
Temperature sensor: ProLiant monitor the temperature of temperature sensor 26 which sits on the drive.

To purchase, visit Lorex’s Security Grade Storage solutions.There are two issues when looking at hard drive compatibility: Surveillance grade HDDs include the WD purple series and the Seagate Skyhawk series. Tip: Remember when replacing your HDD, check your recorder's specifications for the maximum HDD capacity and size. With a wide variety of HDD capacities there are many options to increase your DVR or NVR storage. Security grade HDDs can range in capacity from 1TB to 10+TBs. Surveillance HDDs work with a variety of security systems and have a high capacity to support multiple camera streams or channels. We understand that your video data is precious and reliability is key to long-lasting protection for both. Surveillance HDDs reduce the chances of crashes or data corruption. Surveillance grade HDDs are specifically made to record large amounts of video data and withstand the continuous workload that is demanded from security systems. Surveillance grade HDDs ensure data protection, storage integrity, and reliability through 24/7 multiple video recording. The following is an example of where to find the HDD size on a Western Digital (WD) HDD:

Also, check the size of your recorder's HDD. Before replacing the HDD, refer to the recorder's specification sheet for the maximum HDD capacity. Select recorders come with a 2.5" SATA HDD pre-installed.

Your recorder typically comes with a pre-installed 3.5" SATA hard disk drive (HDD). Surveillance grade HDDs are designed for surveillance security systems to deliver quality video playback, efficient performance, and are optimized to work 24/7 with multiple channels of video. Lorex tests and certifies every HDD for compatibility with your recorder and Lorex only uses surveillance grade hard disk drives. While these are all hard disk drives, they are not suitable for use with Lorex recorders as they are not optimized for the requirements of 24/7 multi-channel video recording. There are different hard disk drives available in the market there are general drives which are typically used for computers and then there are drives marketed for various purposes such as network attached storage (NAS) or for computer servers. The following article details which type of hard disk drive (HDD) is compatible with Lorex recorders.
