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VideoXpert® Professional v 3.17 Operations Manual
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The system ships with a volume group called Default Volume Group. You can rename or delete
this volume group.
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An archive volume group is a volume group to which the recorder will move the oldest video from
the other volume groups, instead of deleting the oldest video. See the section titled Using External
NAS Storage (Archive Volume Group) for more information about the archive volume group.
Using External NAS Storage (Archive Volume Group)
By connecting an external volume (network storage/NAS), you can extend your retention time for
VideoXpert Storage recorder. When your VideoXpert Storage recorder achieves its maximum capacity
and would normally begin to delete the oldest video, it will send video to the NAS instead. Video will still
adhere to retention parameters, even when moved to external storage. The experience in accessing
video is the same, whether a recording is served from a the VideoXpert Storage recorder or an external
server.
Note: VideoXpert supports SMB1 NAS servers when using anonymous access. For systems that
require a username/password for NAS access, you must use SMB2 or higher.
The external storage server must reside on the VideoXpert network. You can select whether to require
login credentials. If the server requires and is provided login credentials, NAS Authentication is enabled.
As video transfers from a VideoXpert Storage recorder to an external storage server, bandwidth of your
incoming cameras is equal to the bandwidth out to external storage. When using external storage, you
should plan storage distribution to ensure bandwidth availability for incoming cameras, storage overflow,
and user impact in viewing recorded video.
Note: While each VideoXpert Storage recorder can only have a single archive group, multiple
VideoXpert Storage recorder can use the same NAS server. In this case, each VideoXpert
Storage recorder must point to a different path/folder on the NAS server; pointing multiple
VideoXpert Storage recorder to the same archive group network path will cause video to expire
earlier than expected and without warning. You can individually select whether each path uses
NAS Authentication.
Creating a New Volume Group
1. In VideoXpert Storage Portal, click the Volumes tab.
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At the bottom-right of the Volume Groups panel, click the plus sign icon ( ).
3. In the Create New Volume Group dialog box:
a. Enter a value in the Name field.
b. Click to select or deselect the checkbox for Designate this Volume Group as the Archive
Volume Group.
c. Click OK.
4. If you selected this volume group to be the archive volume group, and there is already a
designated archive volume group, the Attention dialog box will inform you of this, and instruct you
to remove the current archive volume group. To proceed:
a. Click OK
b.
Identify the current archive volume group by the Archive Volume Group icon ( ) to the left of
the volume group name.
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