How big an SD card can the ultra 2 use?

[cama81z]

how big an sd card can the ultra 2 use

[StephenB]

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@cama81z wrote:

how big an sd card can the ultra 2 use

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The SD card goes into the base (VMB5000).  The minimum size is 16 GB.  I haven't seen a maximum size, but there are posters here who have successfully used 512 GB cards.

Personally I use 128 GB cards.  Arlo says the data rate is 3 megabits (which in my experience is high).  But assuming that rate, 128 GB will give you about 95 hours of storage -  (128*8000)/(3*3600) 

[StephenB]

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@cama81z wrote:

how big an sd card can the ultra 2 use

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The SD card goes into the base (VMB5000).  The minimum size is 16 GB.  I haven't seen a maximum size, but there are posters here who have successfully used 512 GB cards.

Personally I use 128 GB cards.  Arlo says the data rate is 3 megabits (which in my experience is high).  But assuming that rate, 128 GB will give you about 95 hours of storage -  (128*8000)/(3*3600) 

[ShayneS]

This Knowledge Base Article states up to 2 TB; "Do not use the Arlo base station or SmartHub to format storage devices with more than 2 TB of storage capacity. The base station formats storage devices using the FAT32 file system, which supports a maximum of 2 TB of storage space. The formatting process reduces the capacity of larger storage devices to a maximum of 2 TB."

You can find more info here: How do I set up local storage backups on a USB device using my Arlo base station?

[cama81z]

Do the new ultra 2 systems have the update to view the sd card online or do you still have to take it out and view on pc

[ShayneS]

I believe you are referring to the Direct storage access. You kind find more info here: What is Direct Storage Access and how do I use it?

[StephenB]

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@ShayneS wrote:

This Knowledge Base Article states up to 2 TB; "Do not use the Arlo base station or SmartHub to format storage devices with more than 2 TB of storage capacity.

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True, but that is specific to USB storage, which is different from the microSD storage.  It's possible that the upper limit of the microSD storage is less than 2 TB.  

It'd be good to have a KB article that gives the max for microSD explicitly.