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3.6 Setting Up the Video Storage Location
To achieve stable recording performance, you need to divide your hard disks into 4 / 8 storage
groups and each group is assigned with an equal number of cameras.
Note:
Be sure to follow the hard drive installation of 20 / 16 / 8-bay models as below. See
3.5
Formatting the Hard Drive
for details.
Disk (D:)
Disk (E:)
Disk (F:)
Disk (G:)
Disk (H:)
Disk (I:)
Disk (J:)
Disk (K:)
Disk (L:)
Disk (M:)
Disk (N:)
Disk (O:)
Disk (P:)
Disk (Q:)
Disk (R:)
Disk (S:)
Disk (T:)
Disk (U:)
Disk (V:)
Disk (W:)
20-Bay Models
Figure 3-20
For the users of
GV-Hot Swap NVR / VMS System
, create
4 storage groups
and assign the
specified hard drives and camera channels in the storage group according to the tables below.
Take the 4U 20-bay 64-channel model as an example, you should assign hard drive D, E, F,
G, H to
Storage Group 1
, and then assign camera 01-16 to be recorded in
Storage Group 1
.
Storage Group 1 Storage Group 2 Storage Group 3 Storage Group 4
D I N S
E J O T
F K P U
G L Q V
4U 20-bay
GV-Hot Swap
NVR / VMS
System
H M R W
64-channel
Camera 01-16
Camera 17-32
Camera 33-48
Camera 49-64
32-channel
Camera 01-08
Camera 09-16
Camera 17-24
Camera 25-32
