Hopper 3 External Drives

[JerryDowning]

I have a few questions about attaching external drives to my Hopper 3.
1.) What is the largest drive that I can use?
2.) How many drives can be used at the same time?
3.) Can I use folders on EHDs?
4.) What RAID types, if any, can I use? My wife would not be happy if a drive failure blew away her movies.

 

[Jim5506]

Dish EHD OS recognizes external drives up to 2 TB. Some have reported success with larger drives others have reported lack of success, must have its own power supply..
Hopper 3 can recognize 2 EHDs.
Folders, not on the EHD.
I believe RAID 1 is supported.

 

[navychop]

A hardware RAID box will appear to be a single drive to the Hopper. I have three. Dish does not support RAID but their receivers can not detect that you are using RAID.

 

[JSheridan]

Last I checked Hoppers with the new UI can see up to 3 external USB drives at a time.

 

[odbrv]

I have 3 EHDs on my Hopper 3. Most times they are all recognized. Every so often, the 3 are recognized but some recordings are not. A reboot is needed to get them to be playable.

 

[Foxbat]

It would be super convenient if we could identify the EHDs with a label to keep them straight.

 

[navychop]

Yep. No more “EHD 1” or such. Many of us know this is an easy fix. I gave up hope. And a directory of EHD contents would be nice. Printable.

I started programming in Mint a program to list EHD contents. Not hard. Just LS/list and read the first few characters. I don’t remember the exact setup. Then I could move it to Windows.

But I have no time. I must be in the office ten hours a day. Plus commute. I realized this project won’t get done until I retire. And it might be OBE by then.

Sigh.

 

[comfortably_numb]

must have its own power supply

I’ve used Western Digital and Seagate EHD’s without power supplies for years and they work just fine

 

[navychop]

..until they don’t.

 

[JerryDowning]

I’ve used Western Digital and Seagate EHD’s without power supplies for years and they work just fine

You're putting more strain on the receiver's power supply which leads to more heat and will greatly increase the risk of receiver failure.

 

[comfortably_numb]

You're putting more strain on the receiver's power supply which leads to more heat and will greatly increase the risk of receiver failure.

Never had one fail since 1998, so I think I’ll keep on takin’ my chances

 

[KAB]

Never had one fail since 1998, so I think I’ll keep on takin’ my chances

Same here (or whenever EHDs were implemented)! But I do use power supply.