EHD Larger Than 2TB

[toricred]

I'm moving from D* to Dish tomorrow. I have an external 3TB drive I've been using on my Genie. Is there any way I can use it with the Hopper? Maybe if I partition it into two separate partitions that are both less than 2TB?

 

[Bobby]

It will probably work just fine the way it is. You will lose anything that is on that EHD because the Hopper is going to format it....

 

[toricred]

I assume it will also be limited to 2TB, right?

 

[Bobby]

Plug it in and see what you get....

 

[navychop]

I assume it will also be limited to 2TB, right?

In theory, but we've heard otherwise. Like Bobby said, .......

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[garywiley]

My 3TB drive works fine.

 

[rdinkel]

What brand/model are you using?

 

[KKlare]

Can you use all 3TB or are you only able to use 2TB with the rest inaccessible?
What is the comparative response time?
I've noticed as you get above say half of a 2TB drive that listing or loading it gets slower.
Lots of files, not enough buffer/memory, perhaps?
-Ken

 

[John Kotches]

Is there an ETA on when 4 TB drives will be supported?

Hopefully in the near future.

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[navychop]

Is there an ETA on when 4 TB drives will be supported? Hopefully in the near future. Sent from my SCH-I605 using Tapatalk

I'm surprised you asked that. Who knows if Dish has ANY plans to support larger disks.

My guess is Jupiter 40th.

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[dangue]

Can you use all 3TB or are you only able to use 2TB with the rest inaccessible? What is the comparative response time? I've noticed as you get above say half of a 2TB drive that listing or loading it gets slower. Lots of files, not enough buffer/memory, perhaps? -Ken

All 3TB are accessible. I posted in a similar thread a year ago with a screen capture of my transfer screen demonstrating that the entire EHD was recognized. (This is with a Hopper/Hopper with Sling, I can't speak for the older receivers).

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[navychop]

Larger HDDs slow things down and you lose a great deal more WHEN they fail.

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[John Kotches]

Larger HDDs slow things down and you lose a great deal more WHEN they fail.

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When you are limited to 2 active external drives and you have a lot of stuff...

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[KKlare]

Seems to me that it really depend on the failure rate for each disk model--very hard to find.

A large disk will lose more in a failure but twice as many disks will likely have twice the failure rate for some part.

-Ken

 

[dare2be]

My guess is Jupiter 40th.

Guys in my office are asking me what's so funny.

 

[navychop]

When you are limited to 2 active external drives and you have a lot of stuff...

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Point well made.