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WD Surveillance Purple 5400 rpm SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive 500GB

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Western Digital (WD) offers a range of surveillance-optimized hard drives under the WD Purple series, designed specifically for 24/7 video recordin...

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WD Surveillance Purple SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive 12TB

KSh23,000.00 - KSh23,000.00
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The WD Purple 12TB SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive is engineered for high-capacity, 24/7 surveillance applications, offering robust performance a...

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WD Surveillance Purple SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive 10TB

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The WD Purple 10TB SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive is engineered for high-capacity, 24/7 surveillance applications, offering robust performance a...

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WD Surveillance Purple SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive 6TB

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The WD Purple 6TB SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive is engineered specifically for high-definition surveillance systems, offering reliable performa...

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WD Surveillance Purple SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive 8TB

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The WD Purple 8TB SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive is tailored for high-definition surveillance systems, offering robust performance and reliabili...

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WD Surveillance Purple SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive 4TB

KSh7,500.00 - KSh7,500.00
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The WD Purple 4TB SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive is engineered specifically for high-definition surveillance systems, providing reliabl...

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WD Surveillance Purple SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive 2TB

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The WD Purple 2TB SATA III 3.5" Internal Hard Drive (model WD23PURZ) is engineered specifically for surveillance systems, offering reliable perform...

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WD Surveillance Purple SATA III 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive 1TB

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The WD Purple 1TB Surveillance Hard Drive is engineered to meet the demands of modern surveillance systems. With support for up to 64 HD cameras an...

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Seagate SkyHawk Surveillance 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive - 12TB

KSh23,000.00 - KSh23,000.00
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The Seagate SkyHawk 12TB Surveillance Internal Hard Drive is engineered for high-capacity storage needs in surveillance systems, including Network ...

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Seagate SkyHawk Surveillance 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive - 10TB

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The Seagate SkyHawk 10TB Surveillance Internal Hard Drive is engineered for high-capacity storage needs in surveillance systems, including Network ...

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Seagate SkyHawk Surveillance 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive - 8TB

KSh17,000.00 - KSh17,000.00
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KSh17,000.00
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The Seagate SkyHawk ST8000VX004 is an 8TB internal hard drive designed specifically for surveillance systems, including Network Video Recorders (NV...

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Seagate SkyHawk Surveillance 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive - 6TB

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The Seagate SkyHawk ST6000VX001 is a 6TB internal hard drive designed specifically for surveillance systems, including Network Video Recorders (NVR...

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Seagate SkyHawk Surveillance 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive - 4TB

KSh7,500.00 - KSh7,500.00
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KSh7,500.00
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The Seagate SkyHawk is a 4TB internal hard drive designed specifically for surveillance systems, including Network Video Recorders (NVRs) and Digit...

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Seagate Desktop Internal Hard Disk Drive 2TB

KSh4,300.00 - KSh4,300.00
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Seagate 2TB Desktop Internal Hard Disk Drive, specifically the ST2000DM008 model, which is part of Seagate's Barracuda series. Product Overview Th...

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Seagate SkyHawk Surveillance 3.5″ Internal Hard Drive - 1TB

KSh5,500.00 - KSh5,500.00
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KSh5,500.00
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Seagate offers a range of surveillance-optimized hard drives under the SkyHawk series, designed to meet the demanding requirements of 24/7 video re...

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WD 1TB Internal Laptop Hard Disk Drive (HDD)

KSh3,500.00 - KSh3,500.00
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Reliable Performance. Massive Storage. WD Quality. Expand your laptop’s storage with the WD 1TB Internal Hard Disk Drive, designed to deliver depen...

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Surveillance hard drives in Kenya

A surveillance hard drive is built to record video around the clock. This collection lists WD Purple and Seagate SkyHawk 3.5-inch SATA drives from 1TB up to 12TB for DVRs, NVRs and CCTV servers, plus a few general-purpose drives that are not made for recording.

Why not use a normal desktop drive?

A recorder writes video constantly, often from many cameras at once. WD says its Purple drives use AllFrame technology, optimised for write-intensive, low-bit-rate, high-stream-count workloads, to help reduce dropped frames. Seagate's SkyHawk uses ImagePerfect firmware for 24x7 recording workloads. Both families are listed with a workload rating of up to 180TB per year, which WD describes as about three times a typical desktop drive. Retail listings also quote support for up to 64 cameras, depending on the recorder and configuration.

How much storage do you need?

Storage depends on the number of cameras, resolution, compression and retention. As an illustration, one camera recording continuously at 2Mbps writes about 21.6GB a day. Eight such cameras over 30 days need about 5.2TB, so a 6TB drive suits. Motion-only recording and H.265 compression lower this, while higher resolutions raise it.

Capacity Typical use
1TB to 2TB A few cameras, short retention
4TB to 6TB Small shops and homes, 4 to 8 cameras
8TB to 12TB Larger systems, longer retention, higher resolutions

Things to check

  • Recorder limits: many recorders cap each drive at a set size (for example 4TB on some Hikvision DVR models), so check your recorder before buying a 12TB disk.
  • Interface: these are 3.5-inch SATA III drives.
  • Stable power: brownouts damage disks; see CCTV power supplies and UPS units.
  • Not for everyday PC use: a Seagate desktop 2TB drive and a WD laptop drive in this collection are general-purpose drives, so check the listing.

Popular drives

More storage is in Western Digital, and recorders are in DVRs.

Frequently asked questions

WD Purple or SkyHawk?

Both are made for surveillance. Choose by capacity, price and recorder support.

What size for 4 cameras?

That depends on resolution and retention; 2TB to 4TB is a common start.

Can I use one in a PC?

It is a standard SATA drive, but built for recording, not everyday computing.

Adepta Technologies delivers in Nairobi and across Kenya. Tell us your recorder model and camera count and we will help you choose.