SSD drive that works with Tablo?

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My Tablo is in my bedroom, since that was the best place to put the OTA antenna in our house. I have the recommended 1TB Elements hard drive, but it is producing more noise than I’d like. Both my spouse and I are very noise sensitive. So I’d like to get a recommendation for an SSD that works with the Tablo, to get a quieter drive.

I know that an SSD is overkill as far as speed goes, and I know that it will cost more than a rotating drive. None the less, this is what I want to do.

Thanks for your help!

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I have been using a Sandisk 250GB SSD for almost two years and has worked well. I transfer recordings I want to keep for a while to my Plex server, so the low capacity works fine for me.

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Thanks very much…can you please post the model number of the SSD? That would be even more helpful :-).

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@MrDoh I’ve been using a 500GB Samsung T5 SSD without issues.

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I’m using a WD 2TB Elements drive and have no noise whatsoever. Could be your drive is going bad.

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I wish my hearing was as good as yours.

Put something like this underneath the drive to cushion vibration:

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This. My WD Elements and Passport portable drives make no sound that I can detect…

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We do slowly lose our hearing as we get older…

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Yes and some lose their mind.

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Thanks to those that suggested an SSD that works.

Much appreciated.

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I never get older, but I still can’t hear you.

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