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Senstar Symphony Server
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to manage devices, security, rules, sites, and settings.
Settings
Settings in Symphony allow you to configure servers, general settings, email notifications, health monitoring, Enterprise Manager, updates, and backup and restore.
General
The General Settings tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for configuring settings that apply to all of the Symphony Server instances in the server farm.
Configure video storage for a server farm
You can set a global video storage setting for a Symphony Server farm.

Introduction
Senstar Symphony is award-winning, intelligent video surveillance software that offers a single, innovative, and open IP video platform for video management, video analytics, system integration, and alarm management.
Senstar Symphony Server
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to manage devices, security, rules, sites, and settings.
- Log in to the server configuration interface
  You can open the server configuration interface in a browser.
- Senstar Symphony Server services
  The Senstar Symphony Server runs the following services.
- Devices
  Symphony supports cameras, digital input/output devices, and access control devices.
- Security
  Security settings in Symphony allow you to configure authentication for users, set and change permissions for users and groups quickly, and add watermarks to video.
- Rules
  Symphony can generate alarms from rules. Rules include events, action sets, and schedules.
- Licenses
  License settings in Symphony allow you to view and refresh licenses.
- Settings
  Settings in Symphony allow you to configure servers, general settings, email notifications, health monitoring, Enterprise Manager, updates, and backup and restore.
  - Servers
    The Servers tab in the Senstar Symphony Server configuration interface is the interface for configuring settings specific to individual Senstar Symphony Server instances in the server farm.
  - General
    The General Settings tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for configuring settings that apply to all of the Symphony Server instances in the server farm.
    - Configure video storage for a server farm
      You can set a global video storage setting for a Symphony Server farm.
    - Configure SNMP
      You can configure Symphony to send SNMP data to a SNMP client.
    - Configure mobile connections
      You can configure the Senstar Symphony Server to support connections with the Senstar Symphony Mobile Application on mobile devices.
    - General settings
  - Notifications
    The Notifications tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for configuring event notifications from the server farm.
  - Cloud services
    The Cloud Services tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for configuring additional cloud services that provide additional functionality for the server farm.
  - Maintenance
    The Maintenance tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for configuring updates for the Symphony Client.
  - Backup and restore
    The Backup & Restore tab in the server configuration interface is the interface for backing up and restoring Senstar Symphony Server configurations.
- Analytics
  Senstar Symphony video analytics provide real-time alerts, smart video search, and reporting.
Senstar Symphony Client
The Senstar Symphony Client includes functionality to monitor cameras, manage video, generate reports, and configure alarms.
Senstar Symphony Web Client
The Senstar Symphony Web Client includes functionality to monitor cameras, manage video, generate reports, and configure alarms.
Senstar Symphony Player
The Senstar Symphony Player is an application that can view video files created in the Senstar Symphony Client.
Legal information
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Configure video storage for a server farm

You can set a global video storage setting for a Symphony Server farm.

The global setting takes effect when you do not configure video storage settings for individual Symphony Server instances.

In the server configuration interface, click Settings > General Settings.
In the Video Storage section, select Limit the number of days video is stored.
Set the maximum number of days to save video.
To keep video metadata after the video is deleted, select Keep metadata longer.
Set the maximum number of days to save video metadata.
Click Save.