Drive tab

The Drive tab displays information about the drives that you install on the system, including the capacity of the drive, the available storage space, and its health status. On the Drive tab, you can also set the minimum or maximum time period for storing video. For more information, see the following tables.

Table 1. Drive tab in the Storage window
Interface element Description
Content Age pane Displays the age of the oldest recorded video on the system, and sets how long the system retains video data before it deletes. If you delete the video data before the set date, a trigger action on the Event Linking window activates. For more information, see Event Linking window.
Bookmark Storage pane Displays the number of saved bookmarks, the total storage requirements for the bookmarks, and the age of the oldest content on the system. Bookmarks do not delete automatically, unless the size of all the bookmarks exceeds the total storage capacity.
Drive Configuration pane Displays information about the drives you install on the system. For more information, see Drive Configuration pane in the Storage window.
Expiration Configuration pane Sets the minimum or maximum time period that the system stores video from each camera. To set a time period for storing video, see Setting a time period for storing video.
To apply the video storage options to audio, select the Apply expiration rules to audio check box.
If you enable the System-wide feature on an exacqVision Professional or Enterprise system, the expiration configuration feature disables.
Use the expiration configuration feature only when the law requires you to delete video after a specific period of time, as it can affect the performance of the system.
Table 2. Drive Configuration pane in the Storage window
Interface element Description
Name area The system drive C;\ in Windows, or /mnt/edvr/0 in Linux, is for the exacqVision software and operating system. You cannot record video to this drive, or use it for video storage.
Capacity area Displays the space capacity of the hard drive.
Enabled check box To enable a drive for video storage, select the Enabled check box. You can locate the storage drives below the system drive.
Video Space slider Adjusts the amount of drive space that you want to use for data storage.
Used Space area Displays the current hard drive capacity.
Status Displays the current health status of the hard drive.