Western Digital Purple Pro | 8-24TB SATA 6 GB/s Surveillance Hard Drive
SKU: WDPURP
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Key Features:
- Capacity up to 24TB
- Engineered with advanced capabilities needed for high-end
- High performance, reliability and workload capability for advanced AI-enabled recorders, video analytics appliances, deep-learning servers and cloud-based storage, including RAID and JBOD configurations
- AllFrame AI technology
- Supports up to 550TB/yr workload rate
- Designed with tarnish-resistant components for harsh environments, and with additional robustness for multi-bay enclosures
- Western Digital Device Analytics
- 5 year limited warranty
Please note: The 18TB and 22TB drives are NOT compatible with
Hikvision NVRs
(January 2023)

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The Western Digital Purple Pro hard drives have been designed for use with advanced AI-enabled recorders, video analytics servers, and deep learning solutions requiring additional capacity, performance, and workload capability.
Benefits of Western Digital Purple Pro Hard Drives:
Storage for advanced smart video solutions: - These drives are the newest release of Western Digital Purple hard drives being introduced in the Summer of 2021 and have been specifically designed for new generations of high-end AI-enabled recorders, video analytics appliances, deep-learning servers, and cloud solutions that would benefit from high-capacity storage with high performance and additional workload capability.
Empower your smart video solution: - With the Pro hard drives users have a drive that has been engineered to be high performing, durable, and have the capacity for advanced always on AI-enabled smart video recorders, appliances and servers. As well as this the drive is able to efficiently and effectively extract value and insights from streamed and stored video, this helps deliver a smarter world with advanced Pro smart video storage.
AllFrame AI technology: - Each of the Western Digital Pro hard drives is equipped with AllFrame AI technology which improves ATA streaming to reduce frame loss and improve overall video playback. Not only this but the drives support up to 32 AI streams per drive for Deep Learning analytics within the system.
Multiple cameras, multiple streams: - Drives are optimised to support up to 64 HD single stream cameras and are able to support many of the latest smart cameras that transmit multiple streams. This flexibility enables users to upgrade or scale their security or smart video solution in the future.
Advanced workload capability for advanced systems: - Featuring a workload rating up to 550TB/yr, Western Digital Purple Pro drives are able to support heavy video data capture and analysis that is often found in advanced AI-enabled recorders, video analytics appliances deep-learning analytics servers, and cloud-based storage.
Designed for reliable operation in advanced solutions: - The drives have an MTBF of up to 2.5 million hours which further proves their ability to work optimally with high-performance smart video solutions. With tarnish-resistant components and full multi-bay support, WD Purple Pro drives deliver reliable operation in large-scale surveillance systems even in harsh environments.
Field-proven high capacity: - The field-proven HelioSeal technology is now on its 6th generation and enables the drives to deliver the trusted high-capacity to be expected with Western Digital.
Proactive storage management with WDDA: - Western Digital Device Analytics (WDDA) provides a wealth of storage device parametric operational and diagnostic data to compatible systems. Algorithms interpret the data and direct the system to alert system administrators of specific recommended actions to address potential issues. WDDA is intended to empower OEMs, system integrators, and IT professionals to better monitor and proactively manage supported storage devices to maintain optimal operation.
Five year limited warranty: - As a worldwide leader in hard drive manufacturing Western Digital are confident in the WD Purple Pro and so provide the device with a 5 year limited warranty.
Drive options:
8TB - WD8002PURP
10TB - WD102PURP
12TB - WD121PURP
14TB - WD142PURP
18TB - WD181PURP
22TB - WD221PURP
24TB - WD240PURP

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