Storage capacity and maintenance

Pearl Nano has support for removable SD cards, which are formatted to use the ext4 file system and can only be read with a computer running Linux. Video recordings that you make are saved to the SD card. You can check how much space you have left on the SD card using the Admin panel and from the front screen.

If you install a SATA M.2 2280 SSD, the SD card is no longer used for recordings and the status of the SD card changes to not detected. Any video recordings that are saved to the SD card no longer appear in the channel's list of recordings and cannot be download using the Admin panel. We recommend that you temporarily remove the SSD until you have retrieved the recorded files from the SD card using the Admin panel.

Pearl Nano also has local storage for internal processes and 6 GB of that space is allocated for uploaded media, like image files that you add to your channel layout.

Check storage capacity

Using the Admin panel, the amount of available storage space on the SD card is shown at the bottom of the menu panel, as well as on the SD card configuration page.

If a SATA M.2 2280 SSD is installed in Pearl Nano, the available storage space on the SSD is shown at the bottom of the menu panel and the SD card option is removed from the list of Configuration menu options in the Admin panel.

You can also check available storage capacity using the front screen menu on Pearl Nano. The total amount of storage capacity depends on the size of storage device you install.

It’s good practice to check how much storage you have available. If the amount of storage is low, you can swap SD cards or remove some of the recorded files.

Check internal storage space using the Admin panel

• Log in to the Admin panel as admin or operator.
• Using the Admin panel, view the Internal Storage section at the bottom of the menu panel. The bar will be mostly green if there is lots of space left, or mostly red if storage space is nearly full.
• If no SD card or SSD is installed, the following appears:

Check storage capacity from the front screen

• Press the left arrow key repeatedly on the control key interface until the System status screen appears. The amount of storage available on the installed storage media is displayed.
• If a SATA M.2 2280 SSD is installed, the SSD storage capacity displays instead of the SD card.

You can also view the storage capacity when you select Storage using the front screen menu.

Check media storage capacity

Pearl Nano has 6GB of internal storage that's allocated for uploaded media, like image files that you add to a channel layout. You can see how much space you have for media files using the Admin panel.

Check media storage capacity using the Admin panel

• Log in to the Admin panel as admin or operator,

• From the Configuration menu, select Media. The Media configuration page opens with the amount of capacity listed at the top of the page.