Epson DTR-6016/750CD DVR User Manual


 
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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).
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.
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...