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To group a hard drive, use the Disk Group dropdown menu to choose a group in which the hard drive
will apply and click OK.
After configuring the hard drive group, click the Main Stream, Sub Stream and Snapshot tabs
respectively, to configure the groups to main stream, sub stream and snapshot information of different
channels to different HDD groups. Be sure to click OK on each tab to save its respective configuration.
Disk Quota
The disk quota menu allows the user to allocate a fixed storage capacity for each channel.
Below is a screenshot of the disk quota menu:
Please note, this feature cannot be used in conjunction with disk group mode. To use disk quota mode,
click on the “Are you sure you want to switch from disk group to quota mode” button. Click on the
channel dropdown menu to select which channel this quota percentage will apply.
Click on the Disk Quota dropdown menu to select a quota percentage. Click OK apply the quota. The
same process can be applied to multiple channels if applicable.
Note: The system may prompt you to reboot the device each time when you switch the mode.
FTP
FTP stands for File Transfer Protocol. This protocol allows for remote uploading of files to a server. This
feature requires the use of an FTP tool on a computer to enable the use of FTP features on the DVR.
Once an FTP tool has been acquired, installed, and configured to allow read, write, append, and delete
access, then the DVR can be configured to use FTP. Below is a screenshot of the FTP menu screen: