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WD Purple Pro 8TB

WD's CCTV line, built for camera recorders (NVRs and DVRs).

Capacity
8 TB
Recording
CMR
Speed
7,200 rpm
Warranty
5 years
Workload
550 TB/yr
Failure rate
No failure data

Good for

  • A CCTV recorder (NVR or DVR)
  • 5 years' warranty

Not for

  • A NAS (WD gives it no NAS rating)
  • A desk or bedroom (7,200 rpm is the louder class)

Updated 27 Oct 2026 · Method 2.0

Is the WD Purple Pro 8 TB right for you?

It's the right sort of drive for an NVR or a CCTV recorder, which is the job WD rates it for. It turns up when you sort everything by price per TB, which is why it's labelled here. In a NAS you'd be running it outside what WD rates it for, and for an array you want a drive that's rated for one. WD backs it for five years, which is a long time in drive terms.

Watch out for

No NAS rating from WD. For an array, pick a NAS line instead. Being 7,200 rpm, it's in the noisier, warmer class of drive, and you'll want it somewhere you don't sit.

There's no Backblaze data worth quoting here. WD's datasheet puts it at 29 dB idle and 36 dB seeking. Power draw is 6.5 W idle and 7.3 W working on WD's figures, or 57 kWh a year if it spends the whole year idling.

Specifications

Each value links to the Western Digital page or datasheet it came from.

WD Purple Pro 8TB specifications
Drive type Surveillance source for Drive type (westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Capacity 8 TB source for Capacity (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Spindle speed 7,200 rpm source for Spindle speed (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Recording technology CMR source for Recording technology (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Cache 256 MB source for Cache (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Interface SATA 6Gb/s source for Interface (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Form factor 3.5in source for Form factor (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Max sustained transfer 267 MB/s source for Max sustained transfer (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Workload rating 550 TB/yr source for Workload rating (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
MTBF / MTTF 2,000,000 hours source for MTBF / MTTF (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Warranty 5 years source for Warranty (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Power at idle 6.5 W source for Power at idle (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Power in use 7.3 W source for Power in use (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Noise at idle 29 dB source for Noise at idle (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)
Noise when seeking 36 dB source for Noise when seeking (documents.westerndigital.com, opens in new tab)

Sources: documents.westerndigital.com, westerndigital.com