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Using Network Storage
exacqVision Edge can also save data to network attached storage (NAS) provided by the camera’s operating system. (An SD card
must be installed even if you use NAS because critical exacqVision Edge processes run on the card.) Before configuring a NAS for use
with AXIS and exacqVision Edge, make sure the following requirements are met:
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The NAS must be compatible with the camera and camera firmware. Not all cameras support the use of NAS.
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The NAS must be properly configured on the camera’s web page (see the following procedure).
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The NAS must provide adequate, stable Input/Output Per Second capacity for the camera's search, read, write, and delete
functions.
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The NAS must contain a unique partition for each camera. If not, each camera will overwrite the other cameras’ video.
(The data filenames are based on the time when the video was captured and will be the same among all cameras.)
The procedure for enabling the NAS for use with exacqVision Edge is similar to the procedure in the previous section. To use NAS
with exacqVision Edge, complete the following steps:
1. Configure the NAS as described in the camera instructions provided by Axis.
2. Confirm that the NAS is properly mapped. To do this, open the camera’s web page and select Setup, System Options, and
then Storage. Verify that the Total Size for Network Share is greater than zero, which means the camera is communicating
with the NAS. If the Network Share is “not defined,” click the link to open Storage Management, enter the required
information, and click Ok.
3. Restart the exacqVision Edge server from the camera’s Applications page by selecting Stop and then Start.
4. Verify that the exacqVision Edge server appears on the Storage Setup page in exacqVision Client and that its Enabled box is
selected.
NOTE: On exacqVision Edge systems with multiple drives (NAS and local SD card), data is initially saved to the drive with the
largest amount of free space. For example, if the NAS contains more free space than the SD card, exacqVision Edge saves data to
the NAS until the SD card has more free space−and then it saves data to the SD card until the NAS has more free space. When all
storage locations are full, exacqVision Edge deletes video from both locations to create free space. If the connection to the NAS
is broken, exacqVision Edge continues to save data to the local SD card.