Based on the video quality you want to achieve and
the retention period of your video recordings, calculate the storage
space that you need for each NAS volume you want to create on your
NAS.
Make sure that you are the administrator on your NAS
device, because only administrators can create NAS volumes. Also, the
administrator must have read and write access on the NAS.
If you create users for each NAS, make sure to give
them access to their respective volumes. See the product documentation provided
by your NAS manufacturer for instructions on how to create users.
What you should know
You can only have a maximum of one camera record
on a NAS volume. Each NAS volume can store a maximum of 2 TB of video files, and you
can only associate a maximum of 16 cameras per NAS device.
For the latest information about
your Synology NAS, refer to the Synology website and the product documentation that
is provided with your device.
Procedure
To create a volume on your Synology DiskStation NAS:
Using the IP address, connect to your Synology DiskStation NAS and log
in.
Open Storage Manager.
Click the Volume tab and then click
Create to start the creation
wizard.
Select Custom and then click Next.
Select Multiple Volumes on RAID and then
click Next.
Choosing this option gives you more flexibility and allows you to create
multiple volumes on a single NAS. As a result, you can then store recordings
from multiple video units on a single NAS, as long as it is one video unit per
NAS volume.
Create a new disk group or choose an existing one if one has already been
created. If you create a new disk group, follow the onscreen instructions to
select the required hard disks and RAID type.
In the Allocate volume capacity page, set the storage
capacity of the NAS volume.
Important:To ensure
that your video recordings are kept for the duration of their respective
retention periods, and that storage space is used efficiently, it is
recommended to properly calculate the storage space that you need for
each NAS volume that you create.
Repeat these steps to create additional NAS volumes.
Once a NAS volume has been
created, create a shared folder on the volume as follows:
Click Main Menu
> Control Panel
> Shared Folder.
Enter a unique name for the shared folder. This is the shared folder name that
you must specify when adding the NAS volume to Stratocast™.
Important:You must only define one
shared folder per NAS volume, and the name of the shared folder must be unique.
In the Location drop-down list, select
the NAS volume that the shared folder is located in. Each shared folder you
create must be assigned to a NAS volume.
Click OK.
Example
Let's assume that you have a NAS device with a
total storage capacity of 1 TB and you want to store the video recordings from four
video units onto this NAS. The desired video quality from each of the four video
units is the same, and the retention period of the video recordings is also the
same. As a result, you can create four unique NAS volumes on your NAS device, and
set a storage capacity of 250 GB for each volume. In this scenario, 250 GB of
storage space is allocated to each video unit.
After you finish
Add the NAS volume for your Synology DiskStation NAS to Stratocast™.