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Chapter 11 Hot Spare Recorder Backup
Video recorders can form an N+1 hot spare system. The system consists of several working video
recorders and a hot spare video recorder; when the working video recorder fails, the hot spare
video recorder switches into
operaon, thus increasing the reliability of the system. Contact your
dealer for details of models that support the hot spare funcon.
A bidireconal connecon shown in the gure below is required to be built between the hot spare
video recorder and each working video recorder.
Figure 11-1 Building a Hot Spare System
11.1 Set Hot Spare Device
Hot spare devices takes over working device tasks when working device fails.
Steps
1. Go to System → Hot Spare .
2. Select Work Mode as Hot Spare Mode.
Figure 11-2 Hot Spare
3. Click Apply.
4. Click Yes in the pop-up aenon box to reboot the device.
Note
The camera
connecon will be disabled when the device works in hot spare mode.
It is highly recommended to restore the device defaults aer switching the working mode of
the hot spare device to normal mode to ensure the normal operaon aerward.
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