Still using my Hitachi 1TB Touro from 2014 on my original Tablo, but same also on the additional one I bought a year later.
Slow rpm drives ftw!
My 6 TB Seagate Skyhawk surveillance drive is the best that I have used with a Tablo over my seven year history. My Quad really gets a workout every day. The mesh enclosure and the drive have been an excellent storage system. Here is a link to my post about it from Feb 2020 : https://community.tablotv.com/t/what-hard-drive-are-you-using/25606/10/
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I have 3 WD Element drives (2T), two used on tablos and the other for downloading ipad files…works fine.
All portables.
Same here in my Quad … Got a WD easystore on my Dual and so far no issues (about 8 Mo.). Getting another Quad, gonna try Samsung SSD in it.
Using a WD Blue 2TB SSD in my network Quad, been running well for over 3 years now.
I wanted to use a Samsung SSD (as just mentioned by @RoadToad) but a 2TB was too expensive at the time. So I ended up with a used WD 2TB SSD (what’s in the Quad now). The price for a new WD SSD is about the same as what I paid for used 3 years ago.
No issues that I’ve noticed.
I just looked at the current price for an 870 EVO 2TB, just $10 more than the WD. If I was buying an SSD now I’d go for the Samsung.
Note that I am using a network Quad, not one of the HDMI units.
I’ve been using a 1tb Fantom Drive for over 7 years with my original 2 tuner. The drive was several years old when I switched it over to my Tablo. It could be 10 years old now. Spins down when not in use and it is used every day for multiple recordings. I think mine is using a WD drive. Has its own power source. Also using the original Tablo power supply.
I happen to have an EVO 860 1Tb I going to try.
Will post back with outcome after my new Quad arrives.
Also, for what it’s worth, I have a laptop cooler running under my Tablos
Before installing in the Tablo load the Samsung tools to make sure the firmware is up to date on the drive, and to check the TBW.
I have an original 4 tuner Tablo and it appears that my USB harddisk has died. So I’m going to need to replace it.
Is there a maximum size that will work ?? The drives are much bigger now that when I bought my last one.
There are post where tabloTV says they stopped at 8TB, but, technology wise, there is no reason a 10 or 12… or any size won’t work. That’s just the enormous size they trialed.
Here’s some discussion:
And I thought I was a hoarder almost filling a 4TB drive. Yours is truly impressive.
Does your Tablo have any trouble managing that many recordings?
Note to consider, as you just had one drive die. Often discussed, using your DVR as your digital media library.
All your content is stored on a single, semi-proprietary device. There’s no native backup or portability. That’s not to say it isn’t possible, not inherently supported.
More space means a larger collection to loose all at once.
The ext4 file system used by tablo can support a volumes/disks up to 1 Exibyte - Ext4 Howto
Ext4 adds 48-bit block addressing, so it will have 1 EiB 1 of maximum file system size and 16 TiB of maximum file size for 4 KiB block size.
Certainly some shows/movies must be part of your collections?
Now, I believe I’m stocking up for retirement… when I may need to cut streaming services and, I’ll have hours/weeks/months of show to watch. Is it really hoarding if you can justify things?
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No tribble at all.
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I bought this 5Tb one. Now I have 12 tuners and 12Tb storage as I have 2 Tablos and a TiVo. I am planning to sell one or the other.
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