Scientific Atlanta 8300HD SARA eSATA Database

This web page is to support the users over at AVSForum adding an external eSATA drive to the Scientific Atlanta 8300 DVR.

You can find the main thread for this discussion here:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?t=516559&page=1&pp=30

To Determine which software your cable box is running, look at the A-B-C button labels at the bottom of the IPG (Interactive Program Guide):

			A		B		C
SARA			Browse By	Date		[curved backarrow]
Passport Echo		Time		Theme		Search
Navigator		Access Menu	Find Shows	[no label]

For Passport database click here.

For Navigator database click here.

The 'password' is a per entry lock so that only you(or I) can modify the entry.
Please include as much information about your drive/setup as possible.
If you don't know how to find your software version, see this thread:
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=4682052&&#post4682052>
To completely test your setup, please record two HD streams and play one of the two back delayed. A working setup should glitch no more often than the same test with your internal drive.
If the above test produces more glitches than the internal drive, please mark your entry as *PASS=NO*
If after using your drive for a few months, you begin to see issues, please try to remember to come back and change/update your PASS/FAIL status, Failure Mode(Long Term) and comment.

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Comment:	I originally purchased a Fantom Green (Green=problem) 1.5 TB unit eg GD1500EU64 GreenDrive Pro USB 2.0/eSATA Hard Drive 64mb cache - This unit was recognised by the DVR however if would fail to funtion after total DVR usage hit around 10 percent ( approx 30 hours).After several reformats and other failed attempts including getting a new DVR from cablevision and calling Fantom tech support (no help), Cablevision mentioned that they require a drive rotational speed of 7200 RPMs. I went back over the specs of the drive I had purchased which had this in their spec sheet -- "The GreenDrive employs variable speed disk mechanisms that increase their rotational velocity in response to host demand, resulting in virtually no performance degradation vs. a 7200RPM disk" Further digging reveald that this disk is rated at 5900 rpms. So - I opened the Fantom case -and swapped out the green drive for a Barracuda 7200.11 SATA 3Gb/s 1.5-TB. So far all seems well .....will provide update soon --- Too soon - problem re-appeared - looking to swap out case .....
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