Locks and Security News: your weekly locks and security industry newsletter
17th April 2024 Issue no. 701

Your industry news - first

We strongly recommend viewing Locks and Security News full size in your web browser. Click our masthead above to visit our website version.

DVS now supplying WD surveillance-class hard drive line for domestic and small business CCTV installations

DVS, one of the UK's fastest growing distributors of security and CCTV equipment, is now stocking the WD Purple, a purpose-built line of 3.5-inch, high-capacity hard drives for surveillance applications.

WD, a Western Digital company and storage industry leader, has introduced the WD Purple hard drives for use in security installations with up to eight hard drives and up to 32 HD cameras. WD Purple hard drives are available in capacities from 1 TB up to 4 TB.

Matt Rutledge, senior vice president and general manager of WD's Storage Technology group, said: "WD optimised the WD Purple line of hard drives for surveillance applications to improve high-definition video playback, and operate in the 24/7 workloads of surveillance environments."

Shaun Bowie, managing director of DVS, said: "The WD Purple hard drives have been built specifically for the high intensity workload a surveillance system requires, rather than that of a standard desktop drive, which has been typically designed for eight hours of daily operation. As system workloads and channel counts increase, the performance of dedicated storage drives has become even more crucial. The WD Purple hard drives have been thoroughly tested and show superior performance to competitive surveillance-class brands of storage."

The new WD Purple hard drives have also been extensively tested with Hikvision CCTV systems.

"WD Purple drives have the built-in reliability to operate in Hikvision home and small business system installations, so critical video footage is available when it is needed most," said Ying Yang, director of testing at Hikvision. "An additional benefit of WD Purple drives is they support up to eight drives and 32 HD cameras, so there is the flexibility to expand for future system coverage."

The new hard drives offer low power consumption and many advanced performance features typically reserved for enterprise-level storage, and are optimised for DVR and NVR recording environments. Other WD technologies equipped include:

- AllFrame - When combined with ATA streaming support, AllFrame technology helps to reduce video footage loss with a proprietary cache policy management technology to help improve data flow and playback. WD Purple includes exclusive firmware upgrades that protect against video pixilation and interruptions within a surveillance system
- Advanced Format Technology (AFT) - the more efficient media format that enables increased areal densities, adopted by WD and other drive manufacturers to continue growing hard drive capacities

To find out more about WD Purple hard drives and how they can be incorporated into existing or new security installations, contact DVS on 029 2045 5512 or email [email protected]

About DVS
DVS is one of Europe's most successful multi-brand distributors of electronic surveillance products, and one of the fastest growing IP CCTV product distributor in the UK. DVS's success has been built on the strength of its sales and technical teams, and its close partnerships with the highest quality manufacturers of IP surveillance products. The DVS HQ in Cardiff boasts state-of-the-art training and demonstration facilities. And DVS prides itself on its large stock holding, with up to 98% of the products in its catalogue available for next day delivery.

For more information visit: www.dvs.co.uk

12th March 2014