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cactikid
10-07-15, 22:09
needing to go bigger but unsure of what too look for maybe 3tb speed or makes suitable if you please,STEF only does 1 tb .
adm
10-07-15, 22:58
With PVR the speed of the disk is relatively unimportant so a high performance HDD is not required. For a PVR a 'green' HDD is better. A green drive is optimised for lower noise (often slower spin speeds) and lower power so it doesn't get too hot.

What size HDD does your box take? You may be limited to lower capacity (2G) with a 2.5 inch drive - at a reasonable cost

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http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/library/SpecSheet/ENG/2879-800026.pdf
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cactikid
10-07-15, 23:05
as box has not been chosen yet but looking at the xtrend 1000 quad tuner or others as my duo might be on death door again:thumbsup:
cactikid
13-07-15, 00:50
is there a limit of what safe size one could go on boxes 3 or 4tb as that site max is 6tb:eek:
judge
13-07-15, 01:45
is there a limit of what safe size one could go on boxes 3 or 4tb as that site max is 6tb:eek:
EXT4 (default format on ViX), should handle up to atleast 16TB.
Feel free to try larger sizes & submit reports on how well they work, debug logs if they don't...
abu baniaz
13-07-15, 01:49
IMO, 1TB is big enough. Anything else you want to archive should go to another storage device/medium, preferanbly after conversion. If/when the HDD fails, you will lose everything.
judge
13-07-15, 02:48
IMO, 1TB is big enough. Anything else you want to archive should go to another storage device/medium, preferanbly after conversion. If/when the HDD fails, you will lose everything.
An E2 box makes a good home server box though, using SAMBA & NFS.
Not the ideal solution for backups, but the larger HDD sizes it can use the better IMO.
cactikid
25-07-15, 01:12
now to start looking for new green hdd for the et 10000:thumbsup:
nsw9154
25-07-15, 02:07
I have the Toshiba 3TB DT Series (Low power high capacity) fitted to both my Duo2 & ET10000 and they are working faultlessly and in my opinion just as good as a WD Green
white_westie
10-08-15, 21:57
Rather than open a new thread on the subject, looking for a 3.5inch drive for a new box, so wondering what people are using.
Have been using a WD20EURS 2TB AV-GP drive for the last 3/4yrs with no problems, hard to get now but there is a newer model - the EURX series available in 2/3/4TB.
Have had 2 failures with standard WD green drives so don't trust them anymore, think RED and PURPLE are overkill for stb's.
Any suggestions?