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Tips on keeping your DVR System healthy.

If the system is going to be online:

In addition to the necessary Anti virus, and/or Firewall's, periodically check windows updates, at least monthly on 'patch tuesdays'(the second tuesday of each month Microsoft Releases updates), and if there are updates waiting to be installed, install them.

Automatic Updates:

If Automatic updates is not enabled, it should be on all DVR's within the past year, it will ask you to turn on automatic updates, set it to automatically download and install patches around 7 or 8am, so your clients can ensure the updates were successful, AND it rebooted after updating

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--Set the passwords. So that the users cannot exit the DVR software, or change any system settings.

--If the DVR is going to be on the internet, install either a hardware or software firewall and look into anti virus solutions as well.

--Configure the video compression, resolution and picture quality, to your preferred performance.

--If you know you have video on certain days, and nothing shows, you should Refresh the Database, this can be found under Setup, on the standard tab, on the mid right hand side.

--For lowest disk space usage, set it to MPEG 4+ lower the resolution, and image quality. MJPEG uses the most disk space, but will result in better image quality.

--It's wise to use a UPS or other such devices, in the event of a power outage, or surge.

--Configure the System to reboot regularly, about once a week. It is a computer, and uses up its resources.

--As the video data fills up the drive, it will impact system performance. Regularly format the video drive, and wipe out data that is old or un-needed anymore. After this, refresh the database, and reboot the system.