DS-2CD2032F-I, SD card AND SMB share, what is it going to do?

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AlpineWatch

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Jul 10, 2015
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Question:
If stick a 64GB microsd card into my DS-2CD2032F-I AND set up a SMB "drive", what will it do? Write to both?

Background
I have a DS-2CD2032F-I with a 64GB microsd card that I've been using as a poor man's NVR. Been working great but the number of days of storage is small especially on windy days.

This weekend I set up a SMB share using OpenMediaVault and have confirmed it works for my other Hik turret camera that doesn't have a built in microsd slot, however I'd like to have the DS-2CD2032F-I write to it also.

Do I need to remove the microsd card from the DS-2CD2032F-I to only write to the SMB share?

Also, will the DS-2CD2032F-I overwrite older data on the SMB share like it does seamlessly on the microsd card?

Thanks in advance.
 
AlpineWatch said:
Question:
If stick a 64GB microsd card into my DS-2CD2032F-I AND set up a SMB "drive", what will it do? Write to both?

Background
I have a DS-2CD2032F-I with a 64GB microsd card that I've been using as a poor man's NVR. Been working great but the number of days of storage is small especially on windy days.

This weekend I set up a SMB share using OpenMediaVault and have confirmed it works for my other Hik turret camera that doesn't have a built in microsd slot, however I'd like to have the DS-2CD2032F-I write to it also.

Do I need to remove the microsd card from the DS-2CD2032F-I to only write to the SMB share?

Also, will the DS-2CD2032F-I overwrite older data on the SMB share like it does seamlessly on the microsd card?

Thanks in advance.
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Answering my own post - When I first set up the SMB share on the camera with the micro SD card installed, it appears it made a backup of every file on the card on the SMB share too. New videos however are seamlessly stored somewhere - can't tell if it's the SD card or the SMB share but the number of days of storage definitely is greater - just what I wanted.

The camera too is handling overwriting older files so I don't need to clean up the SMB share as it fills up. Same thing for the Hikvision camera without built in micro-sd card that is also writing to an SMB share.
 
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