WD Purple Pro 26TB Surveillance Hard Drive (WD260PURP) – SATA 6Gb/s, 7200 RPM, 512MB Cache, CMR – 4-Pack

The WD Purple Pro 26TB (WD260PURP) is an enterprise surveillance hard drive for AI-enabled NVRs, video analytics servers and multi-site CCTV deployments. It supports up to 64 cameras plus 32 AI streams, with a 550TB/year workload rating and 2.5 million hours MTBF for 24/7 recording.

Enterprise surveillance storage for AI-enabled recorders.

Storage Built for Recording and Analytics at the Same Time

Modern NVRs do more than record. Face and licence-plate recognition, object search and analytics add heavy random reads on top of constant multi-camera writes. Standard surveillance drives are not rated for that mixed workload, and frame loss or slow searches follow.

The WD Purple Pro 26TB is built for it, with a 550TB/year workload rating, support for 32 AI streams and AllFrame AI firmware that keeps writes smooth while analytics read back footage. At 26TB per drive, it delivers some of the highest capacity per bay available, so surveillance pools reach large usable sizes with fewer drives and less power per terabyte. This listing is a 4-pack of identical drives, matched for building or expanding a RAID set in one order.

Up to 64 Cameras and 32 AI Streams

Record high-resolution streams and run deep-learning analytics on the same recorder without frame drops.

Enterprise Reliability and Health Reporting

A 2.5 million hours MTBF rating and Device Health Management help integrators keep large surveillance systems running with planned, not emergency, drive replacements.

Setup Instructions

How to Install the WD Purple Pro 26TB

1. Check that your NVR or server supports the drive capacity and is powered off (unless hot-swap).
2. Install the drive in a tray or bay and connect SATA data and power.
3. Initialise the drive in the recorder’s storage manager and assign it to a recording group or RAID.
4. Configure retention, analytics and health alerts, then confirm all cameras are recording.