“Is there any reason i this would be difficult to install in a four bay raid 5 enclosure to make 16TB for my companies surveillance? I assume i can be done simply, but don't want to talk my boss into spending the money and have it not work.”
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Internally it is a white labeled re-badged WD red drive 256mb caches and with TLER support.However, I have read some people shucked and had Red drives inside. Also, I have heard there was some issue with certain NAS systems.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Yes, you can do this. I'm running 5 of these in my enclosure and works great.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Well considering that these are external hard drives, they wouldn't fit in a Raid 5 enclosure. However if you want to possibly void your warranty and remove the internal drive from the case I'm sure it would work. Not sure a company would want to risk that though.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Whos 4 bay enclosure? Check with that manufacturer for compatibility.
Sorry, there was a problem. Please try again later.Not difficult to install, but you probably don't want to get this drive for surveillance. They use low cost consumer grade hard drives in these externals, which are not designed to be used 24/7 like a surveillance drive. High usage drives are understandably much more expensive, so depending on your budget, these will work, but it is questionable for how long. You can read a little more about it here. https://storageservers.wordpress.com/2014/12/08/difference-between-a-normal-hard-drive-and-surveillance-hard-drive/
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