Most wire-free cameras have the ablility to record to local storage when synched to an Arlo SmartHub or Base Station. For more information about recording locally to a VMB5000 SmartHub with a MicroSD card, visit: How do I record 4K videos to a local storage device?

Important:

• Most Arlo cameras need to be paired to an Arlo SmartHub or Base Station for local storage.
• Arlo Go 2, Arlo Go, and Arlo Q Plus cameras can use a MicroSD card for local storage.
  • For more information, visit:
  • How do I use an optional SD card in my Arlo Go 2 Camera?
  • How do I set up backup SD card storage on my Arlo Go camera?
• If you connect a USB device, the camera records to both the cloud and the USB device.
  • If the camera and Arlo SmartHub or Base Station are powered on, but your Internet connection goes down, the camera continues to record to the USB device.
• The Arlo Secure App notifies you if the USB device is low on storage space or is full.
  • By default, the Overwrite Automatically option is enabled.
  • When enabled, the oldest recordings are automatically deleted when available storage on the USB device is below 20%.
• Only automatically triggered recordings are saved locally to the connected USB device.
  • Manual recordings are only saved to the cloud.

Required hardware:

• An Arlo SmartHub or Base Station with a USB port.
  Note: The VMB5000 SmartHub does not have a USB port, but instead has a microSD card slot.
• A USB 2.0 compatible flash drive or external hard drive with a Type-A connector and at least 16GB of available space.
  Note: Network-attached storage (NAS) devices and drives with multiple partitions are not currently supported.
  WARNING: Do not use the Arlo SmartHub or Base Station to format storage devices with more than 2 TB of storage capacity. The Arlo SmartHub or Base Station formats storage devices using the FAT32 file system, which supports a maximum of 2 TB of storage space. The formatting process reduces the capacity of larger storage devices to a maximum of 2 TB.

To set up local backup storage on an Arlo SmartHub or Base Station:

1. Plug the USB device into one of the USB ports on the back of the Arlo SmartHub or Base Station
2. Launch the Arlo Secure App or log in to your Arlo account at my.arlo.com.
3. Tap or click Devices.
4. Select the Arlo SmartHub or Base Station.
5. Tap or click Storage Settings.
6. Tap or click the Record Locally switch to enable local recording through local storage.
7. Tap or click Local Storage Settings to view the storage status, available storage, overwrite settings, and more.

Note: If you want a second USB device for when your first USB device is full, you can follow the same steps to add a second USB device, but you can only enable one USB device at a time.

Formatting local storage devices

You can format your storage device by tapping or clicking Format at the bottom of the Local Storage Settings screen. This will delete all files in your USB device and format it for local video storage.

WARNING: Formatting the USB device erases all data from the device. If you want to keep any files that are on the USB device, copy those files to another location before you format the USB device. Do not use the Arlo SmartHub or Base Station to format storage devices with more than 2 TB of storage capacity. The formatting process reduces the capacity of larger storage devices to a maximum of 2 TB. Do not remove the USB device while it is formatting. The USB device might become permanently unusable.

Removing local storage

You can safely eject your local storage by tapping or clicking Safely Eject Local Storage at the bottom of the Local Storage Settings screen. Remove your local storage device once prompted in the Arlo Secure App.

Overwrite Automatically

By default, the Overwrite Automatically option is enabled in the Local Storage Settings. When enabled, the oldest recordings are automatically deleted when available storage on the USB device is below 20%. Unrelated files that are not in the Arlo folder are not deleted by automatic overwrite.

• If you do not want old videos to be deleted when your USB device is low on storage space, tap or click the Overwrite Automatically switch to the off position.
• If automatic overwrite is turned off, the Arlo Secure App notifies you when storage gets low so that you can enable local storage backup on a different USB device.
  • If your local storage device is completely full, and automatic overwrite is turned off, videos are only recorded to the cloud until you turn on automatic overwrite, move recordings from your local storage device, or enable a different local storage device.
• If you want a second USB device to be used when your first USB device is full, you can follow the same set up steps above to add a second USB device.
  • Only one USB device can be enabled at a time.

For more information about local storage, visit:

• How do I enable or disable local storage for my Arlo SmartHub or Base Station?
• How do I format local storage using my Arlo SmartHub, Base Station or Camera?
• How do I view videos saved on local storage?