RC-E User Manual
Management Client (RC-E Manager)
Recording and archiving configuration list content:
1. Database
name
2. Maximum size of the database (and usage; also represented graphically by a proportional filling of the
database)
3. Database
location
4. Archiving schedule for archiving to the next archive in the list. Note that the number of retention days stated
for an archive includes all retention stated earlier in the process.
Tip:
Pausing the mouse pointer over a database will show detailed database information.
Creating a New Storage Area
A storage area is always created with at predefined recording database named
Recording,
which cannot be renamed.
Besides a recording database, a storage area can contain a number of archives, see Creating an Archive within an
Existing Storage Area (on page 67).
1. To add an extra storage area to a selected recording server, click the button located below the
Storage
configuration
list.
2. This opens the
Storage and Recording Settings
dialog where you must specify the following:
o
Name:
Rename the storage area if needed; use a descriptive and unique name.
o
Path:
Type or use the browser link next to the field to specify the path to the directory in which to save
the storage area. The storage area does not necessarily have to be located on the recording server
computer itself.
Tip
: If the directory you plan to use does not already exist, you can create it using the browser dialog.
Network drives must be specified using UNC (Universal Naming Convention) format, example:
\\server\volume\directory\.
o
Retention time:
Select a number of units and select either
Days
or
Hours
to specify how long recordings
should stay in the recording database before being deleted or archived (depending on archive settings).
This is useful if you do not want your most recent recordings to be archived (or deleted) straight away
even though archiving may be scheduled to take place before the specified number of hours.
Who determines the schedule?
You do. You must specify the intervals with which the archiving
process will start.
Example:
If you specify 24 hours, recordings must be at least a day old before they will be archived. If
archiving is scheduled to take place before the 24 hours have passed, only recordings older than 24
hours will be archived. Bear in mind that the archive's scheduling may mean that recordings will be older
than the specified number of hours before they are archived. This may especially be the case if you
specify an archiving schedule with long time spans between archiving.
Archiving is set up by adjusting several interdependent settings, see About Storage and Archiving (on
page 56)for more information.
o
Maximum size:
Select the maximum number of gigabytes of recording data to save in the recording
database.
Example:
If you want to store up to 100 gigabytes of recording data in the database, select 100.
Recording data in excess of the specified number of gigabytes will be auto-moved to the first archive in
the list - if any is specified - or deleted.
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