TruVision DVR 60 User Manual - Interlogix

14BChapter 15: HDD management5. Select Read-Only.6. Click OK to save and exit the screen.Note: Once set to read-only, the HDD cannot be used to save recorded filesuntil it is set back to read/write (R/W). If the HDD that is currently beingwritten to is set to read-only, the data is then recorded to the next HDD. Ifthere is only one HDD present, setting it to read-only causes the DVR to notrecord.Setting the HDD to redundancyTo be able to use HDD redundancy on your DVR you need to have at least twoHDDs installed. Setting up HDD redundancy lets your DVR redundantly record acopy of the videos onto multiple drives as a safeguard against losing all your filesin case of disk failures. This process is also known as mirroring.Redundancy significantly reduces the storage capability of the HDDs. As a resultyou need to double you capacity to record video over a given time.To set up HDD redundancy:1. Enter the HDD Management screen by clicking System in the main menu,and then Hard Disk.2. Select the HDD you to set up for redundancy.3. Click Mode to display the Mode screen.4. Set the HDD Status to Redundancy.5. Click OK to save and exit the screen.Note: The HDD set to redundancy stores an extra copy of the recording. If anHDD is set to redundancy, at least one other HDD should be set to the R/Wstatus.TruVision DVR 60 User Manual 115