Chapter 12: Recording
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A stable network connection is required
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There must be at least 10 Mbps of unallocated bandwidth available with the main
recorder. The main and failover recorders must have equal camera counts
•
Ideally the failover recorder must have equal storage capacity to the main recorder
to accommodate for long outage times of the main recorder.
To set up a hot spare recorder:
1. From the menu toolbar, click
Recording
>
Hot Spare
.
2. First set up the master recorders.
For each master recorder, check the
Normal Mode
box and
Enable
. Enter the IP
address and password for each recorder.
3. Set up the hot spare recorder.
Check the
Recovery Unit
box.
Note
: Once the hot spare is enabled, it must be added to the server in order for it to
become available.
4. Click
Apply
to save the settings.
5. Click
Exit
to return to live view, or continue configuring the recorder settings.
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