WD ®, a Western Digital company and storage industry leader, recently announced the expansion of its award-winning WD Purple™ line of 3.5-inch hard drives for video surveillance applications, with the release of the 6-TB capacity.

Video surveillance is a highly data-rich application within the “Internet of Things (IoT)” ecosystem.

WD Purple hard drives excel in new and existing home and small business security system environments with up to eight hard drives and up to 32 high-definition (HD) video cameras.

WD Purple hard drives are being offered in capacities from 1-TB up to 6-TB.

“Video surveillance has long been a pioneering Internet-of-Things application. Driven by machine-to-machine interaction between high-resolution, high-bit-rate video cameras and high-capacity surveillance video recorders, IoT applications bring access and big data analytics to improve user’s security,” said Matt Rutledge, senior vice president and general manager of WD’s Storage Technology group. “WD Purple 6 TB drives enable innovation in this fast growing market.”

WD Purple hard drives are equipped with exclusive WD technologies, including: AllFrame™ – In conjunction with ATA streaming, AllFrame reduces video frame loss, improves playback, and increases the number of drive bays supported.

WD Purple includes exclusive firmware enhancements that enable improved playback and minimize interruptions within a surveillance system.

IntelliSeek™ Technology – With low power consumption playing a crucial role in high-temperature always-on surveillance environments, IntelliSeek technology calculates the optimum seek speeds for the system workload, enabling lower power consumption and reducing noise and vibration.