HDD recommendation

Jessie.slimer said:
I bought it April 2021. Its making weird noises and is not recognized about 50% of the time after cpu reboots. Another reboot and it shows up, but I fear one of these times it won't.
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Annoying, best get it swapped out, only so many times it will come back to life no doubt about that!

Some will say brand is personal preference, I will take WD every single time, but only in 5 year warranty flavour, ie Blacks or Enterprise. I used to have a stack of failed Seagates removed from machines I had not supplied!

Value for money, extracting a drive from the WD external enclosures is my choice, but this DIY method is not for everyone, also the warranty technically becomes void and would not be 5 years regardless. Even though technically they contain '5 year' drives.
 
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Another +1 for WD enterprise. The YouTube channel I linked in an earlier post recently released an updated reliability video and my HC530's are still ranking great!

 
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not to hijack (ok, maybe a little) but how could I add a second HDD to a Blue Iris OptiPlex 7040 SFF machine? It already has a 2.5 ssd, and one 3.5 WD Purple. Any way to add a second 3.5 Purple? I assume not inside..???
 
The 7040 SFF may not have a 4th SATA terminal onboard. then you'd have to disconnect the DVD's SATA (data) connector and steal that one. BUT the 7040 may not have another SATA (power connector)
rdxny said:
not to hijack (ok, maybe a little) but how could I add a second HDD to a Blue Iris OptiPlex 7040 SFF machine? It already has a 2.5 ssd, and one 3.5 WD Purple. Any way to add a second 3.5 Purple? I assume not inside..???
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The Dell OptiPlex 7040 SFF (Small Form Factor) officially supports one 3.5" or two 2.5" internal drives plus one M.2 SSD, totaling up to three drives, utilizing its integrated SATA ports and M.2 slots, but you'll likely need physical brackets and a SATA power splitter for multiple drives, with an M.2 NVMe SSD being the easiest primary option for speed, says the Dell OptiPlex 7040 SFF Owner's Manual.
Here's a breakdown of drive possibilities:
  • Primary Drive (Internal Bay): Typically holds one 3.5" HDD or two 2.5" SSDs/HDDs using appropriate caddies.
  • Optical Drive Bay: Can often be converted to hold an additional 2.5" drive.
  • M.2 Slot: Supports one M.2 SATA or NVMe SSD for fast boot/application storage.
  • SATA Ports: The motherboard usually provides three SATA connectors for internal drives.
To connect more drives:
  1. Check your specific SFF: Confirm if your case has brackets for multiple 2.5" drives or if you need to buy 3D-printed/aftermarket ones.
  2. SATA Power: You'll need a SATA power splitter (Y-splitter) to power multiple drives from one PSU cable.
  3. M.2 Slot: A single M.2 SSD is a simple way to add fast storage without physical bays.
In summary, while physically fitting them can require mods, you can connect one M.2 SSD + one 3.5" HDD + one 2.5" SSD (using the optical bay) for a total of three drives, or two 2.5" drives in the main bay, with the M.2, by managing power and physical space.
 
Thanks Flintstone61, I think the combo of lack of connectors, space, cooling, and maybe power makes having two 3.5 drives (and the SSD) unlikely in the Optiplex SFF (there was no cd/dvd) . I was hoping someone had successfully done it and could offer ideas, but it seems no. I'll live with the one drive for a dozen cameras and if I do want a second drive for videos I'll consider upgrading the PC for something that can do it (I did read the other posts that discuss that). Thanks....
 
rdxny said:
Thanks Flintstone61, I think the combo of lack of connectors, space, cooling, and maybe power makes having two 3.5 drives (and the SSD) unlikely in the Optiplex SFF (there was no cd/dvd) . I was hoping someone had successfully done it and could offer ideas, but it seems no. I'll live with the one drive for a dozen cameras and if I do want a second drive for videos I'll consider upgrading the PC for something that can do it (I did read the other posts that discuss that). Thanks....
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you can slow down the FPS on the cams ( if you haven't already) to take some pressure off the hard drive. Used PC's with 2-3 HDD bays to run BI are cheaper than a new Hard drive in some cases. If you pick up an HP Elitedesk G4 800 SFF on Ebay it can run win 11 AND has two 3.5" bays stuffed into it. As the Elitedesk line has evolved, I see now where newer ones (10 generation intel most likely and up) have only 1-3.5" Bay.
here are links to 2.

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Thanks, yes, I did see the newer Elitedesk pc's had only one drive bay. I haven't had issues with one purple drive yet, just thinking ahead if I add more cams than the 12 I have now:) I run 15 fps now, mostly continuous substream until triggers. I figured splitting the cams to two HDD was a good idea, but it is more complicated than just buying a drive I see. Many thanks for the info and links.
 
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Thanks, yes, I did see the newer Elitedesk pc's had only one drive bay. I haven't had issues with one purple drive yet, just thinking ahead if I add more cams than the 12 I have now:) I run 15 fps now, mostly continuous substream until triggers. I figured splitting the cams to two HDD was a good idea, but it is more complicated than just buying a drive I see. Many thanks for the info and links.
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I have been running 17 cameras on 1 WD Purple Pro 14TB hard drive for more than a couple of years now. HP Elitedesk SFF i7-8700 processor with 16GB of RAM using just CPU for everything including Code Project AI. No issues with this setup. BI is set up for all cameras at 10FPS all 2MP and (6) 4MP cameras. Very happy with BI and Code Project on just the 1 hard drive. Just my 2 cents.
 
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