Adding Archiver roles in the SV Control Panel - SV Control Panel | Streamvault

Use the Archiver Roles and Partitions tool to add enough Archiver roles to support the expected video traffic. This tool is available on Archiver appliances from the Streamvault™ 1000, 2000, and 4000 series.

1. In the SV Control Panel, click the Configuration tab.
2. Under Archiver Roles and Partitions, click Configure.
   
   The Archiver Roles and Partitions dialog box opens.
3. Select one of the following options to configure the number of Archiver roles and partitions:
   • To let the tool calculate the number of roles, the number of partitions, and the partition size you need, select Suggested scenario, enter the number of cameras you expect to deploy, and the expected throughput of each camera.
   • To specify the number of Archiver roles and partitions to create, select Custom scenario, enter the number of Archiver roles, the number of partitions, and the partition size.

     The number of partitions must be a multiple of the number of Archiver roles.

   CAUTION:

   Files on the drive you partition are deleted.
4. Click Create partitions and roles.
   
5. In the Warning window, select the checkbox to confirm that you want to proceed.
6. Click OK.
   The Result window opens and displays the name and locations of the Archiver roles and partitions. Each Archiver role is automatically assigned a drive letter.