storage

Has anyone had the following error with no known cause? "For the memory card or HDD that is abnormal or unformatted, please insert again, change a card, or format the card. " All my disks are showing as normal. They have been initialized etc. They are set to R/W. NVR = Hikvision DS-9664NI-M8...

Hi everyone! I have a DVR Hikvision device, model DS-7104HGHI-F1/N for my cctv. It's working with 4 cams with a 720p of resolution and 1TB HDD. I remember It could save up to 4 weeks (I do not remember exactly) but some weeks ago It has a maldisfunction and a local technician manipulated the...

One of the key decisions you’ll need to make when purchasing a surveillance system is that of storage space. You’ll need to ensure that you have sufficient space available to store the recorded footage for your desired time period to avoid having to repurchase and reinstall storage solutions at...

Hello! I recently found a Hikvision DS-2CD202-I laying around and I thought I might as well install it in my house! It was several years ago I bought it and it was on old firmware, but I have updated it to V5.4.5 and installed iVMS-4200. My question to you guys is if there's any good...

Most Hikvision users will only ever need to download specific clips from their recordings and these clips will rarely exceed 1 hour of footage, in these cases you can quite easily use the browser or iVMS interfaces to download the clips over your local network. On some occasions though there...

Hello and thanks for reading :D Is it possible to format the SD cards with the NVR? The cameras are all plugged in directly with POE and all work perfectly with the app etc, but none of the cameras show up in the SADP tool, nor on the browser (apart from camera management). If I go to storage...

The key feature of Network Attached Storage (NAS) devices that sways people into using them over NVRs is that NAS devices can be used to record anything and not just IP cameras, this means that if you have enough storage you can use a section of your NAS to store videos, music, and general files...

Bandwidth and Storage Calculators Knowing how much storage and bandwidth you're going to need for the system you're designing is absolutely critical. It's all well and good designing a fantastic CCTV system but if you don't have the bandwidth infrastructure to support what you've envisioned or...