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Video Security

The video security industry has an enormous responsibility to produce and support highly reliable systems that work when the end user needs them most. The hard drive manufacturers have worked for many years to develop and evolve AV/Surveillance and Mainstream Enterprise drives that are high capacity, affordable, and highly reliable.

Video security systems, which include DVRs (digital video recorders), NVRs (network video recorders), and video servers, present unique challenges that the hard drive manufacturers address with AV/Surveillance and Mainstream Enterprise drives class drives.

Video Security Drive Considerations

Unique video security challenges for drives:

  • Unpredictable drive count per system
  • Constant writing (recording) to the drive
  • Sequential access only or RAID
  • No idle time
  • Years of 24/7 duty expected

Enabling features of AV/surveillance drives:

  • 24/7 rated drive platform
  • Custom, adaptive tuning
  • Custom, factory screening

Enabling features of Mainstream Enterprise drives:

  • 24/7 rated drive platform
  • Custom, adaptive tuning
  • Custom, factory screening
  • Enhanced recording platform
  • RV feedforward sensors
  • Fixed shaft motor

The video security industry not only needs reliability, performance, capacity, and reasonable cost, but also consistent supply and a commitment from suppliers to absolutely support them when they need it. Suppliers (both manufacturers and distributors) that innovate and prove themselves to the video security industry are rewarded with long-term, mutually beneficial relationships.

HDSTOR has played a key role in helping the hard drive manufacturers recognize the needs of the video security industry, and deliver hard drive products and a service program that enables security system manufacturers to produce a steady flow of increasingly capable, yet affordable, solutions. Let us be your hard drive expert.