Western Digital Expands Surveillance Storage and Analytics Portfolio for Dynamic Demands of Smart Video at the Edge

Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today expanded its portfolio of data storage devices purpose-built for the modern surveillance market, introducing three new offerings: the industry’s first industrial-grade 3D NAND UFS embedded flash drive (EFD) for surveillance; an expanded WD Purple microSD card series to support up to 256GB² capacity; and Western Digital Device Analytics, the new device analytics technology enabling OEMs and system integrators to proactively manage their storage subsystems and maintain optimal operation.

The new devices and tools address the complex and dynamic data demands of a surveillance market in transformation, supporting the high performance, capacity and endurance required by networked and artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled camera systems, as well as other smart video devices operating at the edge.

“As the adoption of higher resolution and AI-enabled cameras expands, and traditional centralized surveillance video systems become more distributed, fast and reliable storage with higher capacities are essential for enabling surveillance devices to capture, analyze and transform greater amounts of data, locally, and in real-time,” said Oded Sagee, senior director, product marketing, Western Digital. “With the new devices and analytics capability introduced today, we are excited to enable the new era of smart video and AI-driven surveillance systems with the industry’s most comprehensive offering for surveillance, from the edge to the core.”

In modern video surveillance, video and its rich metadata provide valuable insights for use in both forensic analyses and predictive actions, ranging from consumer behavior in retail environments, traffic patterns in cities or crowd control in public environments. Whether in an NVR, IoT gateway, multi-access edge computing node (MEC) or other configurations, surveillance cameras and edge systems are key elements of real-time, AI-enabled systems, driving increased demand for more reliable and advanced storage solutions that can operate efficiently in rugged, 24/7 environments.

Industry’s First 3D NAND UFS-Based EFD for Surveillance

Built on the company’s advanced 3D NAND architecture, the Western Digital iNAND IX EU312 UFS EFD brings UFS speeds combined with industrial grade high endurance and high capacities to cameras and smart video applications at the edge. The new device delivers read speeds of up to 750 MB/s¹ and write speeds of up to 320 MB/s¹, which support read- and write-intensive use cases, including AI-enabled video cameras and edge devices. Support for up to 768 TBW provides the robust endurance levels required for the continuous recording conditions. The EFD features advanced NAND flash management firmware, including robust error correction code (ECC), read refresh, wear-leveling and bad block management.