External hard drives for hopper

[kpip99]

I'm sure this has been asked before but id like some recommendations of external hard drives that are good , reasonably priced 1 or 2 tb that are known to work flawlessly with the hopper ? Brand and model numbers. I'm getting all my ducks in a row before I switch to dish.

 

[3HaloODST]

Any WD Elements drive is a good candidate.

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[kpip99]

Thanks halo. I know I can always count on you to come through for me.

 

[kpip99]

From what I'm hearing I should stay at 2tb or under. Correct ?

 

[Bobby]

Yep!

 

[navychop]

The larger the drive, the more you lose when it fails. And the longer it takes when accessing.

WD Black drives are more reliable, or so they're touted. Greens may use less power.

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[kpip99]

Thanks.

 

[kpip99]

Are external hard drives known to fail pretty often ?

 

[KAB]

Are external hard drives known to fail pretty often ?

Not really. You'll get even more mileage if you only power it on when using it. Heat is the biggest enemy. Look into one of these, and you can interchange internal drives all you want, not mot mention little or no heat stress. Has a power button which most externals don't anymore.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817153066

 

[kpip99]

Thanks.

 

[gdarwin]

Are external hard drives known to fail pretty often ?

I have about 8 EHD's. They stay unplugged until I get ready to use them.

 

[KAB]

Do you think you will ever watch it all in your lifetime??

 

[kpip99]

Thought of another EHD question. If I have 2 hoppers but one EHD can I move the EHD back and forth pulling shows off each hopper then I can watch everything on the EHD on either hopper ? Like say I put the Super Bowl on my EHD that was on hopper 1 then can I take the EHD hook it up to hopper 2 and watch the Super Bowl ?

 

[kpip99]

Come in KAB give me some good news here.

 

[kpip99]

On not in.

 

[thomasjk]

I have WD 1TB Elements that has been in continuous use for at least 3 years. Its never powered off.

 

[kpip99]

Would a 1tb probably not get as hot as a 2tb ?

 

[charlesrshell]

I have two old Western Digital (WD) My DVR Expander 500G EHDs that are about five years old. I leave them connected at all times and have not had any issues with them. Here is their 1TB model. It has dual interface eSATA and USB 2.0.

http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=360

 

[navychop]

Thought of another EHD question. If I have 2 hoppers but one EHD can I move the EHD back and forth pulling shows off each hopper then I can watch everything on the EHD on either hopper ? Like say I put the Super Bowl on my EHD that was on hopper 1 then can I take the EHD hook it up to hopper 2 and watch the Super Bowl ?

Yes.



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[KKlare]

Yes, you can use the EHDs on any non-211 on the same account, did with 722s. How do they do that?

I have 5 750GB WD (first bought), and 4 1TB, 1 1.5TB green, 4 2TB (latest) of mixed parentage.
I had 2 of the 1TB non-WD get really slow. I removed all recordings and re-filled them. They seem normal again.
Those over 1TB may have a lower rotational speed.
Four are stand mounted--less space and one supply but less convenient.
Spare stand is used for computer backup. The price difference is mostly gone.
In fact, for a cased 2TB now I would only pay $90.
Compare that to the $180 for the first 750GB from 2007.

It is really great that I can copy 3 streams at once. The 3rd cannot display the recordings. Why?
It would be better without the encryption/decryption slowing the process.
Too bad, using only the receiver, you can't move the encrypted files to another disk, cutting in half the time.
I have several on a USB hub and have had working 2 streams thru the unpowered hub.

I try to remove the USB first, where I can, because it seems less likely to cause a reboot.

It's really to bad the disks cannot be named but just get a number ordered by their insertion time. TMI?

-Ken