Replacing an existing hard drive

arciere

Personally, I would avoid Seagate, I think they have one of the highest failure rates on the market.

arciere

googler wrote: »

Won't the HDD in the current PVR have a manufacturer-specific OS upon it, which the OP won't be able to install?

Normally, the DVR initialises the new drive and installs the O.S. and everything.

needacamera

Sorry I missed page 2 of the thread


Just to be clear it is not recording continously, just on motion detection which is pretty regularly still. Seeing as the HD inside is also a HD for a DVR I'd much prefer to go that way I think.


that - I cannot see a link to anything, could you please repost it, thanks


frugal - yes that's the one, the 4TB is only £97 so I think that's a good price?


everywhere - thanks for the vid, that looks extremely similar to my box, seems like it will be straightforward. Also thank you for the links, I'm assuming from this thread that amazon is a better bet than ebay.


The only difference I can see is rpm, I'm not sure if that matters? The current one in my dvr is 5,940, the WD one linked is 5,400 and the seagate is 7,200 according to an answer although they don't seem sure.

arciere

5,400 rpm is enough for a DVR.

Chino

googler wrote: »

Won't the HDD in the current PVR have a manufacturer-specific OS upon it, which the OP won't be able to install?

Seems not to be an issue. From http://www.floureon.com/faqs/:

DVR Setup Related Questions

Q: How do I install internal hard drive disk?
A: Remove screws and open the cover of your DVR. Plug into hard disk data line and power cord. When the hard diskdrive is fully installed, place it on the screw holes and tighten the drive screw. Lastly, close the back cover of the DVR.
Q: Does the DVR works without installing an internal hard drive?
Y: Yes, the DVR can work without the internal hard drive. However, it will only support real time monitoring, not recording. You will have to install an internal hard drive for video recording.
Q: What type of hard drive disk does the DVR support? What’s the maximum size for the hard drive?
A: The DVR can only support one internal 3.5 inch SATA/SATA2/SATA3 Hard Drive for recording. The maximum size for the hard drive is 2TB. External hard drive or memory stick can only be used as USB back up, not for recording.

grumpycrab

needacamera wrote: »

Also thank you for the links, I'm assuming from this thread that amazon is a better bet than ebay.

Totally depends on who provides the product. You must always check who the actual seller is and scour the smallprint for warranty. In this case, the Amazon Seagate and WD drives both appear to have 3 year warranties with their respective makers which is what you want.

wongataa

arciere wrote: »

Personally, I would avoid Seagate, I think they have one of the highest failure rates on the market.

All hard disk brands have examples of faulty disks. In the long run they all end up pretty equal. In any case there are only a couple of HDD manufacturers now and they each have multiple brands. Seagate and Western Digital HDDs are made by the same company for example.

psychic_teabag

googler wrote: »

Won't the HDD in the current PVR have a manufacturer-specific OS upon it, which the OP won't be able to install?

I think the software would tend to be in flash, and the HDD is only for data. (It will typically format and partition the HDD if necessary.)

arciere

wongataa wrote: »

All hard disk brands have examples of faulty disks. In the long run they all end up pretty equal. In any case there are only a couple of HDD manufacturers now and they each have multiple brands. Seagate and Western Digital HDDs are made by the same company for example.

Nope, they are not all the same: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/2018-hard-drive-failure-rates/

Rodders53

arciere wrote: »

Nope, they are not all the same: https://www.backblaze.com/blog/2018-hard-drive-failure-rates/

And those drives are typically much larger data centre drives. Not the ones most home users have. I note they are swapping out the "last of their 3TB drives" for 12TB ones in that linked article. :rotfl:

Personally I've had equal failure rates of WD and Seagate drives over the years - but I'm a very small sample.:eek:

ON topic:
OP be wary. A call may be needed to the DVR maker if you want to fit a drive larger than 2TB..... although it's just likely they wrote the 2TB figure as it was the largest available when they tested drives in their DVRs?

Very occasionally it's a fairly significant issue (e.g. as it is on my Humax Foxsat-HDR, which cannot. itself, format a drive bigger than 1TB.).