versed 0 Posted November 3, 2015 I'm trying to make a decision on a hard drive for my camera server. Don't know whether to go with an SSD or spindle HD for the OS and camera software (will use WD Purple for data storage). I certainly don't need the speed of an SSD but it would be quieter, cooler. On the other hand I can get a 1TB spindle drive for about the same price as an 120GB SSD. I could use the remainder of the 1TB for backup of non-camera data. Your thoughts please? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrmymllr 0 Posted November 3, 2015 I'm trying to make a decision on a hard drive for my camera server. Don't know whether to go with an SSD or spindle HD for the OS and camera software (will use WD Purple for data storage). I certainly don't need the speed of an SSD but it would be quieter, cooler. On the other hand I can get a 1TB spindle drive for about the same price as an 120GB SSD. I could use the remainder of the 1TB for backup of non-camera data. Your thoughts please? It really depends on what you want, but I'm finding it difficult to buy any more HDDs. Despite the higher cost of SSDs, I like the silence, low power, and high speed. So my advice is if you don't want to pay for an SSD, buy a HDD. Simple as that. However, SSDs do have a limited number of writes, but I'm finding this to not even be much of a concern. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
versed 0 Posted November 4, 2015 I'm trying to make a decision on a hard drive for my camera server. Don't know whether to go with an SSD or spindle HD for the OS and camera software (will use WD Purple for data storage). I certainly don't need the speed of an SSD but it would be quieter, cooler. On the other hand I can get a 1TB spindle drive for about the same price as an 120GB SSD. I could use the remainder of the 1TB for backup of non-camera data. Your thoughts please? It really depends on what you want, but I'm finding it difficult to buy any more HDDs. Despite the higher cost of SSDs, I like the silence, low power, and high speed. So my advice is if you don't want to pay for an SSD, buy a HDD. Simple as that. However, SSDs do have a limited number of writes, but I'm finding this to not even be much of a concern. thanks for the reply. I'm running a small SSD in my business computer and wouldn't be without it for the reasons you mention. The cost is not that much of an issue, and I would only use an SSD for OS and programs in any computer. Data HD's are so cheap, and even though with the limited number of writes, I imagine the SSD drive will be obsolete before it craters. I guess I was just looking at the amount of storage I was giving up for the same cost, but at the same time I'm gaining some very good benefits of an SSD. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrmymllr 0 Posted November 4, 2015 thanks for the reply. I'm running a small SSD in my business computer and wouldn't be without it for the reasons you mention. The cost is not that much of an issue, and I would only use an SSD for OS and programs in any computer. Data HD's are so cheap, and even though with the limited number of writes, I imagine the SSD drive will be obsolete before it craters. I guess I was just looking at the amount of storage I was giving up for the same cost, but at the same time I'm gaining some very good benefits of an SSD. FWIW, I use a 240GB SSD in my PC-based NVR. 3 cameras, 2048x1536 10FPS. 5 GB is for Linux/apps, the rest for motion detect video storage. Your results will vary of course, but in about 5 days I'm at 16% usage so that's roughly 1 month of storage. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
