6 TB WD Purple Now Shipping

by Hilbert Hagedoorn on: 10/28/2014 09:21 AM | source: | 11 comment(s)

Need some nice HDD storage capacity ? WD announced the expansion of its award-winning WD Purple line of 3.5-inch hard drives for video surveillance applications, with the release of the 6 TB capacity. Video surveillance is a highly data-rich application within the "Internet of Things (IoT)" ecosystem.

WD Purple hard drives excel in new and existing home and small business security system environments with up to eight hard drives and up to 32 high-definition (HD) video cameras. Available today, WD Purple hard drives are being offered in capacities from 1 TB up to 6 TB.

"Video surveillance has long been a pioneering Internet-of-Things application. Driven by machine-to-machine interaction between high-resolution, high-bit-rate video cameras and high-capacity surveillance video recorders, IoT applications bring access and big data analytics to improve user's security," said Matt Rutledge, senior vice president and general manager of WD's Storage Technology group. "WD Purple 6 TB drives enable innovation in this fast growing market."

Features

WD Purple hard drives are equipped with exclusive WD technologies, including:

AllFrame - In conjunction with ATA streaming, AllFrame reduces video frame loss, improves playback and increases the number of drive bays supported. WD Purple includes exclusive firmware enhancements that enable improved playback and minimize interruptions within a surveillance system.
IntelliSeek Technology - With low power consumption playing a crucial role in high-temperature always-on surveillance environments, IntelliSeek technology calculates the optimum seek speeds for the system workload, enabling lower power consumption and reducing noise and vibration.

Engineered for Compatibility
Built for seamless integration into new or existing video surveillance systems, WD Purple hard drives are designed and tested to surveillance-class standards and are compatible with industry-leading chassis and chip-sets. First introduced in February 2014 with the launch of WD Purple, WD worked closely with surveillance partners to develop a proprietary benchmark to define and demonstrate performance in surveillance systems. Tests of WD Purple hard drives indicate superior performance to competitive surveillance-class brands of storage, especially as cameras, channel count and workloads increase. A special Compatibility Selector is available to assist customers with surveillance drive selection at: http://www.wd.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1210.

Price and Availability
Shipping now through select distributors and resellers, WD Purple surveillance-class hard drives are now available from 1 TB to 6 TB capacities and covered by a three-year limited warranty. MSRP for the 3.5-inch 6 TB drive, model #: (WD60PURX) is $329.99.

cyclone3d
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#4947122 Posted on: 10/28/2014 09:17 PM

I recently added a 3TB purple to my main rig.

Looked at reviews, etc, and it seemed like the purple drives are just about the best reliability wise that you can get for the money.

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#4947139 Posted on: 10/28/2014 09:36 PM

Hey hilbert u think u could do a direct comparison of all the WD drives like the red, blues and so on ide like to see how they all compare in terms of speed and capacity versus price.

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#4947174 Posted on: 10/28/2014 10:06 PM

Hey hilbert u think u could do a direct comparison of all the WD drives like the red, blues and so on ide like to see how they all compare in terms of speed and capacity versus price.

I dont think that all of them are meant for the same purpose. For example greens are meant for servers with intention of running 24/7 with lower power usage.

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#4947203 Posted on: 10/28/2014 10:37 PM

Im a big fan of the WD Re Durability and the Se scalability HDDs. iv used 12 of the WD Re, without single one failing on me. And performance is top notch too!

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#4947207 Posted on: 10/28/2014 10:42 PM

I dont think that all of them are meant for the same purpose. For example greens are meant for servers with intention of running 24/7 with lower power usage.

Reds would be better suited for that. I use 4 of them in my NAS.

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#4947265 Posted on: 10/28/2014 11:59 PM

When I was deciding on what 2nd drive that I wanted to get I was torn between red and purple but decided on red because I knew the red drives had reliability and durability because of them being NAS drives and they had alot of reviews on them while the purple drives I knew they were meant for surveillance and 24/7 but they didn't have may reviews.

It is nice to see 6tb drives for the surveillance users.

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#4947271 Posted on: 10/29/2014 12:03 AM

Here you go;

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/internal/desktop/
The black ones are the most reliable you can get from WD. The read and write speeds are relly goods, plus the 5 years waranty.

holystarlight
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#4947295 Posted on: 10/29/2014 12:34 AM

Here you go;

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/internal/desktop/
The black ones are the most reliable you can get from WD. The read and write speeds are relly goods, plus the 5 years waranty.

When I was deciding on what 2nd drive that I wanted to get I was torn between red and purple but decided on red because I knew the red drives had reliability and durability because of them being NAS drives and they had alot of reviews on them while the purple drives I knew they were meant for surveillance and 24/7 but they didn't have may reviews.

It is nice to see 6tb drives for the surveillance users.

To me the http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1050

Are much more reliable and durable than the Red drives. but cost little more.

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#4947341 Posted on: 10/29/2014 01:59 AM

When I look for NAS hdd I choose from ones, having 5 year warranty. Simple rule, but data security is the priority. So for NAS: RE, SE and one model of RED would be on the list.

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#4947411 Posted on: 10/29/2014 04:08 AM

HGST ultrastar drives are actually the most reliable. They had the lowest fail rate when google did that study.

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#4947455 Posted on: 10/29/2014 07:07 AM

When I look for NAS hdd I choose from ones, having 5 year warranty. Simple rule, but data security is the priority. So for NAS: RE, SE and one model of RED would be on the list.

5year warranty is not guarantee you 5year of free fail
and in failure case, hdd is only replaced and u might get refurb drive too
(afaik wd didnt give data recover on their warranty)

if me, i prefer getting cheaper drive series, ie. RED with extra drive for backup rather than getting RE/SE, which is enterprise drive that cost close 2x of their consumer series (well in my place WD enterprise drive is not easy to find and price is almost double)

even 4x green (2 online-2 backup) is somewhat safer than 2x RE only
but thats me

as far difference, i think mostly on firware, minor different in mechanics parts
i also curious with purple in normal/daily usage is it good enough ?

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