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DTR-60XX
Administration (continued)
Mirroring of hard disks
Mirroring of hard disks prevents the loss of records in the event of a hard disk defect.
Requirements:
The Digital Video Recorder has at least 2 or 3 hard disks installed
The destination hard disk is identical to the source hard disk in type and memory capacity
The source-hard disk and the destination hard disk are not used for archiving records.
Step Action Menu path
1 Formatting the source hard disk for recording.
Setup Menu... > System > Storage>
Information > Format > Record
2 Select the source hard disk.
Setup Menu... > System > Storage>
Information > Mirror 1/2 > Source
3 Select the destination hard disk.
Setup Menu... > System > Storage>
Information > Mirror 1/2 > Dest.
4
Start Mirroring.
Results:
Start...
The source hard disk and destination hard disk are
synchronised (approx. 40 minutes for 10 GB).
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All data on the destination hard disk are deleted.●
All records are written to both hard disks.●
5
Interrupting Mirroring.
Results:
Stop...
The status of the destination hard is set to:● Don't use
The hard disk can now only be used for searching
for records.
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If the hard disk is to be used for records or archiving,
it must be formatted.
● Setup Menu... > System > Storage>
Information > Format > Format
6 Continuing Mirroring - see Starting Mirroring. Start...
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