Lorex NR916-N NVR Hard Drive Compatibility and Capacity

[limerence]

Hello,

I have the NR916-N NVR that currently has a Seagate 3TB hard drive in it. I was looking to expand it and wanted to see which hard drives work. In doing a search on Lorex for the same part number, the following result comes up (which is for the NR9163)

4K Ultra HD 16 Channel Security NVR, 3TB Hard Drive, Cloud Storage, POE, Records 4K (4 x 1080p) at 30FPS, Onvif compliant with Audio Recording

The 3 in the part number I am assuming represents the 3TB drive it came with. So here are my questions:

1) I wanted to purchase two new WD Purple drives for it and see that the product page says that it is expandable to 16 TB (2 x 8TB drives). The odd thing here is that if you look at the Q&A on the page where Lorex reps answered capacity questions, in multiple responses they say the max is 12TB ( 2 x 6TB). Which is it?

2) WD has a new line of purple drives that is 7200RPMs (WD82PURZ) and the older which is 5400 RPMs (WD81PURZ). Does anyone know if the new line is compatible with the Lorex NVRs as well?

Thanks in advance.
-John

 

[mat200]

Hello,

I have the NR916-N NVR that currently has a Seagate 3TB hard drive in it. I was looking to expand it and wanted to see which hard drives work. In doing a search on Lorex for the same part number, the following result comes up (which is for the NR9163)

4K Ultra HD 16 Channel Security NVR, 3TB Hard Drive, Cloud Storage, POE, Records 4K (4 x 1080p) at 30FPS, Onvif compliant with Audio Recording

The 3 in the part number I am assuming represents the 3TB drive it came with. So here are my questions:

1) I wanted to purchase two new WD Purple drives for it and see that the product page says that it is expandable to 16 TB (2 x 8TB drives). The odd thing here is that if you look at the Q&A on the page where Lorex reps answered capacity questions, in multiple responses they say the max is 12TB ( 2 x 6TB). Which is it?

2) WD has a new line of purple drives that is 7200RPMs (WD82PURZ) and the older which is 5400 RPMs (WD81PURZ). Does anyone know if the new line is compatible with the Lorex NVRs as well?

Thanks in advance.
-John

Hi John,

I recall seeing reports by people who have purchased some of the Lorex ( Dahua OEM ) NVRs that they do support 8TB HDD.

For some of the "lite" Dahua OEM versions of the NVR ipcamtalk members have reported that they can only hold up to 6TB HDDs.

That noted, I do believe you should able to put a 8TB HDD into that NVR.

Let us know if you can confirm this.

 

[limerence]

Thanks Mat. You're the one who spawned me to buy the set up (that is still uninstalled, lol. but will be my project over the next month) with your slick deals post. Its the setup through Lorex, not the Costco setup.

I was just thinking I should buy the 8TBs but then I see that LaView is having a sale on the 3TB WD Purple drives for $70 each. Not sure how good the Seagate Seahawk drives are but the one in the NVR is brand spankin new. Now the debate is:

Buy...

1) Two 8 TB WD Purple drives (7200 RPMs) - new models

2) Two 8 TB WD Purple drives (5400 RPMs) - old models

3) Two 3 TB WD Purple drives (5400 RPMs)

4) One 3TB WD Purple drive (5400 RPMs) and use Seagate Seahawk drive that came with NVR

Opinions?

Thanks.
John

 

[mat200]

Thanks Mat. You're the one who spawned me to buy the set up (that is still uninstalled, lol. but will be my project over the next month) with your slick deals post. Its the setup through Lorex, not the Costco setup.

I was just thinking I should buy the 8TBs but then I see that LaView is having a sale on the 3TB WD Purple drives for $70 each. Not sure how good the Seagate Seahawk drives are but the one in the NVR is brand spankin new. Now the debate is:

Buy...

1) Two 8 TB WD Purple drives (7200 RPMs) - new models

2) Two 8 TB WD Purple drives (5400 RPMs) - old models

3) Two 3 TB WD Purple drives (5400 RPMs)

4) One 3TB WD Purple drive (5400 RPMs) and use Seagate Seahawk drive that came with NVR

Opinions?

Thanks.
John

Hi John,

The smallest HDD I would get would be the 4TB HDD - also on sale at LaView.. iirc about $100 - so not too much more per TB compared to the 3TB

You'll need to decide on your budget and needs. Personally if you need storage and can afford it, I would try a 8TB HDD in there