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WD Purple hard drives are made for security camera recorders (DVRs and NVRs) that write video all day, every day. They are designed to record several camera streams at once, and WD Purple Pro drives add the capacity and workload for larger and AI-enabled recorders.
- Prices on quotation

All WD products
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WDModel WD260PURPPurple Pro Surveillance Hard Drive, 3.5 Inch SATA, 7200 rpm, 8 TB to 26 TB
- Interface
- SATA 6 Gb/s
- Form factor
- 3.5 inch
- Recording technology
- CMR
Price on request -
WDModel WD85PURZPurple Surveillance Hard Drive, 3.5 Inch SATA, 1 TB to 8 TB
- Interface
- SATA 6 Gb/s
- Form factor
- 3.5 inch
- Recording technology
- CMR
Price on request
Families
WD product families
- WD Purple3.5 inch SATA surveillance drives for home and business recorders, in capacities from 1 TB to 8 TB.
- WD Purple Pro7200 rpm 3.5 inch SATA drives for large NVRs, video analytics servers and AI-enabled recorders, from 8 TB upwards.
Models
Featured WD models
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WDModel WD260PURPPurple Pro Surveillance Hard Drive, 3.5 Inch SATA, 7200 rpm, 8 TB to 26 TB
- Interface
- SATA 6 Gb/s
- Form factor
- 3.5 inch
- Recording technology
- CMR
Price on request -
WDModel WD85PURZPurple Surveillance Hard Drive, 3.5 Inch SATA, 1 TB to 8 TB
- Interface
- SATA 6 Gb/s
- Form factor
- 3.5 inch
- Recording technology
- CMR
Price on request
Applications
What WD products are used for
Home CCTV recorders
Replace or add a drive in a DVR or NVR to keep more days of footage.
Shops and small offices
Record several cameras around the clock without stopping.
Large camera systems
WD Purple Pro drives for multi-bay NVRs that record many cameras.
AI video analytics
Drives built for recorders that analyse video as well as store it.
About WD
What WD makes
WD is the brand of Western Digital, which was founded in 1970 in Santa Ana, California, and is headquartered in San Jose, California. WD Purple drives are used in homes, shops, offices, schools and larger camera systems.
Resources
WD documents and software
Official links
- WD Purple product pageDocumentationView official page
- WD Purple Pro product pageDocumentationView official page
- WD Purple data sheetDocumentationDownload
- WD Purple Pro product briefDocumentationDownload
- Surveillance solutionsDocumentationView official page
- SupportDocumentationOpen manufacturer portal
- Software downloadsDownload softwareOpen manufacturer portal
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