Western Digital has been advertising their surveillance-focused storage options beneath the Purple branding since 2014. After the SanDisk acquisition, the corporate began promoting WD Purple microSDXC playing cards as a complement to the SanDisk High Endurance playing cards, bringing in ruggedness and sturdiness by way of climate and humidity-resistance in addition to prolonged working temperature vary (-25C to 85C). The Purple drives and playing cards include firmware tweaks that make them a greater match for SMB / SME community video recorders (NVRs) and IP cameras.
In conjunction with the discharge of the EAMR-enabled 16TB and 18TB WD Red Pro SMB NAS HDDs, Western Digital can be releasing a 18TB WD Purple Surveillance Hard Drive. WD markets the ATA streaming options and caching help within the Purple onerous drives beneath the AllFrame moniker. There are two variants – the AllFrame 4K is for 6TB and decrease capability drives which are 5400RPM variations with a 180TB/yr workload score. This permits recording of as much as 32 simultaneous video streams. The AllFrame AI model (for 8TB and better capability drives working at 7200RPM with a 360TB/yr workload score) permits recording of as much as 64 video streams concurrently with the studying of 32 video streams for analytics functions. Specific NVRs additionally help the Western Digital Device Analytics function for monitoring the well being of the put in Purple onerous drives. These drives carry a 1.5M hours MTBF score and a 3-year guarantee. The 18TB drive availability is scheduled for October 2020.
The WD Purple 1TB microSDXC card is the brand new capability flagship within the lineup. Similar to the opposite microSDXC playing cards within the WD Purple line, the WD Purple SC QD101 1TB model additionally makes use of BiCS 4 96-layer 3D NAND flash (TLC-based configuration with 500 p/e cycles). The endurance score is sufficient for the drive to help as much as 512TB of writes. The guarantee interval is for Three years from the information of buy, or the TBW workload limitation (whichever is earlier). Certain IP cameras such because the Tyco Cloud Illustra Series from Johnson Controls additionally help card well being monitoring when microSDXC playing cards within the WD Purple SC QD101 are used. This permits installers to remotely monitor the remaining lifespan of the put in card, if wanted. WD expects the cardboard well being monitoring scheme to grow to be obtainable in cameras from different OEMs sooner or later. Similar to the Purple HDDs, the SC QD101 playing cards additionally carry a 3-year guarantee. The 1TB model is anticipated to grow to be obtainable in November.
The costs for the brand new merchandise are anticipated to be introduced nearer to availability.
