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title: "ID #1065 How to Setup RAID for Dahua device?"
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# ID #1065 How to Setup RAID for Dahua device?

Description
RAID is a data storage virtualization technology that combines multiple physical disk drive components into a single logical unit for the purposes of data redundancy, performance improvement, or both.

Prerequisites
An NVR that supports RAID
3 or more hard drives installed on your NVR
Instruction Video
![Video](https://youtu.be/r8tcX6OnPLk){height="480" width="640"}
Step by Step Instructions to Setup RAID5
1. Login to your NVR from the web interface.
![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%2878%29.png)
2. Go to Setup->Storage->RAID
![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%2880%29.png)
Confirm that all installed hard drives are present.

3. Check each of the hard drives you wish to include in the array.
![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%2882%29.png)
4. Click, "Create Manually"
![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%2885%29.png)
5. Click, "OK" on the confirmation message, and wait several minutes.
![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%2887%29.png)
6. Click, "Refresh" and you should see a single listing for the drives you added to the RAID along with a confirmation message.
![image.png](https://cdn.document360.io/698fbf35-46b1-42c8-9a01-0506761ce4e8/Images/Documentation/image%2888%29.png)