Archiving files from the VSOM

[ahmed_ellboudy]

Dear All ,

I need a best practies in making archiving file for a Camera feed to be recored forever and to keep it on the VSMS for one month .

as I mad the following:

if I made the archive for one camea with the below :

keep on server : 1 month.

Archive type : continuous loop with loop duration 1 month

it reflects on the VSMS by the below:

Archive Name                  : a_p_s1_CC1_1stF_IT1_L13_8_L3N30_1_-_a_s1_CC1_1stF_IT1_L13_8_L3N30

Archive Status                 : RUNNING

Storage Path                    : /media1/1005

Archive Type                   : loop

Archive Duration    : 2678400 seconds

Archive Media                 : jpeg

Video Width                     : 704

Video Height                    : 576

Video Quality                  : 100

Video Framerate            : 25.000000 fps

Video Bitrate                   : 640

Archive Expiry               : 31 days

Archive Size                     : 1928924 Kbytes

Archive Storage Est : 2600698236 Kbytes

Archive Start Time  : Wed Dec 22 14:22:19 2010

Archive End Time    : Wed Dec 22 14:55:26 2010

Event Archive                  : NO

Recording Rate               : 7.967012 Mbps

Max Fps                            : 25.049900

Max Frame Size              : 43601 bytes

Current Duration    : 1987 seconds

Current Retention   : 0.07%

while id I made the following :

keep on server : 1 month.

Archive type : continuous loop with loop duration 5 years

it reflects on the VSMS by the below:

Archive Name     : a_p_s1_CC1_1stF_IT1_L13_8_L3N31_1_-_a_s1_CC1_1stF_IT1_L13_8_L3N31
Archive Status     : RUNNING
Storage Path     : /media1/1004
Archive Type     : loop
Archive Duration    : 157766400 seconds
Archive Media     : jpeg
Video Width      : 704
Video Height     : 576
Video Quality     : 100
Video Framerate     : 25.000000 fps
Video Bitrate     : 640
Archive Expiry     : 1826 days
Archive Size     : 2604012 Kbytes
Archive Storage Est : 210034335993 Kbytes
Archive Start Time  : Wed Dec 22 14:24:38 2010
Archive End Time    : Wed Dec 22 14:57:14 2010
Event Archive     : NO
Recording Rate     : 10.529839 Mbps
Max Fps     : 25.047400
Max Frame Size     : 57794 bytes
Current Duration    : 1956 seconds
Current Retention   : 0%

so the archive storage est is my problem .

so my question is how to make archive forever ,with keep on server : 1 month. ?

Thanks,

Ahmed Ellboudy

[ncehreli]

Hello Ahmed

If your VSMS version > 6 you can use the the Force option during archive creation to ignore storage estimation.

Best Regards
Necati Cehreli

[ahmed_ellboudy]

Hello Necati,

I configured it as Forced ,to force recording if there is no space ,I just have a question ,If I made continuous loop for 30 days and keep on server is one month with forced option , what is the result of this configuration?

Thanks,

Ahmed Ellboudy .

[ncehreli]

Hello Ahmed,

So the Loop you created will run forever with an archive containing 30 days of video (duration:1 month). After each 30 days the loop will start recording from the beginning in a FIFO manner.

Keep on server: 1 month parameter is the DTL(days to live) value for shelved archives. A loop only becomes shelved if it gets stopped which can be cause by manual interruption,camera removal or camera feed parameter change. After the DTL value the grooming process removes the archive from the VSMS.

Best regards
Necati Cehreli

[ahmed_ellboudy]

Dear Necati,

Thank you for this notes as I understood now the Archiving on the VSMS .

Thanks,

Ahmed Ellboudy