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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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5. Select the Local archive type.
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6. Specify the name and color of the archive (1).
Select the storage type (2):
7. In the Color field, select the color of an archive.
8. 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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9. In the Multimedia storage field, specify the name of an archive.
10. In the Storage type field, select the type of archive storage:
    • Block
block
11. • , if you need low latency and high performance in various situations. For example, for tasks with a large read and write load;
object

12. • Object, if

a technical support specialist recommended

13. • you

to use this type of storage.


Note
title Attention!
It is not recommended to use object type of storage without prior consultation with AxxonSoft technical specialist.

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14. • 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).

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

16. Configure archive volumes:

    1. Set

Configure archive volumes.

Set the
17. 1. checkboxes next to the disks that you want to include in the archive.

    2. If a disk

does not

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

the

19. 1. the Format checkbox. This will format the disk to the SolidStore file system developed by AxxonSoft (see General information

of

20. 1. about SolidStore file system).
       

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       Note
       title Attention!
       When

selecting the

22. 1. you select a disk on which to place the archive volume, take into account its

space

23. 1. capacity. If the archive is completely full, the oldest data

will be

24. 1. is overwritten with new data.

The

25. 1. You can delete the file system on the disk

can be erased by

26. 1. using the standard Disk Management utility in Windows OS. For the manual for starting and using the utility,

see

27. 1. see Microsoft website. Deleting the file system on the disk in the Disk Management utility consists of the following: delete logical disk; create a new disk in the resulting

unformatted

28. 1. unallocated area

.

29. 1. ; assign a letter to the disk, but do not format it. The system disk cannot be completely allocated for an archive. You cannot create an archive volume as a partition on a removable disk, since its partition cannot be

erased

30. 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.

 

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

the

32. 1. an archive file must be greater than or equal to 1 GB. For the Fat32 file system, the maximum archive size is 4 GB.

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       Note
       title Attention!
       If the archive is completely full, the oldest data will be overwritten with new data. By default, the file name

will be

34. 1. is the same as the name of

the

35. 1. an archive, and the file

will be

36. 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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38. Click the Apply Image Added button.
    If volumes are configured in the form of partitions, a dialog
box will be
39. window is displayed, warning about formatting of the relevant system disks.
    
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41. Read
through
42. the list of partitions that will be formatted.
43. If the list is correct, set
the
44. the I have read the warning and realize the risk of losing important data checkbox
, then click
45. .
46. Click the Format button. Otherwise, click the Cancel button to return to the archive settings.

Creation of the a local archive is now complete.