Local Storage Management

[Jimbo435]

Please confirm this is how local recording can work on an Arlo Pro Base Station:

I insert 2 USB drives.  

It will record on #1 until full, and then start recording on #2.

I safely remove #1, and put in a blank USB drive in slot #1

It will continue to record on #2 until full, and then start recording on #1

I safely remove #2 and put in a blank USB drive in slot #2

Repeat.

Is this how it works?

[TomMac · Accepted solution]

Not 100% sure it happen automatically...

Do know it will switch auto if you have two and eject one. And you can always check how full it is in setting

Check settings for overwrite option as it less than 5MB, it will overwrite the old files

https://www.arlo.com/en-us/images/Documents/ArloPro/arlo_pro_um.pdf

from manual;

If another USB storage device is still connected to your Arlo Pro base station( when one removed) and USB recording  is turned on, recording is automatically enabled on that USBstorage device.

By default, when the available USB storage is less than 20%, the oldest recording is

erased to make room for new recordings. You can change this setting if you want.

[Jimbo435]

Confirmed, not automatic.  I had 2 small 4GB drives installed, and when first filled up, just told me it was full and no recordings were being captured.  

Oddly (and this looks like a bug), even after I told it to use the second USB, which was empty, it still told me in the app that the drive was full and no recordings were being saved.  When in fact, it was saving to the second USB.

So it looks like the error message and icon are triggered by ANY full USB, and automatically say no recordings are being saved, even if not true.

So this answered my question: even though it has 2 USB connections, it really only automatically uses one.  So I will buy USB drives of an appropriate size.

Please Netgear fix this.

[TomMac]

or just run a 64 gb speed stick and have it auto delete the older files as it fills... that is a normal 6 months backup+

( tho i do understand, you would think it auto swaps)