Western Digital 8TB WD Purple Pro Surveillance Internal Hard Drive Specifications
The Western Digital 8TB WD Purple Pro Surveillance Internal Hard Drive is a surveillance hard drives from Western Digital listed at $399.99. The higher workload rating in the WD surveillance line, intended for the largest camera counts.
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Capacity | 8 TB |
| Stated infrared range | not published |
What the manufacturer states
These are the maker's own listing bullets, kept as the citable source for the specifications above rather than paraphrased into claims we cannot attribute.
- Up to 24TB (1) capacity | (1) 1TB = one trillion bytes. Actual user capacity may be less, depending on operating environment.
- Enterprise-class reliability and performance
- 5-year limited warranty (5) |See Official Western Digital website for warranty details
- 550TB per year workload rating (3) | Workload Rate is defined as the amount of user data transferred to/from the hard drive.
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Common questions
How far can the Western Digital 8TB WD Purple Pro Surveillance Internal Hard Drive identify someone?
Western Digital does not publish both a sensor resolution and a focal length for this product, and DORI distance cannot be derived without both. Rather than estimate one, this sheet leaves it out. If you have the manufacturer datasheet to hand, the DORI calculator on this site works the distance out from those two figures directly.
What is the infrared range of the Western Digital 8TB WD Purple Pro Surveillance Internal Hard Drive?
Western Digital does not publish an infrared range for this product, so this site does not state one. An invented figure would be worse than no figure, because a reader would plan a camera position around it. Where a maker does publish a range, treat it as the distance its own lamp reaches in ideal conditions rather than the distance at which a face stays identifiable.
What specifications does Western Digital publish for this product?
Capacity: 8 TB. Everything in the table on this page is taken from the manufacturer listing rather than measured by us. Any row shown as not published is a figure this maker does not state, and this site will not fill that gap with an estimate.
Is the Western Digital 8TB WD Purple Pro Surveillance Internal Hard Drive worth buying?
The higher workload rating in the WD surveillance line, intended for the largest camera counts. This site does not test products in person, so that assessment comes from the published specifications, the applicable standards and verified owner reports rather than from hands-on trials we did not run. Prices change often, so check the current listing before deciding.
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Specifications are published figures, not measurements we took. This site does not test products in person. Where a maker does not publish a figure, such as a true infrared range or a low light rating, this page says it is not published rather than estimating one, because a reader planning a camera position around an invented number is the worst outcome this site could produce.