HDDs specific to application

[drvnbysound]

I was curious to find out if anyone has specifically researched, selected and used HDDs that were designed for the specific purpose of CCTV or A/V in their machines? I found on the Western Digital website that they manufacture specific HDDs for Surveillance and A/V. I would assume that something in the manufacturing process is different - possibly making them more reliable for this specific use(??).

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/index.asp?cat=7

 

[fabriziojoe]

I was curious to find out if anyone has specifically researched, selected and used HDDs that were designed for the specific purpose of CCTV or A/V in their machines? I found on the Western Digital website that they manufacture specific HDDs for Surveillance and A/V. I would assume that something in the manufacturing process is different - possibly making them more reliable for this specific use(??).

http://www.westerndigital.com/en/products/index.asp?cat=7

Hello,
I would probably choose an enterprise class, high rpm drive. Your biggest bottleneck is going to be on write speed to the drive assuming you are running a gigabit backbone or dark fiber. I have a hardware raid 5 setup so if I loose a drive I have time for a rebuild. I like the samsung spinpoint hard drives which have proven very reliable.

Good Luck

 

[Ira]

I know Seagate has a family of drives that are designed for A/V, etc.

Here's why.

(The above link takes you to weaknees.com. They specialize in DVR -- Tivo and DirecTV -- hard drive upgrades.)

 

[gatchel]

Most of the DVR's I have worked with in the last few years use the WD RE (Raid Edition) Drives. They seem to last for a while and had a 5 year warranty. I also have used the WD RE drives in my own equipment with success. I have had a few that have failed but these were in use for 4.5 years or so and have been running 24/7/365. WD covered them under warranty no problem.

The panasonic ND300A series of NVR's spec the caviar Black or Caviar Green drives. These are the standard consumer drives but I have been told that Panasonic QC's all of their drives before the go into the NVR and they have good success with the WD drives they use. The recommended replacement warning in these NVR's is 20000 hours or 2.28 years.