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DessertDog
13-01-2014, 12:46 PM
I have installed cctv i have one 2tb HD installed but i would like to connect another 2 tb HD the problem i have its sata2 but only has one sata2 connector it will take upto 4 HDs but i need to get a sata lead that will convert my single connector to 2 or more connectors any help would be great .
thanks for looking at this.

Reddevil
13-01-2014, 01:08 PM
SATA 1, 2 & 3 connectors are the same as far as im aware the difference is how the mainboard communicates

They dont recommend different ones on same port tho due to speed issues, to be honest how many cameras you got to fill 2tb of drive space?

DessertDog
13-01-2014, 01:12 PM
I have 4 cams but they only seem to have enough space for 14day i would have thought a month was ok but it seems not all i want to do is connect another HD so i have 2 not 1but box only has a single sata2 socket m8.

Reddevil
13-01-2014, 01:40 PM
Unless it supports USB storage then I dont think its possible with 1 connector.

If it was ide you could have master and slave sadly SATA doesnt work that way


The other space saving thing is record using a lower resolution rather than HD or max res, the image will be most likely perfectly viewable


you got a link to the DVR unit?

Gazer
13-01-2014, 01:59 PM
Hi DD
If its the sunluxy Home 4ch CCTV DVR Day Night Weatherproof Security Camera Surveillance System, then I think it will only take 1 hard drive up to 3TB SATA

and you will have a usb on the back to move any recorded stuff you want to keep.

I have a qvis 8 camera system which is the same with only 1 x 3TB hard drive in it which gives me around 20 days

DessertDog
13-01-2014, 02:00 PM
yes it does support usb external i think dealnts user on ebay where i got it had 5 of em so far for others houses lol.

DessertDog
13-01-2014, 02:01 PM
Hi DD
If its the sunluxy Home 4ch CCTV DVR Day Night Weatherproof Security Camera Surveillance System, then I think it will only take 1 hard drive up to 3TB SATA

and you will have a usb on the back to move any recorded stuff you want to keep.

I have a qvis 8 camera system which is the same with only 1 x 3TB hard drive in it.

yes m8 thats the one but they said it will take 4 HDs but only connection internal for 1

Reddevil
13-01-2014, 03:32 PM
I was wondering if you had a 4tb drive split in to 2 partitions would that work?

Im thinking the SATA interface wont see drives larger than 2tb tho, they seem to specify 2tb drive sizes on the ones i viewed

DessertDog
13-01-2014, 04:04 PM
I was wondering if you had a 4tb drive split in to 2 partitions would that work?

Im thinking the SATA interface wont see drives larger than 2tb tho, they seem to specify 2tb drive sizes on the ones i viewed
It says on manual that 3 tb is max but i have lowered the record res now ill see if that helps ty m8
Not sure if a partitioned drive would work

Gazer
13-01-2014, 04:09 PM
Not sure if a partitioned drive would work

no it would not work

DessertDog
13-01-2014, 04:14 PM
Found a 3tb for just over ?88

digidude
15-01-2014, 12:47 AM
unless youre a commercial property, would you really need so much footage archived? i fit quite a few CCTV systems, and under 'normal' use and resolutions, a 4 camera system will hold just short of 4 weeks worth on a 500Gb HDD, set it to 'motion activated even recording' only (which i dont recommend as i can show you how to easily get past this) and youll save up to 3 months worth on a 500Gb hdd

i have 4 cameras, recording 24/7, and right now, i can view december 17th footage, which i think is more than enough. if something happens, you normally know the next day, or if its a neighbour etc, within 2 or 3 days. its highly unlikely that someone will say 'i dont suppose you have footage of 13 weeks ago, on tuesday, at 4:20pm do you?' theyd have been in touch a lot sooner if something had happened imo

notanotherone
15-01-2014, 12:51 AM
unless youre a commercial property, would you really need so much footage archived? i fit quite a few CCTV systems, and under 'normal' use and resolutions, a 4 camera system will hold just short of 4 weeks worth on a 500Gb HDD, set it to 'motion activated even recording' only (which i dont recommend as i can show you how to easily get past this) and youll save up to 3 months worth on a 500Gb hdd

i have 4 cameras, recording 24/7, and right now, i can view december 17th footage, which i think is more than enough. if

something happens, you normally know the next day, or if its a neighbour etc, within 2 or 3 days. its highly unlikely that someone will say 'i dont suppose you have footage of 13 weeks ago, on tuesday, at 4:20pm do you?' theyd have been in touch a lot sooner if something had happened imo

so when you coming to fix mine?

DessertDog
25-01-2014, 12:02 PM
I have reduced the quality and looks ok on recordimgs and seems to save for longer ty digi