Western Digital's official site has
WD Gold Enterprise Class SATA HDD - 14TB (Model Number: WD141KRYZ) [westerndigital.com] for $229.99 with free shipping after applying the code WDGOLD.
Seems like a decent deal for a brand new enterprise grade hard drive with a 5 year warranty. It's better buying this rather than a "
refurbished drive" that has been heavily used and abused in a corporate environment for years IMO.
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On another note, do the Golds "feature" PWDIS?
I'm not sure if any WD Golds support Power Disable and I can't find documentation either way. I still find it curious that it's so common on Ultrastars yet on very few Exos drives.
I should add that the student/teacher discount is 20%. [westerndigital.com]
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Is this better than even Purple for video surveillance recording?
Is this better than even Purple for video surveillance recording
Purple is surveillance. Surveillance is 24/7 write, with rare reads.
Purple drives will always be "better" - in that no matter what, data is written well, although when reading the data, it might be slower/not as fast.
Gold drives are enterprise designed for 24/7 read and writes.
It is technically "better" all around, but not designed for 24/7 writes. Data writes may be less accurate when compared to Purple BUT likely doesn't matter.
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