You use recording servers for recording of video feeds, and for communicating with cameras and other devices. A surveillance system typically consists of several recording servers.
Recording servers are computers where you have installed the recording server software, and configured it to communicate with a management server. You can see your recording servers in the Overview pane when you expand the Servers folder and then select Recording Servers.
Backward compatibility with recording server versions older than this version of the management server is limited. You can still access recordings on recording servers with older versions, but if you want to change their configuration, make sure they match this version of the management server. Milestone recommends that you upgrade all recording servers in your system to the same version as your management server.
You have several options related to management of your recording servers:
Important: When the Recording Server service is running, it is very important that Windows Explorer or other programs do not access Media Database files or folders associated with your system setup. If they do, it is likely that the recording server cannot rename or move relevant media files. This might bring the recording server to a halt. To restart a stopped recording server, stop the Recording Server service, close the program accessing the relevant media file(s) or folder(s), and restart the Recording Server service.
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