Many of our recorders support partitioning. This feature can be used to divide the available storage capacity into as many as 256 partitions of varying sizes. When a partition is in use all the normal StreamStor functions are available at full speed performance but with reduced capacity. Partitions can be used to record in wrap mode (circular buffer) without using the full capacity of the system. Partitions can be overwritten and reused without affecting the data in any other partition. An example of partition usage is to record sensor data continuously in wrap mode for very ling periods of time until an event occurs that triggers the recording to stop thereby preserving the data relative to the event. The recording can then be immediately restarted in a new partition to avoid missing new events without overwriting the initial event.