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The settings panel of the Backup archive system object is shown in the figure.

The table describes the setting parameters of the Backup archive system object.

 

Parameter

Method for setting the parameter value

Parameter description

Representation

Default value

Value range

1

Identification number*

Automatically

Displays the identification number of the Backup archive system object in the video surveillance system with the distributed architecture

Numbers, letters, periods, hyphen, dash, and underscore

NA

Depends on the number of the Backup archive objects in the video surveillance system with the distributed architecture

2

Name*

Enter the value in the field

Sets the name of the Backup archive object in the video surveillance system with the distributed architecture

Latin, Cyrillic, and service characters

Backup archive

A line containing a sequence of any characters (letters, digits, service characters except > and < characters), case-insensitive.

Number of charactersfrom 1 to 60

3

Disable

Set the checkbox

Disables the Backup archive object in the video surveillance system with the distributed architecture

Boolean type

Clear

Setthe Backup archive object is disabled and isn't used

Clearthe Backup archive object is enabled and is used

4

Computer

Select the value from the list

Sets the Computer parent object for the given Backup archive object

Name of the Computer objects registered in the system

Name of the Computer parent object

Depends on the number of the Computer objects in the system

The Cameras group

5

Range

Click the button

Provides access to the complex selection of video cameras for copying the video archive to the Backup archive

NA

NANA

6

All

Click the button

Selects all cameras registered in the system for copying the video archive to the Backup archive

NA

NANA

7

Number

Select the value from the list

Sets the number of the camera for copying the video archive to the Backup archive

Sequence of numbers

NA

Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system

8

Camera

Select the value from the list

Sets the name of the camera for copying the video archive to the Backup archive

Names of the cameras registered in the system

NA

Depends on the number of the cameras registered in the system

9

Gate

Select the value from the list

Sets the Videogate object through which the video archive from the selected camera is transferred to the Backup archive

Names of the Videogate objects registered in the system

NA

Depends on the number of the Videogate objects registered in the system

10

Backup archive

Select the value from the list

Sets the Backup archive object, which transfers the video archive from the selected camera to the given Backup archive

Names of the Backup archive objects registered in the system

NA

Depends on the number of Backup archive objects registered in the system

11

Compression

Select the value from the list

Sets the level of the video signal compression to write to the Backup archive

Sequence of numbers

NA

In order to increase the compression level from 0 to 5

0no compression

5maximum compression

12

Compressor

Select the value from the list

Sets the algorithm of the video stream compression used for the video signal recompression when writing to the Backup archive. If you specify the compressor, select the value in the Compression list

List of available algorithms

NA

MJPEG, Motion Wavelet 3.5, MPEG4

13External storageSelect the value from the list

Sets the External storage object used to import the archive from the external storage of the IP device

List of the External storage objects registered in the systemNADepends on the number of the External storage objects registered in the system
14Store no more than (hours)Enter the value in the fieldSets the time period in hours after which the records must be deleted from the Backup archiveNon-negative integerNA>0

The Record to disks group

15

Video

Set the checkbox

Sets the disk to store the Backup archive

Boolean type

Clear

Setthe disk is used to store the Backup archive

Clearthe disk isn't used to store the Backup archive

16

Disk

Automatically

Displays the names of the local (network, USB) disks available for storing the Backup archive

Names of the available disks (Latin characters)

NA

Depends on the total number of the available disks

17

GB

Automatically

Displays the amount of free space on each available disk

Disk space in GB

NA

Depends on the amount of free disk space

The Transfer rate table
18ComputerAutomaticallySets the list of computers from which the archive is transferred to the Backup archiveList of the computers in the hardware treeNADepends on the number of the Computer objects created in the system and on the list of cameras selected for transferring the archive
19kBpsEnter the value in the field

Sets the maximum data transfer speed from this computer to the Backup archive via the LAN

kbyte/s100

Depends on the bandwidth of the local network and resources of the computers

0—the video archive data transfer speed is unlimited

The Settings group

20

Record with

Set the checkbox

Enables the decimation of the video archive for transferring it to the Backup archive

Boolean type

Clear

Setthe decimation is enabled

Clearthe decimation is disabled


Record with

Select the value from the list

Sets the frame rate of the video archive during decimation

Frame/s

NA

1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 12, 25

21

Archiving period

Select the value from the list

Sets the schedule of copying the video archive to the Backup archive

List of available archiving periods

Never

  • Nevervideo archive isn't copied to the Backup archive;
  • Alwaysvideo archive is always copied to the Backup archive;
  • Connection lost—the video archive is copied to the Backup archive from the external storage when the connection is restored;
  • Time schedule—video archive is copied to the Backup archive according to the specified time schedule
22Failover serviceSet the checkboxEnables the cooperation of the Backup archive module with the Failover service (see also Configuring archive synchronization of main and backup Servers)Boolean typeClear

Set—the Backup archive module is used to synchronize the archives of the main and backup servers in the Failover mode

Clear—the Backup archive module operates as usual

*Name of the element isn't displayed in the settings panel of the given object.