Unisight EmPower NVR User Manual page 311

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4.11.4.5 RAID Manager
Important
Please make sure your purchased product support the RAID function, otherwise you cannot see
the following interface.
RAID (redundant array of independent disks) is a data storage virtualization technology that combines
multiple physical HDD components into a single logical unit for the purposes of data redundancy,
performance improvement, or both.
Note
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RAID function is for some series product only. Slight difference may be found on the user interface.
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Right now, NVR supports RAID0, RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, and RAID 10. Local hotspare supports
RAID1, RAID5, RAID6, and RAID10.
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Refer to the following table for detailed information.
RAID Type
RAID0
RAID1
RAID5
RAID6
RAID10
4.11.4.5.1
RAID Config
It is for you to manage RAID HDD. It can display RAID name, type, free space, total space, status and etc.
Here you can add/delete RAID HDD.
Click Add button to select RAID type and then select HDDs, click OK button to add. See Figure 4-113.
One click to create RAID
⚫ Click it to automatically create RAID5.
For create RAID function, you can select the physical HDD that does not included in the RAID group
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or the created disk array to create a RAID5. You can refer to the following situations:
There is no RAID, no hotspare disk: System directly creates the RAID5 and creates one hotspare
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disk at the same time.
There is no RAID, but there is a hotspare disk: System creates the RAID5 only. It uses previous
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hotspare disk.
There is RAID: System cancel the previous RAID setup and then create the new RAID5. System
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creates the hotspare disk if there is no one. System uses previous hotspare disk if there is hotspare
disk available.
⚫ The background will format the virtual disk.
Create manually
Step 4 Select RAID type first and then follow the prompts to set HDD amount.
Step 5 Click Create Manually button, system pops up dialogue box to warning you it is going to clear all
data.
Step 6 Click OK button to complete the operation.
Stop current channel record no matter what period applied in the
record setup.
Check the corresponding All button, you can enable or disable all
channels record.
HDD Amount
At least 2 HDDs.
Only 2 HDDs.
At least 3 HDDs. Usually recommend the RAID5 consists of 4 to 6 HDDs.
At least 4 HDDs.
At least 4 HDDs.
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