HyprSpace

HyprSpace is a WolfRecorder feature that lets you extend the storage space used for user-exported camera video clips beyond the default root filesystem on the fly.

By default, all exported video files are saved in a reserved area inside the root filesystem (/).

When HyprSpace is enabled, user exported recordings files can be stored on any other storage location, for example:

• a dedicated physical disk,
• a RAID array/some disks pool
• a mounted network filesystem (e.g. NFS, SMB)
• a remote filesystem mounted via SSHFS
• a distributed filesystem such as CephFS or GlusterFS.

The underlying storage type does not matter as long as it is properly mounted in the system.

The feature can be enabled via a checkbox in “System settings” named “User exported videos in HyprSpace”.

After HyprSpace is activated:

The “Storages” module shows the HyprSpace as “Storage of user exported videos”.

The “System info” module start display information about HyprSpace storage capacity.

All videos exported by the users will automatically be saved in an alternative mount point /hyprspace.

• The mount point /hyprspace must be empty and writable.
• Inside /hyprspace, there must be an empty writable directory named recdl.
• All exported user videos will be saved inside /hyprspace/recdl.

Create the mount point if it does not already exist:

mkdir /hyprspace

Prepare and mount the storage device or network share as needed (see examples below).

Create the directory /hyprspace/recdl and set the correct permissions:

mkdir /hyprspace/recdl
chmod 777 /hyprspace/recdl

Enable the checkbox “User exported videos in HyprSpace” in “System settings”.

• Only newly exported files will be saved to /hyprspace/recdl. Existing exports remain in their original location unless moved manually.
• Ensure the mounted storage has adequate performance and free space for the expected video export load.

To move previously exported user videos to the new HyprSpace location, run:

mv /usr/local/www/apache24/data/wr/howl/recdl/* /hyprspace/recdl/

Mount a new UFS disk:

mkdir /hyprspace
newfs -U /dev/da10
mount /dev/da10 /hyprspace
mkdir /hyprspace/recdl
chmod 777 /hyprspace/recdl

Mount an NFS share:

mkdir /hyprspace
mount 192.168.0.12:/mnt/share /hyprspace/
mkdir /hyprspace/recdl
chmod 777 /hyprspace/recdl

Mount a ZFS filesystem:

zpool create hyprspace /dev/da10
mkdir /hyprspace/recdl
chmod 777 /hyprspace/recdl