how long will 1 tb of storage last? And do you have to delete the storage?
2070496
You can expect somewhere between 2 and 3 months of storage with the four cameras running. After that period of time, it records over the furthest day back so you always have the 2-3 months or so of recordings.
2070497
not sure but i think about two weeks we set up ours to record over when full
78359
Looks like the size question got answered already, after using it for a few months it seems the C drive is really just supposed to be 100% for your operating system. The system will boot/restart in a matter of seconds. the 1TB 5400RPM Hard Drive has plenty of capacity to store everything else.
1590998
sure be ok. it is ok when i use the 1Tb. but it is better that you check with the Seagate service team
1502977
It's hard to say. I've had varied experience with Seagate drives. Some have lasted 7 or 8 years; and one lasted only 2 years. I've only had this one for a few months. I don't take chances. I back up my computers daily to this drive; and I back it up monthly to another large drive that I keep away from the house. I hope this helps.
285314
I purchased two in Oct 2013 and use them on alternate months to back up 100 GB of files. One is for the even numbered months the other for odd numbered months. So I have used each at least 6 times. I have had no issues.
72248
1 TB. That's a whole lot more than 1 GB. You'll be able to hold a lot of pics and movies with all that space!
504267
I can't tell you exactly because I have not ever gone to the end. But I am taping a 3 hour session and a 2 hour session together and have no problems. I am then storing on the 2nd drive (a have a 16 GB micro SD installed, not included) and it has held about 20 3 hour session and still has tons of storage. (That's 60 hours with a lot to spare).
1716658
it can handle as many TB as you'd like but it's better to use the data than the USB. also very careful when you take out the drives. it's very fragile. hope this helps. cheers
693043
It depends on how you set up your hard drive to record. If you set it up to record non stop a 500GB will last you one week. Remember you can always set up your system to record with motion detection, and the system as automatic over ride in case you run of space in your HDD.
919443
Sorry, I run Windows, don't do "I" products, the actual available storage is slightly less than 500GB's, so if you need 500 I'd go bigger, there is a 750 & a 1TB on Amazon
2004414
That depends on a lot of factors, video quality settings, frame rate, and constant recording vs motion detected recording. With a 1TB drive, you could probably get 1 week with everything on the highest settings and constant recording with 16 cameras. The drive is easily upgraded and I believe it has two drive slots, not totally sure though.
893939
The best answer will depend on many additional factors (types of files, avg file size, expected growth, etc). To make it simpler, how large are the hard drives on all of your home computer(s) and how full are they? If you've got less than 500GB of total data, then I'd say that the 1TB drive should be fine. This is an extremely general answer because you probably won't want to back up a good portion of the data on your drives (system files, temp files, installed apps, etc).
914679
geez you all are so ignorant. the actual space is 64GB but a filesystem is needed to keep track of the files on the disk. how else do you expect it to work without a filesystem?
1955086
Yes. Clear off the WD software, and use Mac Time Machine, if you're using it for backup. Or partition it using any format you like and use it as a storage device.
1297380
I don't know absolutely about the max storage...I only have 180GB but I would think 1TB would be ok. However, it is definitely Win7. it becomes a USB drive, so most OS should be fine.
2241977
They should last until you delete them. SP also has a warranty against disk failures. Im confident that I made the right choice.
279515
if you set it up with the utility software it can be set to over write older data. about 8 hours with 32gb