seagate skyhawk 2tb 7200 surveillance hard drive good for normal use and gaming ?

[Rick_MVP]

I've an Western digital sata bule 1tb 7200 hdd . It works fine for me , I don't need blazing fast stuff . Now the seagate one is surveillance hdd but rated as 7200 rpm. What will be the difference for the fact , it being a surveillance hdd ? the 7200 WD works fine for me , Will the seagate surveillance 2tb 7200 rpm work same as the wd one because of the 7200 rating ?
PS - Seagate barracuda is not available that's why i'm asking about the surveillance hdd .
thanks

 

[atljsf]

these server or dvr hard disks are meant to be used 24/7 doing only one thing, writing

the speed doesn't really matter on most cases

on windows often you read more than what you write, so the lack of cache on the hard disk can impoact the performance you expect to get form it

if you use a ssd for os and this one for game storage, it should be fine

if it is going to be the only hard disk, have patience with it, especially when booting, you might find it running acceptably fast or unacceptably slow

it should work, those units are meant to work alot for years so your data should be secure

i do not recomend seagate, i do like more western digital on the same range of products, server and dvr models, but they mostly do 5400rpm models, so it is your choice in the end

 

[seagate_surfer]

Hi, this is the Official Seagate Forums Team. When you see differences in drive types like surveillance, NAS, and desktop, this means they were engineered with different uses in mind, and usually have different firmware on the drives for those uses as well. A surveillance drive like [urlExt=http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/hdd/skyhawk/]Seagate SkyHawk series[/urlExt] is optimized for write operations majority of the time, for example, writing to a surveillance DVR system 90% of the time and playback (reading) the other 10%. Different drive types also have different workload ratings. Another type of drive you may want to look into is [urlExt=http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/hdd/ironwolf/]Seagate IronWolf series[/urlExt]. IronWolf has a lot of the same benefits including 24/7 use rating that many people like about the SkyHawk, but is more balanced in terms of read/write usage and has firmware designed with multiple users, cloud storage, vibration, and NAS enclosure applications in mind. Here is some common comparisons across the three main types:

http://imgur.com/F9goKaN

Regardless of which drive you decide is right for your needs in the end, we want to say thank you for considering Seagate!

Seagate Technology | Official Forums Team

IronWolf Drives for NAS Applications
SkyHawk Drives for Surveillance Applications
BarraCuda Drives for PC and Gaming

 

[Rick_MVP]

Hi, this is the Official Seagate Forums Team. When you see differences in drive types like surveillance, NAS, and desktop, this means they were engineered with different uses in mind, and usually have different firmware on the drives for those uses as well. A surveillance drive like [urlExt=http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/hdd/skyhawk/]Seagate SkyHawk series[/urlExt] is optimized for write operations majority of the time, for example, writing to a surveillance DVR system 90% of the time and playback (reading) the other 10%. Different drive types also have different workload ratings. Another type of drive you may want to look into is [urlExt=http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/hdd/ironwolf/]Seagate IronWolf series[/urlExt]. IronWolf has a lot of the same benefits including 24/7 use rating that many people like about the SkyHawk, but is more balanced in terms of read/write usage and has firmware designed with multiple users, cloud storage, vibration, and NAS enclosure applications in mind. Here is some common comparisons across the three main types:

http://imgur.com/F9goKaN

Regardless of which drive you decide is right for your needs in the end, we want to say thank you for considering Seagate!

Seagate Technology | Official Forums Team

IronWolf Drives for NAS Applications
SkyHawk Drives for Surveillance Applications
BarraCuda Drives for PC and Gaming

I bought the Barracuda 7200 rpm one . And I'm satisfied .