1.3.11. Storage Setup
Important
The settings in this Setup tab cannot be
changed in any way through ELMO-PRO
Remote
ATTENTION:
This function should be used by authorized technicians ONLY! The Storage Setup option is used to
choose the drive for recording video data. It may stop recording or continue to overwrite old data whenever there is no
free space on the drive, depending on the option selected.
Important
Only the administrator user, elmo, can
modify this setup tab.
1.3.11.1. Understanding DVR storage structure
In order for the DVR to be able to record video data on a selected drive, the drives/partitions have to be structured in a
certain way. After the initial allocation of the specific hard drive/partition, ELMO_DATA folder is created and the entire
available space is filled with files that have the extensions *.dat and *.idx.
These files act as a medium for the digital video recording. The size of .dat files remains static regardless of whether or
not they actually contain data (~64MB). These files can be compared to video/audio tapes. They are mediums of recording
and take up the same amount of space whether they are empty, or when they contain data. The video information is
stored in the tree-structure of subfolders depending on the date of the recording: year, month, day.
For example, the subfolder
F:\ELMO_DATA\2007\8\5
will contain video recordings from August 5, 2007
1.3.11.2. Overview
The Storage Setup displays the following:
Note
Drives C and D are protected from format-
ting/allocating and are not displayed on the
list of drives.
1. Recorded Data Path - displays the Drive name
2. Use for Recording - is used to select storage drives, where data is recorded. In the example below, drives F:\, G:\ and
H:\ are used for video recording.
3. Total Space/Free Space - displays used and available space
4. Format - allows the user to select a drive to format.
5. Recorded Time - displays the first and last time that data was recorded on a specific drive
6. When disk full - the user can decide the course of action when all local media is full: stop recording or overwrite old
data
Select
Stop Recording
to cease all video recording when the hard drives are full.
Warning
This can potentially result in the loss of
valuable video information. Once the drives
are full, the DVR will stop recording.
Select
Overwrite Old Data
to write over the old data when the hard drives are full.
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