hard drive

Hi all, Couple of questions, A) I know that you can set a limit to the amount of storage to use on a disk that the cameras use, but is there a way to have certain cameras only store for like 2 weeks, while the others store until the disk is full. B) I have the cameras store as normal on the...

I purchased an 8TB Barracuda a while ago as a dedicated drive for BI to record video. It was a disaster. I went back to my 2TB drive but it's only enough for 2 days of recording which isn't enough. Hence, I am looking for a new drive. I know WD has the Surveillance type of drives and Seagate the...

Anyone else running a 10T WD Purple drive who can confirm, it is normal for the drive to be heard? I am guess I am used to my SSD's on my main PC. Older NAS running 2TB red drives is 100% quiet despite running surveillance for a long time. New NAS/QNAP with with drive, I can hear when I stand...

Although I have no idea how many cameras I will have in the end, I’m starting with 2 and can see having at least 8. Assume 2mp, 15fps, h264, continuous recording and 30 days of retention if possible and with some room for growth. Perhaps the motion clips are saved for 30 days and the continuous...

Hi all, I have a Dahua NVR with a listed 12 TB max (2x6TB) storage space. I found 10 TB WD drives online, is there any reason why these drives wouldn't work in the NVR? Currently running my 7 4k cams at 10 fps at 4k resolution with VBR setting on 8000 some. By my calculations, that not even...

Hey folks...general question for you I'm adding a total of 8 media drives to a new PC build and was wondering if I should connect them all to the motherboard (It has 10 Sata ports), or use a PCIe 2.0 card. Or should I split them 50/50...some on the mobo and some on the card? The machine will be...

I just refurbished an old i5-2400 system with the following spare parts i had and planning on 2-4 2MP PoE Cameras. Intel Core i5-2400 16GB of RAM 180GB SSD 2TB Storage (3x 1TB HDD of a iRST Raid 5) Win10 Pro 64bit RAID Supported MB Basically an old system I had laying around and spare 1TB...

Is it possible to detect the hard disk failure using the event manager. Can anyone share some idea about detecting hard disk not connected or not recording events?

I purchased this hard drive enclosure: ORICO 3529RUS3 Tool-free Aluminum 2-Bay 3.5" SATA2.0 USB3.0&eSATA HDD External Docking Station RAID Function 2bay HDD Case I'm now shopping for (2) WD-Purple, 6TB drives. I see prices that range from $160 to $360 each. The difference seems to be the...

Not having the BI software yet, I'm wondering if the BI program has any Hard Drive monitoring features such as the case with the "Sentinel" software program.