Storage Setup - i3 International SRX PRO User Manual

Chapter 1. SRX-Pro Server
Important
Only the administrator user, i3dvr, can
modify this setup tab.
Important
The settings in this Setup tab cannot be
changed in any way through SRX-Pro Re-
mote
Note
Drives C and D are protected from format-
ting/allocating and are not displayed on the
list of drives.
5. Re-start the system and wait for the SRX-Pro Server to load. The imported settings will take effect after system restart.

1.4.11. Storage Setup

ATTENTION: This function should be used by i³ Authorized Technicians ONLY! The Storage Setup option is used to
choose the drive for recording video data. It may stop recording or continue to overwrite old data whenever there is no
free space on the drive, depending on the option selected.
1.4.11.1. Understanding DVMS storage structure
In order for the DVMS to be able to record video data on a selected drive, the drives/partitions have to be structured in
a certain way. After the initial allocation of the specific hard drive/partition, I3DVR_DATA folder is created. Video data
is stored in files that have extensions *.dat and *.idx. These files act as a medium for the digital video recording. The size
of each *.dat file is 64MB, which means each *.dat files contains 64MB worth of video recording. When video recording
exceeds 64MB, new *.dat file is created. The video information is stored in the tree-structure of subfolders that correspond
to the date of the recording: year, month, day.
For example, the subfolder F:\I3DVR_DATA\2011\02\15 will contain video recordings from February 16, 2011
1.4.11.2. Overview
The Storage Setup displays the following:
1. Recorded Data Path - displays the Drive name
2. Use for Recording - is used to select storage drives, where data is recorded. In the example below, drives F:\, G:\ and
H:\ are used for video recording.
3. Total Space/Free Space - displays used and available space
4. Format - allows the user to select a drive to format
5. Recorded Time - displays the first and last time that data was recorded on a specific drive
6. When disk full - the user can decide the course of action when all local media is full: stop recording or overwrite old
data
Select Stop Recording to cease all video recording when the hard drives are full.
WARNING: This can potentially result in the loss of valuable video information. Once the drives are full, the DVMS
will stop recording.
Select Overwrite Old Data to write over the old data when the hard drives are full.
WARNING: This can potentially result in the loss of valuable video information. Once the drives are full, the old video
recordings will be overwritten. These video recordings will be lost and will not be restored. It is advisable to back up
valuable video information onto a separate removable or a local drive that is not used for video recording.
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