User Manual

DW Spectrum 3.0
Rev. 072017 Page | 31
As displayed above, the computer has 3 partitions and only disks D and E are used for storage because disk C has
less than 100 Gb of free space. Disk D is configured as Backup Storage (see "Configuring Redundant Storage
(Storage Backup)").
3. To select Storage to be used click the switch
4. To add NAS/External Storage, click Add and enter the storage path (URL), Login and Password, for instance:
IMPORTANT. Make sure NAS is available and accessible through network from the computer Server is installed
on.
5. Click OK. At this point, all Storage will be checked for validity and confirm ability to write to that storage location. If
the drive has insufficient space, a warning will appear.
Due to different bitrate streams from Cameras may occupy different amount of space in Storage. DW Spectrum uses
special algorithm to keep the same amount of time stored for different Cameras. However a user can set minimum or
maximum amount of data that can be stored for specific camera(s). See "Configuring Maximum and Minimum
Recording Time for Camera".
To configure redundant storage see "Configuring Redundant Storage (Storage Backup)".
To view detailed storage statistics see "Analyzing and Predicting Storage Usage".
The Storage structure on the partition is as follows:
<drive>/DW Spectrum Media/[Resolution]/[MAC or UUID]/[YYYY]/[MM]/[DD]/[HH]: