First, check the VMS’s minimum hardware requirements based on frame rate, bit rate, and expected motion hours. The CPU and GPU you choose should have a higher benchmark score than what is recommended by the VMS calculator. Then, design a server with as many points of redundancy as possible: double or triple-redundant power supply (will be very loud, so ideal for a private equipment room) and dedicated RAID card with BBU with hot spare(s) are required. The server’s storage devices should support the use of each partition, e.g. RAID1 SSDs or SAS drives for the OS, SAS drives for short-term recording, and either SAS or enterprise-grade SATA for long-term archiving. Choose a chassis that is certified for the OS, RAM that is certified for the motherboard (or else Supermicro and other motherboard manufacturers won’t support you), and drives that are compatible with the RAID card. Choose a RAID card that can support external JBOD storage, if future expansion is required. Cloud-based recording/archiving and/or edge storage on devices are additional optional redundancies. My company has been building custom NVR and storage solutions in various form factors (cube, 2U, 3U, 4U, 8U) for all types of organizations including government agencies, museums, police/fire stations, […]
Read Now This customer from Algeria inquired about our DW (Digital Watchdog) Cube NVR. He admitted not knowing anything about the unit, and gave us the specs his project recommended, which turned out to be for the GV-Tower NVR. Here is the GeoVision GV-Tower NVR. This particular customer requested a system that could handle between 32-48 IP cameras. Not knowing any other details about what kind of cameras he has or what kind of recording and viewing settings his organization will be using, I recommended the Milestone XProtect Express software, or the Digital Watchdog Spectrum software, installed on an eDigitalDeals custom Cube NVR, since that seemed to be his preferred form factor. I also recommended 16GB RAM with SSD hard drive and a dedicated video card, as well as Dual Gigabit-NIC cards. He did not know anything about either VMS (video management software), so I gave him links to both websites so that he could compare the software and download it and make a decision for himself. He then asked what the difference was between the GV-Tower NVR and our hardware. This is what I replied. A copy of the first page of his quote is detailed here: Here was my response […]
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