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How to choose the HDD for NVR or Failover recording ?
HDD performance is crucial for your recording device operation.
1. Strongly recommend that you purchase Enterprise HDD for any of
your rackmount server NVR etc.
For example Seagate Enterprise HDD or WD Gold HDD is the good
choice for your non-stop video recording.
HDD quality is not only important in your video recording, only critical
while your using RAID-5/RAID-6 rebuilding your video data.
WD Surveillance HDD or Seagate Surveillance HDD usually are good
for small DVR/NVR system recording, not designed for rackmount
multiple HDDs recording. The major difference between “Surveillance
HDD” and “Enterprise HDD” is the HDD capability on the HDD vibration
durability. More HDDs on the same NVR will generate more vibration
exponentially, at end will dramatically shorten your HDDs lifecycle. Not
to mention that typical WD Purple HDD series have a workload rating of
around 360 TB/year, which won’t be enough for today NVR Server
video recording and operation.
The typical Lifecyle for Surveillance type HDDs for the Rackmount NVR
will be less than 1 year, bad choice.
2. The other key factor to ensure your NVR recording success is to
choose your HDD from your RAID card vender recommend list. For
example, Supermicro website
https://www.supermicro.com/en/support/resources/hdd/display?Cate
gory=AOC&sz=3.5&ctrl=62
For Supermicro RAID card aoc-S3108L-H8iR
The other good reference side is LSI website (Broadcom), for
example
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/storage-and-ethernetconnectivity/
adapter/megaraid-93xx-compatibility/1-
0/v23651287.html
For Broadcom RAID card LSI 9361
or check up GVD Admin Manual , page 596
How do I know which HDD is compatible with the RAID card ?
HDD selection: must be Enterprise HDD for your Rackmount Server
To provide the most accurate information, please visit the download section to download the latest version of DET for verification.
pic from KIC table
HDD performance is crucial for your recording device operation.
1. Strongly recommend that you purchase Enterprise HDD for any of
your rackmount server NVR etc.
For example Seagate Enterprise HDD or WD Gold HDD is the good
choice for your non-stop video recording.
HDD quality is not only important in your video recording, only critical
while your using RAID-5/RAID-6 rebuilding your video data.
WD Surveillance HDD or Seagate Surveillance HDD usually are good
for small DVR/NVR system recording, not designed for rackmount
multiple HDDs recording. The major difference between “Surveillance
HDD” and “Enterprise HDD” is the HDD capability on the HDD vibration
durability. More HDDs on the same NVR will generate more vibration
exponentially, at end will dramatically shorten your HDDs lifecycle. Not
to mention that typical WD Purple HDD series have a workload rating of
around 360 TB/year, which won’t be enough for today NVR Server
video recording and operation.
The typical Lifecyle for Surveillance type HDDs for the Rackmount NVR
will be less than 1 year, bad choice.
2. The other key factor to ensure your NVR recording success is to
choose your HDD from your RAID card vender recommend list. For
example, Supermicro website
https://www.supermicro.com/en/support/resources/hdd/display?Cate
gory=AOC&sz=3.5&ctrl=62
For Supermicro RAID card aoc-S3108L-H8iR
The other good reference side is LSI website (Broadcom), for
example
https://techdocs.broadcom.com/us/en/storage-and-ethernetconnectivity/
adapter/megaraid-93xx-compatibility/1-
0/v23651287.html
For Broadcom RAID card LSI 9361
or check up GVD Admin Manual , page 596
How do I know which HDD is compatible with the RAID card ?
HDD selection: must be Enterprise HDD for your Rackmount Server
To provide the most accurate information, please visit the download section to download the latest version of DET for verification.
pic from KIC table