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11.3 Setting HDD Status
You may change the behavior of your HDD by changing its status. The status of a HDD
can be set to redundancy, read-only or read/write (R/W).
11.3.1 Setting HDD to Read-Only
A HDD can be set to read-only to avoid important recorded files from being overwritten
when the HDD becomes full.
To set a HDD to read-only:
1.
Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD.
2.
Select HDD to protect.
3.
Select the Property button to enter the Property Settings menu, as shown below.
4.
Set
HDD Status
to
Read-Only
.
5.
Select OK to save and exit menu.
Note:
Once set to read-only, the HDD cannot be written to until it is set back to
read/write (R/W). If the HDD that is currently being written to is set to read-only, the
data will be recorded to the next HDD. If there is only one HDD present, setting it to
read-only will cause the DVR to not record.
11.3.2 Setting HDD to Redundancy
In order to use HDD redundancy on your DVR, you will need to have at least two disks
installed. Setting up HDD redundancy will allow your DVR to redundantly record a copy
of the videos onto multiple drives as a safeguard against losing all your files in case of
disk failures.
To setup HDD redundancy:
1.
Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD.
2.
Select HDD to setup redundancy on.
3.
Select the Property button to enter the Property Settings menu, as shown above.
4.
Set
HDD Status
to
Redundancy
.
5.
Select OK to save and exit menu.
Note:
The HDD that is set to redundancy is used to store an extra copy of the recording.
If a HDD is set to redundancy, at least one HDD should be set to the R/W status.
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