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To create a local archive, do the following:

1. Go to the Archive tab.

2. In the branch of

the 

3. the Server object

corresponding to the computer on which you need to organize an archive

4. , click the Create... link.
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You can also create an archive by selecting the matching command in the context menu of the Server object (the menu can be brought up by right-clicking the name of the Server).

5. Highlight the New archive link which appears (1).
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6. Set the archive type to Local (2).
7. Specify the name and color of the archive (3).

Configure archive volumes.

8. Select the Local archive type.
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9. In the Color field, select the color of an archive.
10. If necessary, in the Depth, days field, specify the maximum depth of storing an archive in days. If you specify the 0 value, the archive depth is unlimited (see Configuring recording to an archive).
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11. In the Multimedia storage field, specify the name of an archive.
12. In the Storage type field, select the type of archive storage:
    • Block, if you need low latency and high performance in various situations. For example, for tasks with a large read and write load;

    • Object, if you need to be able to change the size of an archive volume without restarting the system (see General information about the Round-robin algorithm), as well as to encrypt an archive volume (see Encrypting a volume of an object archive).

13. In the Partitions information section, click the + button.
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    As a result, a panel for configuring an archive volume opens.
    

14. Configure archive volumes:

    1. Set checkboxes next to
For
15. 1. the disks that you want to include in the archive
, select the corresponding check boxes
16. 1. .

    2. If a disk

does not

17. 1. doesn't have a file system, the disk can contain an archive volume in the form of a partition. In this case,

select the Formatting check box

18. 1. set the Format checkbox. This will format the disk

using the SolidStore file

19. 1. to the SolidStore file system developed by AxxonSoft (see General information

of

20. 1. about SolidStore file system).
       

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23. 1. Attention!

       When you select a disk on which to place the archive volume, take into account its capacity. If the archive is completely full, the oldest data is overwritten with new data. You can delete the file system on the disk

can be erased by

24. 1. using the standard Disk Management utility in Windows OS.

Instructions

25. 1. For the manual for starting and using the utility

are given on the 

26. 1. , see Microsoft website.

27. 1. Deleting the file system on the disk in the

disk management

28. 1. Disk Management utility consists of the following:

29. Delete the volume.

30. 1. delete logical disk; create

Create

31. 1. a new

volume

32. 1. disk in the resulting

unformatted

33. 1. unallocated area

.

34. 1. ;

Assign

35. 1. assign a letter to the

volume

36. 1. disk, but do not format it. The system disk cannot be completely allocated for an archive.

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When selecting the disk on which to place the archive volume, take its size into account. If the archive is completely filled, the oldest data will be overwritten with new data.

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Note that you

37. 1. You cannot create an archive volume as a partition on a removable disk, since its partition cannot be

erased

38. 1. deleted through the Disk Management utility.

    2. On disks that have a file system, you can store an archive volume in the form of a file.

 

39. 1. For this archive volume, you must enter a file size (in gigabytes) or set it by moving the slider. The size of

the

40. 1. an archive file must be

more

41. 1. greater than or equal to 1 GB. For the Fat32 file system, the maximum archive size is 4 GB.

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43. 1. Attention!

       If the archive is completely

filled

44. 1. full, the oldest data will be overwritten with new data.

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45. 1. By default, the file name

will be

46. 1. is the same as the name of

the

47. 1. an archive, and the file

will be

48. 1. is located at the root directory of the disk. To change the name and/or location of the file, click the

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50. Click the Apply Image Added button.
    If volumes are configured in the form of partitions, a dialog
box
51. window is displayed, warning about formatting of the relevant system disks.
    
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53. Read
through
54. the list of partitions that will be formatted.
55. If the list is correct,
select I 
56. set the I have read the warning and realize the risk of losing important data
, then click Format
57. checkbox.
58. Click the Format button. Otherwise,
click 
59. click the Cancel
 to
60. button to return to the archive settings.

Creation of the a local archive is now complete.