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What are compatible USB Flash or Thumb Drives for VMB4540?

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SugaRay49
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I want to make sure I buy the correct USB Flash Drive for local storage on my Arlo 3 4540. I've been trying to research Flash Drives that can format FAT32. That information is proving to be difficult information to find in the specs of Flash Drives. Any advice? Has anyone been successful with a particular USB Flash Drive? 

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jguerdat
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Any USB drive can be formatted to FAT32. The file system format has no bearing as to what device is being used. Just be sure it's at least 16GB since that's the smallest that can be used.

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K80Shooter
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I have one of these for that same base/hub VMB4540, A little big but no problems at all.

 

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jguerdat
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Any USB drive can be formatted to FAT32. The file system format has no bearing as to what device is being used. Just be sure it's at least 16GB since that's the smallest that can be used.

SugaRay49
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Awesome! Thanks for the info. How much video does 2TB store? How many days? Does it depend on how many cameras are attached?
K80Shooter
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It's not how many day's it will hold, it's more like how many years will it hold. Of course it depends on how much recording is done. I live in a rural area so not a lot of foot traffic and such. I'm also on a dead end road so hardly any auto's are recorded. Once it is full the base then start overwriting the recordings starting with the oldest 1st. 

I have three pro three cameras on mine.

 

I installed mine in March of this year and this is what it say's now: 1.58 TB of 1.82 TB available. 

dcfox1
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@K80Shooter  Your location is just like mine,  dead end road in rural area . Half of my activity is deer and critters lol. It would last years here also. 

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