# Moving a Device to a New Server

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If too many devices are used on the network, it may be helpful to set up an additional server for load balancing and redundancy purposes. If several servers are set up on the same network, it is possible to perform manual load-balancing.

IMPORTANT: When moving a device from one server to another, recording will be restarted automatically with all predefined parameters retained. Also, a rchive is seamlessly combined from all servers.

To move device(s) from one server to another:

1.Select the desired device(s) in Resource Tree

2.Drag-and-drop the selected devices to the desired server

IMPORTANT: In order to be able to see video from a relocated device on a new server, the device must be accessible to and discovered by the new server, otherwise it will be displayed as offline.

Devices can also be swapped automatically in the event of a server failure; see "Configuring Failover".