Hard Drive optimised for digital video surveillance

ScoobieGirl

Hi,

I've been searching for a hard drive and I've found one I like (Seagate SV35.2 Series ST3250820AV) but the blub states it was designed for the digital video surveillance industry. Am i right in thinking this just means its more rebust in terms of re-writing and there is nothing about it that makes it less suitable for standard pc use?

Thank you.

savemoney

I suspect these drives are optimised for PVR's and the like, so that they can read and write at same time, sometimes more than once

They tend to be a little more and harder to source

ScoobieGirl

This one is £2 more for the 250GB compared with the 160GB Baracuda, so I think I'll go for it!

Many thanks

Antispam

The Samsung spinpoint are good drives I got a 1tb one its very fast 32mb of ram on board

Be careful you get right one sata or IDE

Conor_3

ScoobieGirl wrote: »

Hi,

I've been searching for a hard drive and I've found one I like (Seagate SV35.2 Series ST3250820AV) but the blub states it was designed for the digital video surveillance industry. Am i right in thinking this just means its more rebust in terms of re-writing and there is nothing about it that makes it less suitable for standard pc use?

Thank you.

It's actually more to do with not generating a lot of heat from constant running. A HDD in a DVS system is running 24/7 whereas one in a PC goes to sleep most of the time until needed so it doesn't get as hot.

basmic

From http://www.seagate.com/www/en-us/products/servers/sv35_series/SV35_7200.2/

The digital video surveillance industry has been greatly enhanced by the latest advances in video compression, storage and pattern/face recognition software. The surveillance solutions market has moved from analog tape-based systems to digital hard drive-based systems. Seagate SV 35 Series hard drives are engineered specifically for use in digital video surveillance systems.

Key Features and Benefits

• 160-, 250-, 320-, 500-, and 750-GB capacities
• Multiple video streams can be written at once
• Video read/write profiles allow greater control over operation using ATA7 Streaming Commands
• Spin-down feature and PowerOn control allow for cooler operation and power savings
• Large capacity drives store up to 217 continuous days (jpg 640x 480 compressed, 10 fps)
• 5-year warranty

Linbox

As Conor says, a DVR (Digital Video Recorder) works 24/7/365 therefore the hdd must be more robust/reliable for that usage.

Linbox