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Arlo Pro 2 backup HD brand recommendation

ckm705 — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 20:32:28 GMT

Looking to purchase a 2tb backup hd from Amazon. I understand 2tb is max size and the need to format fat32. However, during a chat with tech support, it was mentioned to me that other customers were having issue with WD branded units but rep couldn't endorse a particular brand. Can anyone give a recommendation? Seagate? I searched but didn't really see any brand names mentioned nor did I see any complaints regarding a brand. Thanks in advance.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 backup HD brand recommendation

jguerdat — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 20:45:05 GMT

2TB is generally gross overkill. Also, a hard drive is harder to remove and replace than a thumb drive. I have tried both and much prefer using a thumb drive. Choose the capacity for what you need - I use a 16GB one and it will typically not fill for 2-3 months with many recordings a day. 64-128GB would last a long time. If you really want to preserve all those videeos, pull it out on a schedule and copy them to a hard drive for permanent storage.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 backup HD brand recommendation

ckm705 — Thu, 26 Apr 2018 21:12:59 GMT

Thanks for the recommendation. I appreciate the quick respnose. I have to be honest with myself knowing I won't want to remove and download that often, regardless of how minute a task it may be. I kinda want to be able to forget about it. With that much storage, I'm hoping it'll have a long enough history for almost any situation I'd need to look back on. Also, at approximatley half the cost, a 128GB stick will not hold half the recordings that a 2TB drive will.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 backup HD brand recommendation

Paul_FCCL — Tue, 01 May 2018 03:42:40 GMT

Please note......you still need to “download” videos from any type of usb device you end up using. You will have to move it (hd or memory stick) to a pc in order to view video clips. You cannot access them directly from base station.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 backup HD brand recommendation

ckm705 — Tue, 01 May 2018 16:41:31 GMT

Thank you for the response. Yes I am aware of the need to download the videos. I am just asking for brand recommendations.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 backup HD brand recommendation

jguerdat — Tue, 01 May 2018 21:20:14 GMT

I would expect any name brand hard drive that's externally powered would work fine.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 backup HD brand recommendation

Paul_FCCL — Tue, 01 May 2018 23:45:34 GMT

@ckm705 wrote:
Thank you for the response. Yes I am aware of the need to download the videos. I am just asking for brand recommendations.

Just wanted to make sure you wouldn’t go for a large capacity hard drive for the wrong reason. I’m using a 32GB usb stick and it’s now storing over a year’s worth of 5 cameras videos.

Previously I had tried a seagate 1TB portable hd, worked fine too, but I thought it was an overkill and much wasted space.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 backup HD brand recommendation

ckm705 — Tue, 01 May 2018 23:54:40 GMT

That's what I originally thought but as I stated in the OP, rep mentioned reported issues with WD. Thanks for the reply.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 backup HD brand recommendation

ckm705 — Wed, 02 May 2018 00:01:59 GMT

Got it, thanks. Wow, you're getting a years worth with 5 cameras on 32GB? With the amount of activity I have, I'm calculating approximately 300 days with 5 cameras on a 2TB drive. I kinda just want to forget about it but be able to access them if the need were to ever arise. Since there were no suggestions I ordered a Seagate so we'll see what happens. Mahalo.

Re: Arlo Pro 2 backup HD brand recommendation

Paul_FCCL — Wed, 02 May 2018 00:29:15 GMT

Yeah......only two of the five cameras are somewhat busy, other three very low volume.😊