Regional Event Storage Options

Regional Event Storage Options

CHeKT has released a method for Dealers to select the geographic location their CHeKT video events are stored; selecting the closest geographic cloud storage region can improve Cloud Video Retrieval Speeds. 

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Storage can be configured at the Dealer or Site Level. 

Dealer Level Event Storage Selection:

Access the settings "gear" in the Dealer Portal Interface:


Click on "Event Storage Region" in the expanded options menu:


Locate the Region Selector on the Event Storage Region Page:


Select the desired Cloud Storage Location from the drop down menu:

Click Save:



A pop-up prompt will appear asking if the current configuration should only be applied to newly created sites, or all of the sites in the Dealer Portal List:



If All Sites is selected, a typed-confirmation-prompt will appear:


A successful application of the change will prompt a green pop up- 


Notes
This change only applies to video stored from the time-of-change onward and will cause no change to the storage/location of any previously created Cloud Video.

Site Level Event Storage Selection:
To review the storage region selecte for individual sites, scroll down on the page to the Event Stroage Region for sites.



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Individual sites can be modified to reflect your storage preferances.

Simply Click the Edit buttone to modify a site.


Select the desired region and save

Thanks for reading ~

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