Difference between revisions of "NVR/Recording Setup/RAID Hotspare"

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How to setup Hotspare

Pre-Requisites

• An NVR that supports RAID and Hotspare
• 3 or more hard drives installed on your NVR, including a drive that is not currently part of the RAID array.
• Completed the instructions to setup RAID Link Here

Step by Step Instructions to Setup Hotspare

1. Login to your NVR from the web interface.

2. Go to Setup->Storage->Advance

3. Select the drive you wish to assign as the Hotspare, and set that drive to "HDD Group 2"

4. Click, "OK"

5. Go to Setup->Storage->RAID->Hotspare

7. Choose the RAID array you wish to assign the Hotspare drive to, and click, "OK"

8. Click, "OK" again on the confirmation dialogue.

9. Once complete, the drive should be listed under, "Type" as either, "Local Hotspare" or "Remote Hotspare"