced. What differentiates this drive from other 5400rpm hard disks on the market? To be frank, WD’s marketing is fairly obtuse about what actually makes this drive different, and nothing in my evaluation revealed what could be described as a major differentiating feature. Examining the drive next to a 4tb WD Red I have, the drive is physically slightly different, so at least we know it’s not just a re-badging of the same product. While the claim that this drive is “engineered specifically for surveillance security systems” is beyond my capability to verify, this drive does seem to be a high-quality device that does very well in this application. As with any storage device, longevity is of the utmost importance, and only time will tell on that count. But so far, this product is off to a great start, and I feel it offers a compelling option to anyone seeking a drive for surveillance DVR applications. I would recommend it.
| General | |
| Device Type | Hard drive - internal |
| Capacity | 2 TB |
| Form Factor | 3.5" |
| Interface | SATA 6Gb/s |
