Scaling up the Hard Drive Line with WD Purple NV

Offers low power consumption and many advanced performance features typically reserved for higher end surveillance storage

Western Digital has unveiled its WD Purple NV, a purpose-built line of 3.5-inch, high-capacity 4 TB and 6 TB hard drives for the greater demands of scalable network video recorder (NVR) surveillance systems.

Compared with standard WD Purple drives, the new member of the WD’s surveillance video recording family of drives, WD Purple NV, is designed for larger-scale network surveillance systems utilizing higher hard drive bay counts and greater numbers of attached cameras, with demand increased storage capacity and durability.

“WD Purple NV, is designed for higher end surveillance systems utilizing higher hard drive bay counts and greater numbers of attached cameras, with demand increased storage capacity and durability to withstand the demands of always-on digital NVR recording environments. The solution is aimed at helping enterprises enable long video retention periods for analysis and reference without adding power consumption costs or administrative complexity.” Said Saifuddin Khwaja, Sales Director, South Asia, Middle East and Africa at Western Digital.

WD Purple NV 4 TB hard drives will be available for qualification later this quarter.