Is the Velocity 2TB compatible with the Dish hopper? I have an old WD 1T 5400 on there now and I notice some lag. I hope the 7200 rpm will solve that.
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I can't say. The pos stopped working about a mouth after I got it. Doubt buy it.
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I have 4 Western Digital Red 3TB drives in mine. It has been running non-stop since I bought it. The best investment I've made in computer hardware in long time. Segate and Western digital will both work in it. Not sure if differnt size drives will work though.
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Thank you for contacting us. I am not sure so I looked at other posts about this. It seems they are very close in performance but this stood out: "The other thing to keep in mind when choosing a drive is that Western Digital?s enterprise drives are meant to be constantly in use, 24/7. The consumer drives are rated for 300,000 load/unload cycles, whereas the enterprise drives are are rated for double that at 600,000 load/unload cycles. This means the enterprise drive is guaranteed to have a longer use-life than a consumer drive under identical conditions." Please let me know if I can be of further assistance.
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The 4TB version has 2-2TB drives hence 4TB. That is in RAID 0 format. If you setup RAID 1 you only have 2TB usable.Good luck
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Yes it is. I use this dish in a motorhome and it has worked with every Direct HD and Std box I have tried.
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Hi. I never use greens, they fail to quickly. Red is ok, ensure you are ok with RPM. I tried 6tb red, didn't work. 4tb is max from my experience. I have two of these, work best on eSATA. Enjoy.
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i would call wd customer support if you want to get a quick answer to this question. don't waste your time searching all of the forums as it is faster to call the company directly. want to get a system that really screams speed wise. buy two velociraptors up to 1tb size and put them in one build in raid configuration which is really easy to do. just ask your local computer repair shop to help you out if you do not want to try this build yourself.
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Unfortunately, I have. I bought a 1TBand a 3TB. Both failed within 2 years. Worst investment of tech dollars I have ever made. I have to replace 3.5TB of data now...
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I bought the DISH Network USB Digital OTA Tuner For Hopper back in July... with it, I can get all the local OTA broadcast... You can only record one OTA broadcast at a time... so, you can record the two or three channels that the DishNetwork receiver will let you and then you can record one OTA broadcast at the same time... and in HD if the OTA broadcast is in HD. Don't think it will work without the Dish service.
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This dish will not support HD, so that receiver will work great....same one I use. I use mine at Camp in the mountains and the dish works great, it is small and easy to set up quick. I do suggest that you look at purchasing a Satellite Finder Meter For Directv to make the set up quicker, the one I purchased was made by Satellite Finder, sold by Smartie Store on Amazon, only $8.99. You may want a tri pod or pole to mount the dish for ease as well.
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I'm currently in contact with the TP-Link customer support because my 2TB LaCie Quadra v3 isn't recognized at all. It is running NTFS but might be the new version. Real annoying because it says nowhere that there might be a problem on the TP-Link website or manuals or whatever.
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Yes and no, I have two of them (2TB and 4TB), the 2TB is 7200 but the 4TB is 5900. It appears all of them are 7200 except for the 4TB.The models of the actual (internal) drives are ST2000DM001 and ST4000DM000. In case you want to google some more.
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I don't think there's a reliable answer because I think WD puts in whatever drive is available. I haven't heard WD give any answer to this question. It's really slow, so it may be a 5400 drive.
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I'm going to replace my 500MB 7200rpm hard drive. How will this compare in speed? I'm basically at 90-93% full due to photos and music!
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Yes but make sure this is an approved drive for your DVR, I am using it with my Dish Hopper ... it is a simple plug into the USB port on the rear of the Hopper and allowing the Hopper to format the drive (it asks you to). You can then transfer movies from the Hopper Hard Drive to this external drive... which doubles the capacity.
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George! I tried that setup, with no luck, still have to use the Double LNB with the 18/20 dish. I wasa lso told that the HD rcvr would not wotk with 18/20 but that was wrong. Chuck
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Dr. Bozarth, I take all reviews with a grain of salt of course. I also noticed the disparity in the ratings between the two sites. I usually frequent thehomeservershow.com. Many of the forum members are I.T. Professionals, or like myself, a medical professional with a keen interest in technology. The Western Digital Green Drives were the go to drives in the past, but were not ideal for NAS/RAID situations. Many of the members have had good luck with the RED drives, but still recommend a program such as SpinRite or HD Tune Pro to evaluate the drive before putting it into service. I can only recall one situation where a member reported a DOA Red Drive, and many more situations where the Green drives presented problems. The recommended drives for your scenario would be the WD Red drives or the Seagate NAS drives. RAID-1 would be a good solution, and a cloud backup such as CrashPlan on top of that. I have personally purchased two 3TB Red drives and have had no problems with them in the 6-12 months I have owned them. Hope this helps.