Chapter 15: Storage management
3. Select a Network storage name.
4. Select the network storage type. Select from NAS or IP SAN.
5. Enter the HDDs Storage IP address. Click the
Search
button to search for the
Storage Directory.
6. Click the
OK
button to create the selected network attached storage.
Initialize a HDD
The built-in HDD does not need to be initialized before it can be used. You can also re-
initialize the HDD. However, all data on the HDD will be destroyed.
To initialize a HDD:
1. From the menu toolbar, click
Storage Management
>
HDD Information
.
2. Under the HDD Information tab, select the HDD to be initialized.
3. Click the
Initialize
button to begin initialization.
After the HDD has been initialized, the status of the HDD changes from Abnormal to
Normal.
Overwrite a HDD
You can select how the recorder responds when the HDDs become full and there is no
longer sufficient space to save new data. The overwrite option is enabled by default.
To enable overwrite when the HDDs are full:
1. From the menu toolbar, click
Storage Management
>
HDD Information
.
2. Enable
Overwrite
.
Caution
: If the overwrite option is disabled and the quota management capacity for
a channel is set to zero, the recordings on that channel can still be overwritten. To
avoid this happening, set a quota level for the channel or use the group
management mode.
3. Click
Apply
to save the settings.
4. Continue to configure the recorder or click
Exit
to return to live view.
Storage mode
To ensure an efficient use of the storage space available on HDDs, you can control an
individual camera’s storage capacity using HDD quota management. This function lets
you allocate different storage capacities for both recordings and snapshots to each
camera.
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