Quick Start Guide

VERACITY COLDSTORE | CSTORE15-3U QUICK START GUIDE | REV 3.0.3 | October 2018 | 4
 Ensure that the product is securely held at all times as dropping the product will almost certainly damage
it (possibly beyond repair) and more importantly, may cause severe personal injury, especially to hands and
feet. Extreme caution is essential.
 Do not move the system once powered up. To do so may result in damage to the disks and potential
loss of data.
C) Product Package Contents
Carefully unpack the package contents. This will consist of the main unit wrapped in a protective
polythene bag and mounted in foam blocks, an accessories box and a copy of this Quick Start Guide.
| The COLDSTORE unit will contain 15 x empty 3.5” hard disk trays.
| The COLDSTORE unit will incorporate a dual, hot-swappable power supply unit.
The accessories box will contain:
| Rack mount lugs and mounting screws (note these are left- and right-handed)
| 60 x Hard disk tray mounting screws
| 2 x screw-terminal connectors for digital I/O (green plugs)
| Power cable (UK, EU or US).
| Standard warranty statement
| 4 x base feet and screws (for free-standing use)
D) Basic Requirements
For correct setup and operation of the system, the following items will be required:
| SATA Hard disks (minimum three units – any capacity).
| A computer such as a PC or laptop (running Windows 7 (or later Windows operating system)
| Ethernet Network (including network cables and a switch)
| Preferred Video Management System (see website for list of supported systems)
E) System Overview
COLDSTORE is a hard disk array system specifically designed for video surveillance storage. It uses our
LAID sequential writing system, our SFS sequential disk filing system and custom-designed hardware and
firmware to achieve a high-capacity, high-reliability, very low power system ideally suited to surveillance
storage.
COLDSTORE itself is a 3U, 19” rack unit with 15 x 3.5” disk
bays. The disk cage is accessible by releasing the catches on
the left and right of the unit front panel.
The front LCD panel provides basic information and control of
basic system operation. However, all information may be
viewed-, configuration carried out- and control executed- over
a network connection using the SITESCAPE application
program.
The rear panel provides dual power, digital I/O and dual network connections as shown in G) below. The
dual serial ports are for engineering purposes only and are not required for normal configuration and
operation.
F) Chassis Mounting
The rack mount lugs should be fitted to the unit as a first step. This is recommended whether or not the
unit will be mounted in an equipment rack. This makes the unit easier and safer to handle.
If the unit is to be used free-standing, we recommend fitting the base feet to avoid damaging supporting
surfaces with the metal case.