AI-Ready Surveillance Storage
4K cameras, AI, and analytics create exponentially more data, increasing requirements for surveillance storage.
Every Frame Matters.
New 4K cameras and AI analytics generate significantly more data than older systems, overwhelming traditional storage with bigger files and longer retention needs of up to 90 days. WD Purple hard drives provide high-capacity, reliable storage tailored for modern surveillance demands.
Next-Level Surveillance Storage for AI-Driven, 24/7 Security Systems
Optimized for 4K & AI
Video Analytics
Supports 2-3x higher storage demands of 4K/8MP cameras and incremental AI data streams, ensuring seamless performance for modern smart video recording systems.
Longer Video Retention
Offers up to 8TB or 24TB to meet growing regulatory and best-practice requirements, providing storage for 30 or more days of video retention without compromise.
Reliability and Scalability
That Integrators Trust
Engineered for surveillance workloads, WD Purple empowers channel partners and installers to deliver dependable, scalable solutions to IT and security decision-makers.
Surveillance Storage Options: Which WD Purple Drive Is Right for You?
WD Purple Drives are engineered to handle the demands of modern surveillance—from environmental extremes and system vibrations to high-resolution video and analytics-heavy workloads. Use this comparison to find the drive that aligns with your deployment scale and performance requirements.
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Feeling Very Secure Had trouble with my security camera hard drive, this hard drive worked excellent, twice the storage, has a great warranty, great price, shipping was free, better than buying one off Marketplace or Ebay.
R. Roth
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Reliable HD for SurveillancePreferred manufacturer and HD size to install in our DVR camera monitoring system. Considerably robust and reliable for such an important surveillance task.
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Great HD! I love WD drives and use them in my network video recorder for my home security. Reliable and they never let me down.
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Managing Data Overload: AI Video Analytics & 4K Surveillance Storage Challenges
Tackles High-Resolution Data Overload
4K and 8MP cameras generate 2-3 times more data than older systems, overwhelming traditional storage, but WD Purple hard drives offer the capacity to manage these larger video files reliably.
Supports AI Analytics Data Growth
AI-driven object recognition and real-time analytics add extra data streams to raw footage, and WD Purple provides scalable storage to keep pace with these demands without performance bottlenecks.
Extended Retention Needs
Regulations and best practices often demand 30-90 days of video retention, escalating storage needs, which WD Purple drives can addresses with high-capacities built for long-term, dependable surveillance recording.
Help Ensure System Reliability
Systems with outdated or standard hard drives face risks of bottlenecks or data loss, but WD Purple drives are engineered for surveillance workloads, providing dependable performance clients trust.
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White Paper
Innovation in Smart Video Storage: How WD Purple Intelligently Manages Video Data
This paper discusses an intelligent approach to storing video surveillance data on hard disk drives (HDDs), utilizing Machine Learning (ML) technology.
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Western Digital Security Unlock Command at Linux Kernel Level
This document will provide an example of how to send a SECURITY UNLOCK command to the HDD at the Linux Kernel Level so locked HDDs can be utilized in Linux.
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Western Digital Trim Command General Benefits for Hard Disk Drives
This white paper discusses how to execute a trim command.
Estimate the Right Storage for Your Surveillance System
Find the perfect WD Purple HDDs with our Surveillance Storage Capacity Estimator. Just input your setup details—like camera count, resolution, and recording time—and it’ll calculate your storage needs, guiding you to the right number and size of drives for your system.
Surveillance Storage Use Cases, Blogs & Video Highlights
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Enterprise Surveillance Storage FAQs: AI, Reliability and Compliance
Smart video systems generate continuous high-definition video streams and metadata that must be written and accessed reliably. Standard desktop drives can't handle the write-intensive demands, 24/7 operations, or harsh environmental conditions, leading to performance issues like dropped frames.
Find the smart video storage solution for your needs
Disclosures
- Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to or from the hard drive. Workload Rate is annualized (TB transferred ✕ (8760 / recorded power-on hours)). Workload Rate will vary depending on your hardware and software components and configurations.
- See https://www.westerndigital.com/support/store/warranty-policy for regional specific warranty details.
- Projected values. When final, MTBF specifications will be based on a sample population and are estimated by statistical measurements and acceleration algorithms under typical operating conditions, workload of 220TB/year, and drive temperature of 40°C. Derating of MTBF will occur above these parameters, up to 550TB writes per year, and 65°C drive temperature. MTBF ratings do not predict an individual drive’s reliability and do not constitute a warranty.