Surveillance HDD vs Desktop HDD

William

William

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Can I use "Surveillance HDD" for my desktop system? What is the difference between these types of disks? I did a quick google search and it looks like it should work without any problems. From what I found out, the only difference is that "Surveillance" has lower power requirements and are optimised for 24/7 usage. Also they are slightly more expensive.

I am comparing 2TB versions of these drives:
http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/internal-hard-drives/desktop-hard-drives/desktop-hdd/?sku=ST2000DM001
http://www.seagate.com/gb/en/produc...ance-drives/surveillance-hdd/?sku=ST2000VX000
 
Just get a normal drive. Drives last long enough as it is so no need for you to get a business class drive. I'd also avoid Seagate, they have some of the highest failure rates out of all HDD companies. If you really want a drive like that then by all means go for it but again avoid Seagate as most of there models fail early and often. With that being said, I own a Seagate hyrbid drive and it is solid as a rock. Just depends but it's whatever company you think is the best.
 
Not as bad as Hitachi ;)

And tbh i have 1 Seagate and 2 WD drives (mechanical anyway) and they have all been running strong the Seagate I've had the longest and its fine.
Right now its the only drive with anything on it i trust it that much.
But i also agree you don't need a pro drive just get one thats the right amount of capacity.
If your worried about power, then maybe go for a WD green, but otherwise Seagate or WD I've not had issues with (apart from when it was my fault)
 
The main reason I am considering Surveillance Seagate is because right now I can get it for pretty good deal. And when it have benefits like reliability in 24/7 workloads then in my mind it is worth it. I am just worried if it would work without problems in desktop environment and if the performance of the drive would not be diminished.

Up until now I've been always using WD / WD green and so far I've been happy with it but I want to try something new. Right now I am considering "Seagate SV35.5 2TB, 64MB, 7200rpm" or "Toshiba 2TB, 64MB, 7200rpm" or "Seagate Barracuda 2TB, 7200rpm, 64MB" and this surveillance seagate seems to me like the best deal considering what it offers compared to its price. But seeing your message about it's failure rates makes me a bit unsure.
 
The main difference between standard HDD and surveillance HDD is their temperature resistance. Because they are designed to run 24/7 they are built to withstand and often produce less heat. However they still fail randomly, HDD's are built to last either way these days as long as you buy a decent branded drive. I have 5 WD drives running in my home server, they run 24/7, one of which is writing 24/7 as its my CCTV drive. Been running for around 2 years solid now. I think it's more luck of the draw, you either get one that will last or end up with one that is destined to fail eventually.
 
remember300 said:
Not as bad as Hitachi ;)

And tbh i have 1 Seagate and 2 WD drives (mechanical anyway) and they have all been running strong the Seagate I've had the longest and its fine.
Right now its the only drive with anything on it i trust it that much.
But i also agree you don't need a pro drive just get one thats the right amount of capacity.
If your worried about power, then maybe go for a WD green, but otherwise Seagate or WD I've not had issues with (apart from when it was my fault)
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I can vouch for Seagate.

Ive had that drive for over 5 Years.

Got two WD drives in my rig. one black, one blue. My black one died and got another on RMA however, WD Support is A game to be honest :)
 
To be honest high end companies now have a lot of checks if you get a failed drive its more than likely just a bad batch.
Seagate and WD along with several other high brands should be fine just look at power req, if your after a power saving drive, read write speeds what ever is most important.
 
i dunno about survailance hdd's but after being fed up with every WD greeen drive i ever had dying in less than a year i switched to WD red drives for my mechanical drives.
cant sat they are noticably slower than the green's but they have defiantly lasted A LOT longer than any green drive i have ever bought. was worth the small extra cost IMO.

Im not some one who power cycled a computer very often. its lucky if it gets rebooted 6 times a year "after overclocking is set up"
so for drives to fail in my system is not something i tolerate at all lol.

Soo any hoo. no idea if that helps at all. but personally i swapped to server grade mechanical drives vs consumer grade a while back. and i dont regret it 1 bit
(still have to have a ssd boot drive though)
 
I've been using Seagate Pipeline drives in my other rig for years. Took them all out of old Sky HD boxes.
 
Yurp, and ad long as it meets your requirements, i was not exactly sure in my previous posts, what your after is it reliability only, or was you also after the power efficiency?
 
Well power efficiency is nice to have but it's not on top of my list. First thing I want from HDD is to be reliable. After that my only requirement is to be reasonable fast and to have capacity large enough to hold my family videos and other stuff.

My question was oriented more on if it is possible to use that type of HDD in desktop environment without big negative drawbacks (ignoring its price).
 
should not be an issue along as its connectors are what you have available in your rig, so if its the old ribbon cable and molex for power or sata and sata power (if that's what its meant to be called lol)

don't really see an issue as most drives hardware wise are the same its just the build quality and brand after that. :) some odd drivers might cause a few hiccups but I've seen plenty of people remove HDD's from old CCTV kits and use a pc to read them. In newer units I've seen them just put them into a caddy and read them like a portable drive or removed HDD. So if they can be used like that I don't see why a format wont make it usable in a pc if its an old drive. And no format needed to the desktop as it should come blank as a CCTV will install its own software depending on the CCTV kit if it needs too.

Hope that helps with your question
 
Yes, that is exactly what was on my mind and quick google search before creating this thread more or less proved that. But since I am no expert and you can read almost anything on the internet, I've decided to ask the community.

I was mostly afraid that it could be somehow slower similar to low power CPU versions. That would explain the lower power requirements and lower heat (since it would be spinning slower). On the other hand there was the higher price explanation which could mean higher quality components to achieve that.
 
Higher pricemost like is not due to quality in that case. It's more of a supply and demand thing they won't sell many not in a Cctv kit so it's more a supply and demand thing. The only people who are really going to want one, are those that have a broken one and need to buy a new one so the sellers can up the process due to selling less and people needing them rather than a browsing thing. Hope that helps too
 
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