DVS ProntoXway, Hardware Manual

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ProntoXway Hardware Guide
Product Disposal (B2B)
Used electrical and electronic products should not be dis-
posed of with general household waste. At the end of its
service life you may return the DVS product after appro-
priate prior notification to either your local distributor or
DVS in Germany. DVS will then take the device free of
charge to a waste disposal organization which will recycle
and reuse it environmental friendly.
General Notes
Please observe the following general important notes:
The ProntoXway is delivered to you fully preconfigured and
optimized for a real-time in- and output of uncompressed vid-
eo streams. Changing any of the settings (e.g. the hardware,
software and/or BIOS settings) may lead to a loss of perfor-
mance or may even render the system unusable. Re-configur-
ing the system anew is in most cases a lengthy procedure. Do
not change any of the settings unless you are absolutely sure
of what you are doing and what the results would be.
Your DVS system has been tested thoroughly and is very reli-
able. However, because of the vast amount of third-party
software available, its reactions on the installation of such
could not be tested. The installation of third-party software
may disrupt the real-time capability and/or limit the function-
ality of your system.
RAID 0 systems: The hard disks of the ProntoXway’s main
storage are arranged as a stripe set without data protection. If
one hard disk fails, your data will be unrecoverable. There-
fore, it is strongly recommended to perform backups of your
video data at regular intervals.
Only use the designated storage to store video and audio data.
Other storage locations will be too slow for real-time opera-
tions.
Leave about 15 % of the overall main storage capacity empty
of data for real-time performance reasons.
Compared to other alarms sounded by the system the alarm
buzzer of the power supply is relatively faint. In a loud environ-
ment it may be drowned by other noises. When operating the
ProntoXway in a loud environment, it is recommended to
check the state of the power supply units (e.g. via their LEDs,
see section “Power Supply” on page 2-18) at regular intervals.