Setting Hdd Status; Setting Hdd To Read-Only; Setting Hdd To Redundancy - HIKVISION DS-9000 Series User Manual

User Manual of DS-9000/9100/9600 Series DVR

Setting HDD Status

You may change the behavior of your HDD by changing its status. The status of a HDD can be set to redundancy,
read-only or read/write (R/W).

Setting HDD to Read-Only

A HDD can be set to read-only to avoid important recorded files from being overwritten when the HDD becomes
full.
To set a HDD to read-only:
1. Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD.
2. Select HDD to protect.
3. Select the Set button to enter the HDD Settings menu, as shown in Figure 7.
Figure 7. HDD Settings Menu
4. Set HDD Status to Read-Only.
5. Select OK to save and exit menu.
Note:
Once set to read-only, the HDD cannot be written to until it is set back to read/write (R/W). If the HDD
that is currently being written to is set to read-only, the data will be recorded to the next HDD. If there is only one
HDD present, setting it to read-only will cause the DVR to not record.

Setting HDD to Redundancy

In order to use HDD redundancy on your DVR, you will need to have at least two disk installed. Setting up HDD
redundancy will allow your DVR to redundantly record a copy of the videos onto multiple drives as a safeguard
against losing all your files in case of disk failures.
To set a HDD to redundancy:
1. Enter the HDD Management menu by clicking Menu > HDD.
2. Select HDD to set redundancy on.
3. Select the Set button to enter the HDD Settings menu, as shown in Figure 7.
4. Set HDD Status to Redundancy.
5. Select OK to save and exit menu.
Note:
The HDD that is set to redundancy is used to store an extra copy of the recording. If a HDD is set to
redundancy, at least one HDD should be set to the R/W status.
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