Questions about WD Purple

Wrong John-B. He asked what the difference was between a hard drive made specifically for NAS, and those made specifically for a desktop computer. You can never plug a simple hard drive into the network. You gave him the definition of a NAS and he didn't ask that. Here is a site explaining the difference between the different hard drives (for the Western Digital brand): http://www.antoineguilbert.fr/western-digital-green-ou-red-quel-disque-dur-choisir-pour-votre-nas/

Yes, that's perfect. You have to check if your recorder supports 4TB, otherwise everything is perfect.

the drives are delivered in individual cardboard boxes with a layer of packaging foam inside