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ENR G3 Series System Administrators Manual
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Format Hard Disks
Any newly-installed hard disk has to be formatted into ENR file system format. Click Format
to start formatting a new disk. After formatting, this disk will become ready for recording.
During normal operation, DO NOT REMOVE ANY DISK FROM THIS UNIT, or it might cause
damage to the disks. You can only remove or install a disk when the device is shut down.
Please note that the system will stop recording during the disk formation.
Disk Deletion
When the total recordable disk space is full, ENR will automatically delete the oldest files. An
amount of disk space equivalent with a ten-minute long recording will be cleared to save new
recordings.
Check Disk Status
Hard disk failure often comes after detectable signs and thus can be predicable, thus it is
important to detect these signs long before they really cause disk failures.
ENR performs S.M.A.R.T. Disk check on 24-hour basis since last check. This technology
enables a system to monitor the disk status and anticipate disk failures, helping the system
administrator to prevent from unexpected outage and data loss.
You may manually perform an instant S.M.A.R.T check by clicking “Refresh”.
Once the disk a appears in “WARNING, “FAILED”, orUNKNOWN” status, it is not reliable
for recording, and may fail when the number of bad sectors on the disk has grown high
enough.
S.M.A.R.T Status
Description
Solution
PASSED
This disk is in normal condition.
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WARNING
Certain error has been found on
this disk.
On “Storage” page, select the
disk and clickDisablenext to
Recordable status to stop the
system from saving recording
into it.
1. Watch playback and export
important video / system log.
Healthy Disk
Abnormal Disk