Video management Page 84 FortiRecorder 2.4.2 Administration Guide
External storage
To extend your local storage, you can use an external USB storage device if your FortiRecorder
model has USB ports.
To safeguard your surveillance video in the event that your FortiRecorder appliance is destroyed
by fire, flood, intrusion, or other event that it is recording, configure your FortiRecorder
appliance to store its video at a remote location such as a branch office or cloud storage
provider.
To configure external storage
1. Go to System > Storage > External Storage.
2. Select the Enable check box.
3. Configure these settings:
It is recommended to connect the remote storage devices on a different interface than the
cameras.
Setting name Description
Protocol Select one of the following types of storage media:
• External USB — External USB device.
• iSCSI Server — An iSCSI (Internet Small Computer
System Interface), server.
• NFS — A network file system (NFS) server.
Note: Support for NFS varies. Many Linux-based NAS
solutions have been tested and are supported. Windows
2003 R2 and Windows 2008 Service for NFS are not
supported.
Maximum size Specify the maximum video file size that is allowed to be
stored on the external storage device.
You can view the remote storage usage information on the
Status page under Monitor > System Status.
Username Type the user name of the FortiRecorder’s account on the
server.
Alternatively, if using iSCSI, select Initiator name as username
to authenticate using a name that follows RFC 3721.
Password Type the password corresponding to the user name.
Hostname/IP Address Type either the IP address or fully-qualified domain name
(such as nas.example.com) of the server.
Port Type the port number on which the server listens for
connections.
The default is 2049 for NFS and 3260 for iSCSI.
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