Milestone XProtect Express 2014 - Manual (Page 91)

Milestone XProtect ® Express 2014 Administrator's Manual
www.milestonesys.com 91 Advanced configuration
Component Requirement
Recording Path
Path to the folder in which the camera's database should be stored.
Default is C:\MediaDatabase. To browse for another folder, click the
browse icon next to the required cell. You can only specify a path to
a folder on a local drive. You cannot specify a path to a network
drive. If you use a network drive, it is not be possible to save
recordings if the network drive becomes unavailable.
If you change the recording path, and you have existing recordings
at the old location, you are asked whether you want to move the
recordings to the new location (recommended), leave them at the
old location, or delete them.
Tip: If you have several cameras, and several local drives are
available, you can improve performance by distributing individual
cameras' databases across several drives.
Delete Database
Click button to delete all recordings in the database for the camera.
Archived recordings will not be affected.
IMPORTANT: Use with caution. All recordings in the database for
the camera will be permanently deleted. As a security measure, you
are asked to confirm the deletion.
Archiving Path
Only editable if not using dynamic paths for archiving (see "About
archiving" on page 120). Path to the folder in which the camera's
archived recordings should be stored. Default is C:\MediaDatabase.
To browse for another folder, click the browse icon next to the
relevant cell. If you change the archiving path, and there are
existing archived recordings at the old location, you are asked
whether you want to move the archived recordings to the new
location (recommended), leave them at the old location, or delete
them. Note that if you move archived recordings, XProtect Express
will also archive what is currently in the camera database. In case
you wonder why the camera database is empty just after you have
moved archived recordings, this is the reason.
Delete Archives
Click button to delete all archived recordings for the camera.
Recordings in the camera's regular database will not be affected.
The ability to delete is available regardless of whether you use a
single archiving path or dynamic archiving paths.
IMPORTANT: Use with caution. All archived recordings for the
camera are permanently deleted. As a security measure, you are
asked to confirm the deletion.
Retention time
Total amount of time for which you want to keep recordings from
the camera (that is, recordings in the camera's database as well as
any archived recordings). Default is 7 days.
Retention time covers the total amount of time you want to keep
recordings for. In earlier XProtect Express versions, time limits were
specified separately for the database and archives.