2.5" HD for recording?

Benak said:

I am getting ready to deploy a new BI system and have the chance to buy a Dell 3020M local to me with a i7-4785T & 16GB of ram on the cheap. The chassis doesn't have a 3.5" drive bay, only 2.5" in addition to M.2 that I would put the OS on.

So my question is is there a 2.5" drive that is suitable/decent for NVR type duty in a 2.5" form factor that similar to a WD Purple? I tried searching the forum and Amazon without much luck so I apologize ahead of time if this has been answered somewhere else and I completely missed it.

Thanks

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Benak said:

Thanks Fenderman,

I can get this for less than $100. More than anything I'm curious about 2.5 drives, never considered that form factor for NVR duty.

I actually had an 5th Gen i5 SFF Optiplex I was going to buy local too (as opposed to this micro) but the seller backed out for some reason. That led me down this path.

eBay shipping is expensive (and sometimes not possible) where I'm at so my options are a little more restrictive than what you're all used to in the continental US.

I'll keep looking around for a "regular" SFF or mini tower but I'm still curious if anyone knows of 2.5" HD's purpose built like the WD purple drives.

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fenderman said:

Also note the for optimal performance aa blu iris pc should have an ssd for the os bi and the db folder. This unit has no additional room. Furthermore the 2.5 drives don't come in large sizes.

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Benak said:

This machine has a free M.2 slot so I would of put a 256GB or so M.2 SSD in it to boot from/run the OS, further this application is only for a few 1080p cameras, 1 or 2TB of storage is fine for the use case. To that end, I've seen 5TB mechanical 2.5" drives on Amazon (never had my hands on one though). What isn't acceptable is a hard drive that isn't suitable for reliable continued recording duty.

I've moved on from the "micro" Optiplex but my question still remains for posterity: is there a good 2.5" form factor HD for NVR applications? I'm guessing some of the small NVR's from the brand X companies out there use 2.5 drives, maybe not?

Thanks

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