WD red drives vs. AV-GP drives?

[spdfreak]

It's a bit hard to decipher from WD's marketing stuff which of these drives would actually be better for larger storage solutions for video surveillance NVR's. Some of the units we use are just 2-4TB for smaller jobs but clients are now opting for more cameras and much higher res cameras. So we are finding that we need 6-12TB in a lot of cases so that there is 2-4 weeks storage.
Are there any good reasons to go with the Red drives vs. the AV-GP drives? Cost is about the same now, so not really a factor. Typical install is in a 4U case or mid-tower on a MB with 6 SATA III ports and they are not RAIDed.

 

[Dr-Kiev]

It's a bit hard to decipher from WD's marketing stuff which of these drives would actually be better for larger storage solutions for video surveillance NVR's. Some of the units we use are just 2-4TB for smaller jobs but clients are now opting for more cameras and much higher res cameras. So we are finding that we need 6-12TB in a lot of cases so that there is 2-4 weeks storage.
Are there any good reasons to go with the Red drives vs. the AV-GP drives? Cost is about the same now, so not really a factor. Typical install is in a 4U case or mid-tower on a MB with 6 SATA III ports and they are not RAIDed.

According to the vendor this drive has difference in few things:
Red drives more adapted for NAS storages (no sleep mode - during short inactivity), and it doesn't have static spindel rotation (like 5400 fro AV-GP) , rotating of platters can be manipulated by FW in real time for Red drives.

If you gonna use hdds in NAS storage, use Red ones. If just in PC, better AV-GP , they will save you more power.

 

[Charlie98]

My video recorder has a AV-GP in it and it has worked very well. I just pulled it in December to SMART check it and log the hours (no problems, 9700 hours.) It is a bit noisy, writing constantly 24hrs a day (it's in my master closet, when it's very quiet in the house I can hear it writing when I'm in bed... but nothing terrible.)

I questioned the choice of the Green drive (Reds weren't available when I bought the system...) because I thought the whole idea of Green drives was to park the drive when it wasn't writing, saving power. Problem is... a AV-GP drive, by definition, is intended to write constantly in most applications... they could have easily put a Blue or Black in it if you wanted to look past the power consumption differences with 5400rpm vs 7200rpm.

If my Green ever dies, I'll probably stick a Red in it... the stated purpose of the Red seems more inline with heavy write/24hr service of video recording.

 

[Cerb]

According to the vendor this drive has difference in few things:
Red drives more adapted for NAS storages (no sleep mode - during short inactivity), and it doesn't have static spindel rotation (like 5400 fro AV-GP)

They do have static speed, but they could go decide to change what it is on a whim. That was entirely a sly marketing thing by WD, just like the Green.