General information

You can create and configure archives on the Archive tab. To create archives, you must have appropriate permissions (see Roles). You can create an unlimited number of archives on the basis of one server.

When you select the Server object on the Archive tab, the following information is displayed:

SectionFieldDescription
Server archives allocationArchives GBDisplays the percentage of used space of created archive volumes
Disks size GBDisplays the total amount of disk space in the system, including both used and free space on all available disks
Available GBDisplays the amount of free space on a disk
Partitions information Disk

The section displays:

  • a list of available disks,
  • a total used disks space,
  • a total free disks space,
  • a total size of each disk,
  • used disk space,
  • free disk space
Default archivesCameraSpecifies the archiving settings for the cameras in the system. The section specifies which cameras are used by default to create archives, and sets the parameters for storing and managing the data received from these cameras

When you select the Archive object, the following information is displayed:

  1. The Partitions information section displays the percentage of the filled archive volume. This parameter allows you to track the moment when the volume overwriting starts. If the volume is 100% full, it means that the new data is written over the old data (see Statuses of archive volumes).
  2. The Filled archive volume field in the Archive parameters section displays the approximate volume of filling of the entire archive in percent and gigabytes.

In some cases (after you update Axxon One, after you restart the server, after you create an archive based on the existing volume, and so on), the archive is re-indexed (see Statuses of archive volumes).

The progress of reindexing is displayed in the archive panel:

Types of archives and their features

You can store an archive on the following disks:

Type of archiveFeatures of archive storageRestrictions on archive volumesConfiguration features
LocalArchive can be stored on several logical disks of the serverOn one logical disk for one archive, you can create only one archive volume, which occupies either a file of a set size or the entire partition (logical disk)
  • Archive can contain several volumes that can be in the form of a file or a partition.
  • Archive can either have a block or object storage type 
RemoteArchive can be stored in several remote storagesArchive can be stored only as a file of a specified sizeArchive can either have a block or object storage type
CloudArchive can be stored in one cloud storageArchive can contain several volumes of unlimited size. You can change the size of the archive without restarting ngp

You can create an archive based on the following solutios (see General information about a cloud archive):

  1. Amazon S3.
  2. Microsoft Azure.
  3. Wasabi.
  4. Huawei Cloud.
  5. Seagate Lyve Cloud.
  6. MinIO. AxxonSoft tested the RELEASE.2021-08-05T22-01-19Z version

General algorithm for configuring an archive

To configure an archive, do the following:

  1. Create an archive (see Creating archives).
  2. Configure recording of camera streams to an archive (see Configuring recording to an archive).

  3. Configure data replication, if necessary (see Configuring data replication). Data from a local, remote, or cloud archive can be copied to other local, remote, or cloud archives.

You can also connect external archives—a set of video recordings with time links.

Requirements for disk space arrangement