[News] Western Digital Unveils Surveillance-Grade Hard Drives

Western Digital today announced the availability of WD Purple – a purpose-built line of 3.5-inch, high-capacity hard drives for surveillance applications.

Designed specifically for video surveillance units, WD Purple hard drives excel in new and existing home and small business security environments with up to eight hard drives and up to 32 high-definition (HD) video cameras. WD Purple hard drives are available in capacities from 1 TB up to 4 TB and are available for shipping from today.

“By expanding our product portfolio with WD Purple, we make it simple for our VARs, integrators and consumers to select the right drive engineered for their application and validated with our industry leading surveillance partners,” said Matt Rutledge, senior vice president and general manager of WD’s Storage Technology group.

“WD optimised the WD Purple line of hard drives for surveillance applications to improve high-definition video playback, and operate in 24×7 workloads of surveillance environments.”

Optimised to withstand the demands of always-on digital PVR, DVR and NVR recording environments, WD Purple hard drives offer low power consumption and many advanced performance features typically reserved for enterprise-level storage.

For more information please visit: http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1210

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