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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 Host¹ RAID² DAS³ IP SAN⁴
1TB Hitachi Ultrastar A7K1000 HUA721010KLA330 No Yes Yes Yes
1TB Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 HUA722010CLA330 Yes Yes No Yes
1TB Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 HUA722010CLA331 Yes Yes No No
1TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K1000.B HDT721010SLA360 No No Yes No
1TB Hitachi Deskstar E7K1000 HDS721010CLA332 No No Yes No
1TB Hitachi DeskStar 7K1000.C ST1000NM0011 No No Yes No
1TB Seagate Barracuda ES.21 ST3250310NS No Yes No Yes
1TB Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000640SS No No No Yes
1TB Seagate Barracuda ES.2 ST31000340NS No No Yes No
1TB Seagate Barracuda ES ST31000640NS No No Yes No
1TB Seagate Barracuda ST31000523AS No No Yes No
1TB Seagate SV35.3 Series ST31000340SV No Yes No No
1TB Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0011 Yes No No No
1TB Seagate Constellation ES ST1000NM0001 No No No Yes
1TB Seagate Constellation ES ST31000424SS No No No Yes
1TB Toshiba Mustang MK1001TRKB No No No Yes
1TB Western Digital WD RE2-GP WD1000FYPS No Yes Yes No
1TB Western Digital WD RE3 WD1002FBYS No Yes Yes No
1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALS No No Yes No
1TB Western Digital Caviar Blue WD10EALX No No Yes No
1TB Western Digital WD RE4 WD1003FBYX Yes Yes No No
1TB Western Digital WD Caviar Black WD1002FAEX No No Yes No
1TB Western Digital WD RE SAS WD1000FYYG Yes No No No
1.5TB Seagate Barracuda ST32000644NS No No Yes No
1.5TB Western Digital WD RE4 WD1503FYYS Yes Yes No No
1.5TB Western Digital WD RE4-GP WD1502FYPS Yes No No No
2TB Hitachi Ultrastar 5K3000 HUA5C3020ALA640 Yes No No No
2TB Hitachi Ultrastar 5K3000 HUA5C3020ALA641 Yes No No No
2TB Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 HUA722020ALA330 Yes Yes Yes Yes
2TB Hitachi Ultrastar A7K2000 HUA722020ALA331 Yes Yes No No
2TB Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 HUA723020ALA640 Yes No Yes Yes
2TB Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 HUA723020ALA641 Yes No No No
2TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723020BLA642 No No Yes No
2TB Hitachi Ultrastar 7K2000 HDS722020ALA330 No No Yes No
2TB Seagate Constellation ES ST32000644NS Yes Yes Yes No
2TB Seagate Constellation ES ST32000444SS No No No Yes
2TB Seagate Constellation ES ST2000NM0011 Yes No No No
2TB Seagate Constellation ES ST2000NM0001 No No No Yes
2TB Seagate Barracuda LP ST2000DL003 No No Yes No
2TB Toshiba Mustang MK2001TRKB No No No Yes
3TB Western Digital WD RE SAS WD2000FYYG Yes No No No
2TB Western Digital WD RE4 WD2003FYYS Yes Yes Yes No
2TB Western Digital WD RE4-GP WD2002FYPS Yes Yes Yes No
2TB Western Digital WD Caviar Black WD2001FASS No No Yes No
2TB Western Digital WD Caviar Black WD2002FAEX No No Yes No
3TB Hitachi Ultrastar 7K3000 HUA723030ALA640 No Yes No No
3TB Hitachi Deskstar 7K3000 HDS723030ALA640 No Yes Yes No
3TB Seagate Constellation ES.2 ST33000650NS Yes⁵ Yes Yes No
3TB Seagate Constellation ES.2 ST33000650SS No No No Yes
3TB Seagate Barracuda® XT ST33000651AS No No Yes No
3TB Western Digital WD AV-GP WD30EURS Yes⁵ No No No
3TB Seagate Barracudu ST3000DM001 Yes⁵ Yes No No
3TB Seagate SV 3.5 ST3000VX000 Yes⁵ Yes No No

*1 Host refers to drives connected to the system directly. (Non-RAID configuration)
*2 RAID refers to drives connected to the system directly. Firmware update might be needed. (RAID configuration)
*3 DAS refers to drives connected to SAS external storage.
*4 IP SAN refers to drives connected to ISCSI external storage.
*5 ONLY supported by dvr/nvr/hdvr version R5.1.6 and newer.
(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.)