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Old 27-12-2015, 06:26
JasonWatkins
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I know it's stupid o'clock on sunday morning

As per the title, is the WD20EFRX 2TB a good choice for the Humax ?. I'm assuming (and hoping) that because it's primarily recommend for NAS drives that it'll be ideal for a PVR with a reasonable amount of usage - not high, but not low either.

I'll leave this here until you're up at a more respectable time
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Old 27-12-2015, 10:38
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I wouldn't use one in a pvr. A NAS drive doesn't have to cope with a specific area of the hard drive being constantly written (The time shift buffer area). The 2TB WF drives designed for pvr use are WD20EURS/EURX.

These models are also extremely quiet in operation.


http://www.wdc.com/wdproducts/librar...879-701250.pdf
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Old 27-12-2015, 11:50
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thanks for the reply .. I did actually order a red earlier unfortunately so I'll have to see if I can change it or at least return it.
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Old 29-12-2015, 18:59
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Picked up the WD20EURX 2TB drive today and the installation was an absolute doddle. Booted the box back up and it recognised and formatted the drive immediately - gives about 1.8TB free for recording space which is perfect.
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