Changing HDD from "Main" to "Backup" archiving - Does it delete existing footage?
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The title says it all, but I need to know if I change an existing HDD from "Main" storage to the "backup" storage, will the backup process start to delete existing "main" footage from this HDD?
The actual scenario is a server with 8 storage HDD's, where only drive 8 is setup as backup.
We have noticed that Nx is using much less than the available space, so we would like to switch drive 6 and 7 to be backup as well, but I am not sure if this will compromise existing recordings or not.
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Hi Miguel Câmara,
Not quite. The main storage will delete the data of the main storage, but since it is 1 of 8 drives, it will take some time. Once the data is rotated on the remaining 7 main storage drives, the 8th drive should be fully available for backup storage.
Assigning backup storage, won't - instantly - delete the main storage. Adding drive 6 and 7, should speed up the process, since that data on drives 1 till 5 will rotate much faster.
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