Hi @celdae123 

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How to choose a suitable HDD for VIGI NVR
I am not able to provide any suggestions if your HDD is over 10T. We have this mentioned in this FAQ.

About the firmware, no. We don't have any plans or firmware in the roadmap to support large-size HDDs. This still needs further discussion and market feedback.

About your 10T HDD, I am not sure about your question. Description is not clear enough. Are you saying that the videos stored on your 10T can only be saved for around 40 days?

Please describe your first issue clearly. So I may be of help.

Hi @celdae123 

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Then if you are using 7 x 2k and 1 x 4k, then this 1008H cannot support that. So 8 cameras are lowered to 1080P, is that right?

I am a tech lover but I am not working in the dev team. I consulted one of the senior engineers who works closely with the dev. He said no support for more than 10T in the roadmap which means in a short period of time it cannot be done.

If you need that large size, you probably consider a more advanced model or seek other solutions.

Models for 2 or 4 SATA

Hi @celdae123 

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I asked why it is limited to 10T, but there has been no reply from them so far. But we do have products that support multiple SATAs.

I compared the VIGI with other brands and I found the entry-level 8 or 16 channels are usually built for 10T x 1 SATA. When it comes to 16 channels, or 32, that'll give 2 or 4 SATA channels.

So, my guess is that this is enough for common users. In your situation, you should consider other models with more SATA capability. And this is what the market does. You can search 8-channel(entry-level) NVR for any brands and compare their max storage supported. So, the project dev followed suit and built it in that way. (This is the most basic procedure. I think I will do market research and find out what's the common practice. Blindly adding up the hardware compatibility will increase the cost and the price will go high. Not everyone would pay for a high-end product. e.g. I am fine with a 14900K Intel CPU while most people will take a 14600 or 14700 CPU, that's already enough for gaming and some light-task. And performance is pretty much the same.)

Hi @celdae123

Thanks for your valuable feedback and post here. This request has been forwarded to the developer team for further evaluation.

As far as I know, the roadmap now does not consider adding support for more storage.

You can subscribe to the firmware release thread which is pinned on the related page. Or pay attention to our official website where most releases will show up there very soon.

As a reminder, any request will be evaluated by our developer team before it is officially added to the roadmap. That may take some time before you see a release with this feature. If your requested feature is not on high priority or not reported by many people, it may be delayed for more feedback.