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Surveillance-Grade Hard Drive

Surveillance-Grade Hard Drive

SKU: SKU: HDD4TB-D

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Surveillance-Grade Hard Drive
Surveillance-Grade Hard Drive
$279.99
High performance security surveillance hard drive

Trust this massive WD Purple surveillance hard drive to record your home, office or business security footage. This surveillance HDD is ideal if you are looking to upgrade your existing hard drive or add an additional hard drive to your system. It can reliably save days, weeks, even months of HD security footage. Designed for use with either DVR or NVR security systems.

SPECIFICATIONS

24 HR

RECORDING

Designed for constant operation

32

CAMERAS

Records up to 32HD
individual cameras

DVR/NVR

COMPATIBLE

Works with both analog and digital systems

reliable surveillance hard drive

Reliable Storage you can count on

You need reliability and performance in your security system. This means you need a hard drive that can handle the high workload demands of 24/7 security monitoring. That's why Lorex offers WD Purple surveillance hard drives. These drives are built specifically for continuous security recording and can even continue to record as you stream live or previously recorded video.

hard drive for surveillance

Surveillance vs. Traditional Hard Drives

Traditional desktop hard drives are not designed to run continuously. Your WD Purple surveillance hard drive, on the other hand, can run optimally 24/7. In fact, the average desktop or laptop hard drive has a workload rate of about 55TB/year. WD Purple Surveillance drives, conversely, have a workload rate of 180TB/year. This higher workload rate greatly increases the reliability of the hard drive, so that there is a much lower risk of hard drive failure or data loss. These drives also have a MTBF (Mean Time Between Failure) of up to 1.5 million hours, which is much longer that the average desktop's hard drive.

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WD's exclusive AllFrame™ 4K technology

Western Digital's Purple drives feature AllFrame 4K™ Technology. This technology is designed to minimize frame loss to ensure you don't miss a moment. It also improves ATA streaming, helps reduce errors, pixelation, and other video interruptions that can occur with a video recording system.

hard drives for DVRs and NVRs

IntelliSeek™ technology

One of the common issues with recorders is noise caused by vibrations. WD Purple drives, however, use IntelliSeek™ technology, which calculates the optimum seek speeds to keep ambient noise and vibrations at a minimum. This not only prolongs the life span of the hard drive but also helps minimize the power consumption of your NVR or DVR.

 
 

What's Included?

  • Type - SATA / Serial ATA
  • SATA 6Gb/s
  • Capable of operating under drive case temperatures of up to 65°C
  • Supports up to 32 HD cameras
  • Engineered specifically for surveillance security systems.
  • Reduced video frame loss.
  • Tuned for write-intensive, low bit-rate, high stream-count applications typical to most surveillance applications.
  • Prioritized write-operations for maximized surveillance performance.
  • TLER & ATA streaming support.

Each HDD Includes:

1 × Hard Disc Drive

Product Support

Product Reviews

Overall rating: 4.6793895 / 5 from 262 reviews.

AI Generated Review Summary

This WD Purple surveillance hard drive offers perfect storage, high-quality durability, and value for money. Customers appreciate its easy upgrade process, reasonable price, and excellent support. The installation is generally easy, though some compatibility issues with disks have been reported.

Summary topics

  • Storage Capacity: 5%
  • Product Quality: 6%
  • Ease of Upgrade: 4%
  • Price Value: 5%
  • Ease of Installation: 17%

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Review highlights

  • "Price is right, installation was easy."Chris C.
  • "Great quality hard drive at a good price"Installer B.
  • "Easy install and working great extending full video HD recording"Henry B.

Reviews

The hard drive was easy

"The hard drive was easy to install and was plug and play ready to go. I purchased 2 drivers so it would more than double my hard drive space I never installed the second drive because they did not include the special screws to mount it and they also didn't include a cable that is needed. I ended up returning the second drive since it was overkill and Lorex took it back with no problem"

Larry K. (4/5)

We've only had the camera

"We've only had the camera system installed for two weeks, but so far, once we figured out how to configure it properly, (ie. using the NVR set up for motion zones vs the phone app), it works great. The two 10TB hard drives are supposed to last for about 65 days, but that is obviously yet to be seen. Thus, in response to your review request, I'll only give it 3 stars (an average review. ) The only major drawback I've noticed so far, is when I turn off the monitor connected to the NVR or do certain other things with the NVR, it requires a new sign-in. Since we don't have a keyboard on the NVR, that can become cumbersome. Is there a way to connect a keyboard to the NVR?"

Buddy V. (3/5)

Installation was simple and straight

"Installation was simple and straight forward. Manipulating the software isn't as user friendly as I would like to see. I've only spent about 10 minutes but still can't figure out how to change the camera description. I was hit with a prompt for the "camera password" without any information as to what the heck that would be. Is it camera specific? Is there a default? Can't find this info anywhere. So that means more calls to the support line for simple things that a user shouldn't have to bother them with. Once I get that figured out it'll be fine but overall I'm happy with the system."

Phil G. (5/5)

Was assisted over the phone,

"Was assisted over the phone, the technician was able to diagnose the problem and recommended a new hard drive. I ordered a replacement hard drive from Lorax which was an exact replacement for my system . Easy installation and unit was back up and working. Thank you."

John S. (5/5)

Simple upgrade

"Very easy to install an upgraded hard drive or a second hard drive and format it for use. All nessecary plugs and screws are provided."

American P. (5/5)

With Reno we will phone

"With Reno we will phone your tech shortly to format it and get it up running."

James G. (5/5)

Top quality HDD. Easy to

"Top quality HDD. Easy to install in NVR!"

Peter F. (5/5)

doesn't come installed

"Price is right, installation was easy. only complaint was I directly asked if they would come installed and told they would be installed but very easy to take out the smaller hard drive and plug in the larger hard drives no need to do any formatting just plug and go!"

Chris C. (4/5)

Capacity is great,easy to install

"Capacity is great,easy to install"

Installer S. (5/5)

Cameras don’t work. Your technical

"Cameras don’t work. Your technical support is nonexistent."

Jerry S. (1/5)

Q&A

What is the model number of the Western Digital 10 TB drive? (Your online specifications only show drives up to 8 TB). Can I mix this 10 TB drive with the existing 3 TB Seagate SkyHawk drive in my N882A6B-Z NVR?
The identification code for this 4TB HDD is HDD4TB-D. It is compatible with your N882 recorder and can be added alongside the Seagate SkyHawk drive that is already installed.
What’s the maximum HD capacity for a N842A8 8channel nvr
Your N842A8 supports a hard drive capacity of up to 6TB.
Will this hard drive (10 TB) work with Lorex Model No: D871A8B-Z
No, the recorder’s hard drive capacity is limited to up 8TB.
Will this HD work with this NVR NR908X-N
Yes, this hard drive is compatible with the NR908X, which supports a maximum capacity of 8TB per bay.
I ordered and rec'd your hard drive on Invoice LC 269247 on Nov. 20th. This is not going to solve my concerns/problems, so I wish to Return same. Require Shipping Label and Authorization Number.
You can contact our sales support team, who will be happy to help you with the return process. Sales Support: 1-888-425-6739
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