Hey! I've got my BI server and 9 cameras up and running, looking good. I have 2 HHD and 2 or 3 cameras that continuously record. On review of drive status, is see that they continuously record to one drive, while the other drive is getting the clips. I will likely split these so I don't lose footage if one drive fails, but is it really a burden on that single drive that would make it fail prematurely? Both are WD Purple. Thanks!
Continuous Recording to One Drive or Split?
- Thread starter CamDad
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Every drive will fail at some point.
Best practice is to spread the cameras over the drives so that you have coverage on each side in the event one goes out (which it will).
Meaning if you have 8 cameras (2 on each side of the house), then put one camera from each side of the house on one drive the other camera from each side on the other drive. That way when one dies, you still have some partial coverage.
Many will put the front on one drive and the back on the other and then they lose an entire side.
Obviously that is simplistic, but you get the idea.
Best practice is to spread the cameras over the drives so that you have coverage on each side in the event one goes out (which it will).
Meaning if you have 8 cameras (2 on each side of the house), then put one camera from each side of the house on one drive the other camera from each side on the other drive. That way when one dies, you still have some partial coverage.
Many will put the front on one drive and the back on the other and then they lose an entire side.
Obviously that is simplistic, but you get the idea.