Pro and cons of adding a second HD to an S2 DT

[rcompart]

What are the pros and cons of adding a second hard drive to a series 2 dual tuner versus replacing the existing one? I ordered a twin breeze from weaknees with the powertrip and fan combo and now I'm reading on here that it is a bad idea. My only reservation is I have a laptop and a USB to IDE dongle to connect the hard drive. What problems will arise from doing it this way with not having a desktop computer to work with? Is the twinbreeze a good thing to have for cooling even if I don't use both drives or is that a load of smoke?

Thanks in advance

[buddhawood]

The only reason two drives is bad is because you have twice the chance of a drive going bad. That said, ALL but one of my 5 tivo's have dual drives, including both my DRT800's. and have only lost one in 4 years. I also have not had a problem with power supplies either. It's a matter of weighing the extra recording time with the chance losing stored shows to drive failure.

[Pauli]

1. Extra noise.
2. Extra heat (more stress on the Hard drives and internal components)

[Dkerr24]

With very inexpensive large capacity IDE drives available, why bother with 2 drives? Do you really need 500 hours of TV programming on a unit?