Product Description
A 500GB 3.5" SATA hard drive from Seagate's Barracuda range, supplied ready to slot into a DVR or NVR for continuous recording duty. It suits jobs where footage retention matters more than raw capacity — small retail premises, offices, or a single-site residential install running one or two channels.
Key specs
- Capacity: 500GB
- Rotation speed: 7200 RPM
- Interface: SATA III
- Cache: 128MB
- Form factor: 3.5 inch
- Compliance: RoHS compliant
- Category: Internal Hard Disk Drive (Drives, Storage & Blank Media)
The 7200 RPM spindle speed keeps read/write access fast enough for continuous write cycles, which is what 24/7 recording demands rather than a desktop drive doing occasional file transfers. SATA III gives high-speed data transfer to the host recorder.
Beyond CCTV recorders, this drive fits desktops, servers, NAS devices, and external enclosures, so it's a reasonable stock item for installers who also handle general IT alongside surveillance work. Confirm the DVR/NVR's supported drive capacity before specifying, particularly on older recorder models with capacity ceilings.
For loop recording setups, remember the drive itself only stores data — the recorder's overwrite/loop recording setting controls whether old footage gets cleared automatically once the drive fills.
Specifications
- Capacity
- 500GB
- Speed
- 7200 RPM
- Cache
- 16 MB
- Interface
- SATA III 6.0 Gb/s
- Form Factor
- 3.5"
- Brand
- Seagate
Technical Specifications
Frequently Asked Questions
My DVR/NVR shows 'Storage Full' even though this drive is fitted — why?
This is usually because the recorder isn't set to overwrite old footage once the drive fills. Enable Overwrite or Loop Recording in the recorder's Storage/HDD settings and it will delete the oldest footage automatically and keep recording.
Does this drive work with DVR/NVR recorders?
Yes — it is a standard 3.5-inch SATA drive that works with DVR/NVR recorders, though you'll still need to configure the overwrite/loop recording setting correctly on the recorder.
