I've been doing some researching and came across this Tom's Hardware article comparing some of the different hard drives that can be used for surveillance purposes.
Surveillance Hard Drive Shoot-Out: WD And Seagate Square Off
While it mostly focuses on WD purple vs. Seagate Surveillance, it also compares some of the enterprise hard drives such as WD enterprise RE and SE drives which, based on their testing, appears to have superior performance and also lifespan as well. Since this article WD has its newest enterprise drive, the datacenter gold which, I believe, is the successor to the WD RE line. I've seen the WD datacenter gold 4tb being priced around $160-170. Considering the WD purple 4tb is $140, would the small extra bucks be worth it for such an upgrade? Do people feel the enterprise drives are not really appropriate for surveillance purposes despite what the article is stating? Also I managed to order from Best Buy 8TB WD easystore hard drive which has WD Reds inside. I was thinking about using it for Plex storage as it Reds are designed for NAS, but would a Red still be ok for surveillance? BTW I'm planning on having about 12 IP cameras.
Surveillance Hard Drive Shoot-Out: WD And Seagate Square Off
While it mostly focuses on WD purple vs. Seagate Surveillance, it also compares some of the enterprise hard drives such as WD enterprise RE and SE drives which, based on their testing, appears to have superior performance and also lifespan as well. Since this article WD has its newest enterprise drive, the datacenter gold which, I believe, is the successor to the WD RE line. I've seen the WD datacenter gold 4tb being priced around $160-170. Considering the WD purple 4tb is $140, would the small extra bucks be worth it for such an upgrade? Do people feel the enterprise drives are not really appropriate for surveillance purposes despite what the article is stating? Also I managed to order from Best Buy 8TB WD easystore hard drive which has WD Reds inside. I was thinking about using it for Plex storage as it Reds are designed for NAS, but would a Red still be ok for surveillance? BTW I'm planning on having about 12 IP cameras.