WD expands its surveillance-class hard drive line by shipping 3.5-inch WD Purple in 6TB capacities (S$449) for IoT “fog” surveillance environments.
The inerts of the 6TB WD Purple hard drive.
WD today announced the expansion of its WD Purple line of 3.5-inch hard drives for video surveillance applications, with the release of the 6 TB capacity.
“Video surveillance has long been a pioneering Internet-of-Things application,” said Matt Rutledge, senior vice president and general manager of WD’s Storage Technology group.
Video surveillance is a highly data-rich application within the “Internet of Things (IoT)” ecosystem.
WD Purple hard drives are suitable for 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 and is covered by a three-year limited warranty
WD boasts the following key features for its Purple hard drives.
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 minimise 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.
“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. WD Purple 6 TB drives enable innovation in this fast growing market,” said Rutledge.
The WD Purple was first launched in February 2014.
WD worked closely with surveillance partners to develop a proprietary benchmark to define and demonstrate performance in surveillance systems.
WD claims that 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.
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