Grass Valley Turbo iDDR v.2.3 - Manual (Page 278)

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Chapter 7 Maintenance Tasks
Media drive maintenance
Over time you’ll need to perform the following media disk maintenance tasks:
• “Defragmenting the media drives” on page 278
• “Clearing the media file system” on page 279
• “Erasing unused media” on page 279“Clearing the media file system” on page 279
Defragmenting the media drives
After extended use of the Turbo iDDR, especially when recording and deleting
multiple short clips, the iDDR media drives can become fragmented. Severely
fragmented drives can slow down media access operations. To prevent this from
occurring, the iDDR generates a status message well before fragmentation becomes a
problem. When you receive this status message, you should plan a time when the
Turbo iDDR is not in operation and defragment the media drives.
There are two ways to defragment the media drives:
• Use the Storage Utility to defragment the drives – You can use the Storage Utility
defragment the media drives. Defragmenting the media drives can take a
significant period of time. Make sure you allow a day or more to defragment your
media drives.
Refer to the Turbo iDDR Troubleshooting and Service Guide for instructions on
using the Defragment command.
• Clear the file system – Alternatively, if there is no need to keep the media currently
on the Turbo iDDR, you can clear the media file system, which also defragments
the media drives in just a few moments. Refer to
“Clearing the media file system”
on page 279 .