HDD Compatibility List

Instek Digital MatriVideo video-recorders and archive servers are compatible with the following hard-drives. For more detailed information on the specific hard-drivers - please visit the manufacturers website.

Capacity	Manufacturer	Model / Family	Model	Host*	RAID**	DAS***
1TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar A7K1000	HUA721010KLA330	No	Yes	No
1TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar A7K2000	HUA722010CLA330	Yes	Yes	No
1TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar A7K2000	HUA722010CLA331	Yes	Yes	No
1TB	Seagate	Barracuda ES.21	ST3250310NS	No	Yes	No
1TB	Seagate	SV35.3 Series	ST31000340SV	No	Yes	No
1TB	Seagate	Constellation ES	ST1000NM0011	Yes	No	No
1TB	Western Digital	WD RE2-GP	WD1000FYPS	No	Yes	No
1TB	Western Digital	WD RE3	WD1002FBYS	No	Yes	Yes
1TB	Western Digital	WD RE4	WD1003FBYX	Yes	Yes	No
1TB	Western Digital	WD AV-GP	WD10EURS	No	No	No
1TB	Western Digital	WD AV-GP	WD10EVDS	No	No	No
1TB	Western Digital	WD AV-GP	WD10EVVS	No	No	No
1TB	Western Digital	WD Caviar Black	WD1002FAEX	No	No	Yes
1TB	Western Digital	WD RE SAS	WD1000FYYG	Yes	No	No

1.5TB	Western Digital	WD RE4	WD1503FYYS	Yes	Yes	No
1.5TB	Western Digital	WD AV-GP	WD15EURS	No	No	No
1.5TB	Western Digital	WD Cariar Black	WD1502FAEX	No	No	No
1.5TB	Western Digital	WD RE4-GP	WD1502FYPS	Yes	No	No

2TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar 5K3000	HUA5C3020ALA640	Yes	No	No
2TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar 5K3000	HUA5C3020ALA641	Yes	No	No
2TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar A7K2000	HUA722020ALA330	Yes	Yes	Yes
2TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar A7K2000	HUA722020ALA331	Yes	Yes	No
2TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar 7K3000	HUA723020ALA640	Yes	No	No
2TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar 7K3000	HUA723020BLA641	Yes	No	No
2TB	Hitachi	Deskstar 7K3000	HDS723020BLA642	No	No	Yes
2TB	Seagate	Constellation	ST32000644NS	Yes	Yes	No
2TB	Seagate	Constellation	ST2000NM0011	Yes	No	No
2TB	Western Digital	WD RE SAS	WD2000FYYG	Yes	No	No
2TB	Western Digital	WD RE4	WD2003FYYS	Yes	Yes	Yes
2TB	Western Digital	WD RE4-GP	WD2002FYPS	Yes	Yes	n/a
2TB	Western Digital	WD AV-GP	WD20EURS	No	No	No
2TB	Western Digital	WD AV-GP	WD20EVDS	No	No	No
2TB	Western Digital	WD Caviar Black	WD2001FASS	No	No	No
2TB	Western Digital	WD Caviar Black	WD2002FAEX	No	No	Yes

3TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar 5K3000	HUA5C3030ALA640	Yes	No	No
3TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar 5K3000	HUA5C3030ALA641	Yes	No	No
3TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar 7K3000	HUA723030ALA640	Yes	Yes	No
3TB	Hitachi	Ultrastar 7K3000	HUA723030ALA641	Yes	No	No
3TB	Hitachi	Deskstar 7K3000	HDS723030ALA640	No	Yes	Yes
3TB	Seagate	Constellation ES2	ST33000650NS	Yes	Yes	Yes
3TB	Seagate	Barracuda® XT	ST33000651AS	No	No	Yes

* Host: refers to drivers connected to the system directly (non-RAID configuration).

** RAID: refers to drivers connected to the system directly (RAID configuration).

*** DAS: refers to drivers connected to SCSI external storage.

(Note: I/O performance depends on the types of hard-drives used. Different models might result in performance increase of up to 50% over models not in the recommendation list.)