User Manual

Chapter 13: Storage management
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Controlling disk storage mode on the HDD
You can allocate on an HDD the maximum permitted storage and snapshot capacities
from each camera.
1. Click System Settings > Hard Disk > Storage Mode.
2. Under the Mode option, select Quota.
3. Select a camera whose storage capacity you want to change and enter the values in
GB for maximum record capacity and maximum picture capacity. The Used
Record/Picture Capacity and the maximum storage capacity of the HDD are listed.
4. Click Apply to save the settings.
5. If you want to copy these values to other cameras, click Copy and select the
cameras. Click OK. Click Apply to save the settings.
Setting up HDD groups
Your recorder can organize multiple HDDs into groups. Videos from specified channels
can be set to be recorded onto a particular HDD group. You could, for example, save
the records from a couple of high priority cameras to one HDD, and save the recordings
from all the other cameras to another HDD.
To set up an HDD group:
1. From the menu toolbar, click System Settings > Hard Disk > Storage Mode.
2. Under Mode, select Group.
3. Under Record on HDD Group, select the HDD group number.
4. Check the channels to be added to this group.
Note: By default, all channels belong to HDD group 1.
5. Click Apply to save the settings.