I have a Lorex LNK71082T NVR that came with a 2TB surveillance drive built in. I'm looking to bump up the HDD, and I have a line on a good deal for a 16TB Toshiba Enterprise SATA drive - perfect size for keeping the number of days of recording that I'd like.
The problem I'm looking for help with is whether or not the NVR will support a drive this big. The max drive size indicated on Lorex's website varies - some places say 6TB max while other places on their site say 8TB. Add into the mix a review from a guy who said he popped in a 10TB with no problems, and, well, I'm not quite convinced that the stated limit is a hard limit.
Anyone have any experience with upgrading drives in Lorex NVRs/DVRs past their stated limit? Also, does anyone know the filesystem that Lorex boxes usually use? ExFAT? Ext3? Even if the drive doesn't work by plugging (and playing), I could always format the drive myself in a different system or duplicate the partition table from the existing 2TB.
I'm not totally set on keeping this NVR as I may switch over to Blue Iris, so I'd like to not compromise and get a smaller drive just to suit an NVR that I might be getting rid of anyway.
The problem I'm looking for help with is whether or not the NVR will support a drive this big. The max drive size indicated on Lorex's website varies - some places say 6TB max while other places on their site say 8TB. Add into the mix a review from a guy who said he popped in a 10TB with no problems, and, well, I'm not quite convinced that the stated limit is a hard limit.
Anyone have any experience with upgrading drives in Lorex NVRs/DVRs past their stated limit? Also, does anyone know the filesystem that Lorex boxes usually use? ExFAT? Ext3? Even if the drive doesn't work by plugging (and playing), I could always format the drive myself in a different system or duplicate the partition table from the existing 2TB.
I'm not totally set on keeping this NVR as I may switch over to Blue Iris, so I'd like to not compromise and get a smaller drive just to suit an NVR that I might be getting rid of anyway.