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formatted as single disk volume on the NVR, you can add this hard drive to the
RAID 5 or RAID 6 configuration. You are recommended to use hard disk drives of
the same storage capacity for the RAID configuration.
3.
Select the RAID 5 or RAID 6 configuration on the “RAID Management” page and
click “Add Hard Drive”.
4.
Select the new hard drive member. The total drive capacity after adding the
drive will be shown. Click “Add Hard Drive.”
5.
All the data on the new hard drive member will be deleted during this process.
The data on the original RAID 5 or RAID 6 configuration will be retained. Click
“OK”. The NVR will beep twice.
To add hard drives member to a RAID 10 disk volume, repeat the above steps. Note
that you need to add an even number of hard disk drives to a RAID 10 volume.
The storage capacity of the RAID 10 volume will increase upon successful
configuration.
This process may take a few hours to tens of hours to complete depending on the
number and the size of the hard drive. Please wait patiently for the process to finish.
Do NOT turn off the NVR during this process. You can use a RAID configuration of
larger capacity after the process.
Configure Spare Drive
You can add a spare drive to or remove a spare drive from a RAID 5, 6, or 10
configuration.
Follow the steps below to use this feature.
1. Make sure the status of the RAID 5, 6, 10 configuration is “Ready”.
2.
Install a hard drive on the NVR. If you have a hard drive which has already been
formatted as single disk volume on the NVR, you can configure this hard drive as
the spare drive. You are recommended to use hard disk drives of the same
storage capacity for the RAID configuration.
3. Select the RAID volume and click “Configure Spare Drive.”
4.
To add a spare drive to the selected configuration, select the hard drive and click
“Configure Spare Drive.” To remove a spare drive, unselect the spare drive and
click “Configure Spare Drive.”
5. All the data on the selected hard drive will be deleted. Click “OK” to proceed.