User Guide

TRENDnetUser’sGuide TV‐IP420P
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StorageManagement
NetworkStoragemustbesetupbeforeitcanbemanaged.Tosetupstorage,
pleaserefertotheprevioussection.
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Format: SelectanetworkstoragevolumeandthenclickFormatto
format your network storage. This action will format the
network volume (shared folder) for video recording.
Placeholderfiles (formattingfiles)  willbe createdto make
surediskallocationisappropriateand thefilesearchingis
optimized.
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The volume format is a proprietary user space storage
format. Meaning that you visit the shared folder and see
some structured files. Please do not modify these files
manually. Modifying these files may cause recording and
playbackproblems.Accessyourrecordingandsystemlogvia
the web management user interface to download the
recordingandsnapshots.
Capacity: Thetotalcapacitythisnetworkstoragecanuse.
FreeSpace: Thefreespaceleftforvideorecording,snapshotandlog.
Status: Theconnectionstatustothenetworkstorage.
Property: Thisne tworkstorageisreadonlyorcanbereadandwrite.
Progress: Theprogressofongoingtask.
Note:Theformattingprogressdependsonthesizeofthestorage
andthenetworkbandwidth.Ittakesawhileifyouareformatting
abigvolumeorthenetworkconnectionisnotstable.
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