JerryK132
08-05-23, 19:06
The last drive I attached (via USB i/f) to my stb died after a few months and I learned that not all drives cope very well with 24/7 operation! I gather that "surveillance" drives are the best in this respect and also that SMR recording might be a desirable feature - along with low-current operation generally. Unfortunately there is not much available in the 2.5 inch form factor needed for my VU+Duo4K-SE internal carriage.
The ST5000LM000 Seagate BarraCuda drive family seems to comply although the spec does not give MTBF figures nor is it explicitly surveillance rated. So my question is should I go for this drive or get a smaller drive like the WD AV-25 drives which are smaller and are made for the purpose. It would seem pointless to go for a larger drive if it will be likely to fail in a year or so!
Since my original drive failed I have been using a Synology NAS drive, but this has proved unreliable giving the occasional Drive R/O Disk Full messages from which the system (Vix?) recovers poorly leaving only 1 minute recorded but continuing to indicate recording unless I explicitly delete the timer. I also have lots of problems trying to record or use Timeshift. As I am using WiFi for the NAS I suspect the timeouts are just too short, so it's back to HDDs. Moreover the NAS seems to be accessed by the VU+ unit almost 24/7 even on standby... Does this apply to hdds I wonder? Wasteful if so...
Sorry about the lengthy question, but having spent hours searching the net and this Forum finding very little regarding hdd choices and related problems, I thought I would provide a bigger picture which might spark some useful responses. TIA...
The ST5000LM000 Seagate BarraCuda drive family seems to comply although the spec does not give MTBF figures nor is it explicitly surveillance rated. So my question is should I go for this drive or get a smaller drive like the WD AV-25 drives which are smaller and are made for the purpose. It would seem pointless to go for a larger drive if it will be likely to fail in a year or so!
Since my original drive failed I have been using a Synology NAS drive, but this has proved unreliable giving the occasional Drive R/O Disk Full messages from which the system (Vix?) recovers poorly leaving only 1 minute recorded but continuing to indicate recording unless I explicitly delete the timer. I also have lots of problems trying to record or use Timeshift. As I am using WiFi for the NAS I suspect the timeouts are just too short, so it's back to HDDs. Moreover the NAS seems to be accessed by the VU+ unit almost 24/7 even on standby... Does this apply to hdds I wonder? Wasteful if so...
Sorry about the lengthy question, but having spent hours searching the net and this Forum finding very little regarding hdd choices and related problems, I thought I would provide a bigger picture which might spark some useful responses. TIA...