WD Purple 14TB Surveillance Hard Drive — Extended-Retention Storage for Chicago NVR Builds
Model / Series: WD142PURZ
14 TB surveillance hard drive rated for 24/7 NVR duty — the size we install when a 16-camera 4K system needs 90-day retention.
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Specifications
- Brand
- Western Digital
- Model
- WD142PURZ
- Series
- WD Purple
- Type
- Surveillance-rated hard drive
- Capacity
- 14 TB
- Form Factor
- 3.5-inch SATA
- Interface
- SATA 6 Gb/s
- RPM
- 7,200 RPM
- Cache
- 512 MB
- Workload
- Up to 360 TB/year
- Camera Support
- Up to 64 cameras
- Special Features
- WD AllFrame AI technology
- MTBF
- 1,500,000+ hours
- Warranty
- 3 years
- Operating Temperature
- 0 °C to +65 °C
Best Fit & Recommended For
WD Purple 14TB — Extended-Retention Surveillance Drive
The WD Purple 14TB is a higher-capacity drive from Western Digital’s WD Purple line — featuring AllFrame AI technology, 512 MB cache, 7,200 RPM, 360 TB/year workload, MTBF 1,500,000+ hours, 3-year warranty.
The 14 TB size covers 32-camera NVR builds and 16-camera 4K systems that need 90+ days of footage — typical pairings with the QRN-1630S, XRN-820S, and XRN-3220B2 NVRs.
Where the WD Purple 14TB Fits
- 32-camera NVR builds with 60-90 day retention
- 16-camera 4K NVR with 90+ day retention
- Condo and HOA buildings where the board wants months of footage, not weeks
- Warehouse NVRs recording docks and aisles around the clock
- Property management portfolios standardizing on one drive size
- Parking garages where the cameras never stop writing
Local Chicago Coverage
Vidimost installs WD Purple 14 TB drives across the full city of Chicago for extended-retention NVR projects.
Recommended NVR Pairings
- Hanwha QRN-1630S — Q-series 16-channel with 20 TB HDD support (14 TB fits comfortably)
- Hanwha XRN-820S — X-series 8-channel flagship with multi-bay
- Hanwha XRN-3220B2 — X-series 32-channel with 8 HDD bays
Professional Installation by Vidimost
When a condo board asks for three months of footage instead of three weeks, this is usually the drive that makes the math work. Vidimost LLC installs WD Purple 14 TB in NVR builds across Chicago. Contact us for a free site walkthrough and quote.
Frequently Installed Together
Western Digital
WD Purple 10TB
10 TB WD Purple surveillance drive with AllFrame AI — enough capacity for a 16-camera 4K NVR keeping 60 days of video.
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WD Purple 18TB
Pro-tier 18 TB surveillance hard drive rated 550 TB/year — built for AI NVRs that write video plus metadata around the clock.
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Hanwha XRN-820S
8-channel Wisenet X NVR that searches recorded video by person, vehicle, or plate — for storefronts and offices where every camera counts.
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Hanwha XRN-3220B2
32-channel Hanwha NVR with eight drive bays and AI search — one box that runs the whole camera system in a warehouse or high-rise.
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Hanwha QRN-1630S
The Hanwha QRN-1630S is a 16-channel Wisenet Q-series NVR with 16 built-in PoE+ ports, 8 MP per channel support, H.265 / H.264 / MJPEG codec, 128 Mbps recording bandwidth, dual SATA HDD bays up to 20 TB each (40 TB total), HDMI + VGA output, NDAA / TAA compliance, and Hanwha cybersecurity. The mid-tier Chicago commercial NVR — handles 16-camera deployments with extended-retention storage at HOAs, mid-business retail, professional offices, and multi-position commercial properties.
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