In the Axxon Next architecture, the term Resource container refers to the Node that is an instance of the Server services. 

Each Domain can consist of a maximum of 30 Resource containers.

To create a Resource container, do the following:

1. In the required Domain, click the button and select Resource container.
   
2. Click the button in the top right corner.
3. Enter the Resource container name (1).
   
4. Set the archive depth in days (2).
5. Set the number of cameras that will be used in the camera group of the Resource container (3).
6. Set the percentage of recording hours per day (4) during which the video will be recorded to the archive. 100% — permanent recording. 50% — recording for 12 hours a day.
7. Specify the required cameras resolution (5).
8. Specify the number of frames per second (6).
9. Specify the codec (7), it is recommended to use H264.
10. Specify the required bitrate (8) for data transmission/processing per unit of time.
11. Select the required detectors, or select None (9).
12. Click the Apply button.

The process of creating a Resource container with the status will start. The process of creating a network archive will start as well. The size of the network archive will be calculated automatically.

After the process is completed, the status of the Resource container will change to .

The Number of cameras field displays the information about the created cameras and the maximum number of cameras that can be created. 0 — created cameras. 2 — the maximum number of cameras.

If the limit of the created cameras is exceeded, the Resource container will have the status.

To view the list of cameras that belong to a certain Resource container, click .

To edit the Resource container information, click .

During the update, the Resource container will have the status. If the update fails, the Resource container returns to the last working state with the status. 

If you failed to create the Resource container, it will have the status. If you hover the mouse cursor over the status, you will see the message with reasons that caused the error. 

To retry to create the Resource container, click .

To delete the Resource container, click . During deletion, the Resource container will have the status. You cannot delete the Resource container if it is the only Resource container in the Domain, and there are Sites linked to it (see Creating a Site).