RAID Status

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The Status tabbed page delivers the status of RAID “volume”, which means one or more disk drives working together as a logical drive. Video recording requires a volume to be created first.

 

To access the Status tabbed page:

 

1. Login to NVR web page as described in Login. The web settings open.

 

2. From the Config Catalog, click the RAID & File System | RAID Management | RAID Status tab. The RAID Status tabbed page opens and shows the created volume(s) in the system.

 

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The RAID status info delivered is:

Group

Description

Disk

Delivers the present volume(s) in the system.

ØClick Volume # or Disk# to switches the status info between the present volume(s) and disk(s).
ØIf there hasn’t been any volume created yet, “No Volume” is displayed here. The status info delivered for a present disk is:

Info

Description

Vendor

Delivers the manufacturer of the disk.

Model

Delivers the model number of the disk.

Capacity

Delivers the total capacity of the disk.

Firmware

Delivers the firmware version of the disk.

Serial No.

Delivers the serial number of the disk.

Smart Support

Delivers the smart support of the disk.

Smart Enabled

Delivers the disk’s support of S.M.A.R.T. (Self-Monitoring, Analysis and Reporting Technology), which enables a hard disk drive to detect and report on various indicators of reliability, in order to anticipate failures.

RAID Status

Delivers the status of the RAID that the disk belongs to.

Volume

Shows the status of the selected volume:

Info

Description

RAID Name

Delivers the name of the volume, which is auto-assigned when the volume is created.

RAID Level

Delivers the RAID level, which is defined when the volume is created.

ØThe selectable levels depend on the number of drives present in the system.
ØSee Create to know how to define the RAID level.

RAID Status

Delivers the following statuses of the volume:

 

Message

Description

Functional

The volume is normally operating.

Critical

There are some problems with the volume, but video recording is normal.

Offline

The volume cannot be found. Hence video recording is stopped and the storage cannot be accessed.

File system error

Volume is found but isn’t mounted so video recording is stopped and storage cannot be accessed.

Free Capacity

Delivers the free space on the volume.

Used Capacity

Delivers the used space on the volume.

Usage

Delivers the percentage of the volume’s usage.

Update Time

Delivers the time when the volume is created /updated.

Total Devices

Delivers the total number of the disk(s) covered by the volume and also the number of the disk(s) that is active, failed or spare.

Active Devices

Delivers the number of the active disk(s) covered by the volume at the moment.

Failed Devices

Delivers the number of the failed disk(s) covered by the volume at the moment.

Spare Devices

Delivers the number of the spare disk(s) covered by the volume at the moment.

Format Progress

Delivers the formatting progress if the volume is being formatted at the moment.

Recovery Progress

Delivers the recovery progress if the volume is being recovered at the moment.