Western Digital 10TB WD Purple Pro Storage

Western Digital 10TB WD Purple Pro

Brand
Western Digital
Model
10TB WD Purple Pro
$455–$503estimated range · from catalog price Jun 22, 2026

10TB WD Purple Pro (WD101PURP) 3.5" SATA surveillance HDD, 7200 RPM CMR with 256MB cache and 550 TB/yr rating—best for always‑on mass storage.

Storage performance rankTop 63% of storage drives
TierWorkstation?GixCore tierWhat a part was built to do — not what it costs.EntryBudgetMainstreamHigh endEnthusiastFlagshipWorkstationWorkstation parts sit outside that ladder — built for sustained professional workloads rather than a price-for-performance rung. A part can be cheap because it is an ageing flagship, or because it is a current entry-level model. The tier tells you which.
ReleasedMay 2021
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Capacity10 TB
TypeHDD
InterfaceSATA
Read speed265 MB/s
Form factor3.5
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Product overview

Launched on May 18, 2021 as part of Western Digital’s WD Purple Pro surveillance HDD family, the 10TB WD101PURP is a 3.5-inch SATA 6 Gb/s drive using CMR at 7200 RPM with a 256MB cache. It targets advanced NVR/VMS builds with a 5‑year warranty and a workload rating up to 550 TB/year.

Positioned in our workstation tier, it exists for 24/7, multi‑bay, always‑on video capture and analytics where sustained writes and durability matter more than random access speed. In a PC, use it as bulk mass storage or to house a large game library; in surveillance, it’s built for continuous recording and AI‑assisted analysis. WDDA health telemetry support is a noteworthy extra for proactive monitoring. (Discontinued status not confirmed.)

Best for
  • mass storage
  • game library
Official product specifications

Specifications

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Current modelCatalog models
Capacity10 TB
Higher than 83% of storage drives
Read speed265 MB/s
Higher than 33% of storage drives
Capacity
10 TB
Type
HDD
Form factor
3.5
Hardware Interface
SATA
Data Transfer Rate
600 MB
Read speed
265 MB/s
Tdp
9 W
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