Hardware

Hardware Recommendations

This section describes the recommended hardware for use with the OnSSI surveillance software product line. OnSSI software products, being non-proprietary, can operate on any PC hardware from any manufacturer, as long as it complies with the minimum requirements as described below.

For your convenience, please use the OnSSI Hardware & Storage Calculator to assess the hardware specifications as well as the type and amount of storage needed, based on the size and characteristics of your system.

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HOW TO CHOOSE THE CORRECT HARDWARE?

ONSSI has set a standard method of scaling and measuring the hardware performance to allow for easy selection of the proper hardware.

Selecting the proper hardware is directly related to the total Frames Per Second (FPS) generated while the NVR simultaneously displays live video, records, and plays back video. (Most NVR manufacturers measure this number only by live view or recorded video or playback, but not all at the same time).

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Minimum Recommended Workstation/Server for NetDVMS & NetDVR & ProSight SMB

Total 4CIF/FPS Server Performance*	2000 FPS	1000 FPS	500 FPS
Type and Number of Processors:
Dual Core Intel Xeon 4MB Cache, 3.00GHz, 1333MHz FSB	2
Dual Core Intel Xeon 4MB Cache, 2.33GHz, 1333MHz FSB		2
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor 2.40GHz 1066MHz FSB			1
Operating System:
2003/2008 Server	Server	Server	Server
Memory:
2GB, DDR2 SDRAM Memory	x	x	x
Hard Drive Type:
Live Video Storage 1st day (Internal)	See NVR Hardware and Storage Calculator
Long Term Storage: Internal or External (such as NAS or USB attached drives)
Network Adapter
1 Gigabit Network Adapter	x	x	x

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* Please refer to our storage calculator

 

General:

Windows Vista's User Access Control (UAC) needs to be disabled in order to run OnSSI software. Instructions to do this are available here.

NVRs:

• NetDVMS 6.5, NetDVR 6.5 and ProSight SMB 6.5 are certified to run on Windows 2008 Server, Windows 2007, Windows Vista Business or Ultimate, Windows 2003 Server and Windows XP Pro.
• NetEVS is certified to run on 2003 Server and 2008 Server (not R2)
  
  

Video Clients (Ocularis Client/Lite, NetGuard-EVS and NetGuard Remote Client):

• Compatible with Windows 7, Windows Vista and Windows XP
• Note: NetGuard-EVS and NetGuard Remote Client can also run on Windows Server 2008 and Windows Server 2003.
  
  

NetPDA and NetCell:

• NetPDA Server and NetCell Server will not run properly on Windows 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Vista or any 64 bit OS.
  
  

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Computer Running Ocularis Base Server Software

• CPU: Intel® Xeon®, minimum 2.0 GHz (Dual Core or better recommended)
• RAM: Minimum 2 GB
• Network: Ethernet (1 Gbit recommended)
• Operating System: Windows Server 2003 (32 bit) or Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)
• Software: Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 Framework, and Internet Information Services (IIS) 6.0 or newer

Computer Running Ocularis Administrator

• CPU: Intel Core2Duo, 2.8 GHz
• RAM: Minimum 2 GB
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32 bit) or Windows Vista (32 bit)
• Graphics Adapter : PCI-Express, 128 MB RAM, Direct 3D supported
• Software: Microsoft .NET 3.5SP1 Framework and DirectX 9.0 or newer

Computer Running Ocularis Client

• CPU: Intel Core2Quad, 2.8 GHz
• RAM: Minimum 2 GB
• Network: Ethernet (1 Gbit recommended)
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32 bit) or Windows Vista (32 bit)
• Graphics Adapter : PCI-Express, 256 MB RAM, Direct 3D supported
• Software: Microsoft .NET 3.5 Framework and DirectX 9.0 or newer

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Computer Running (NetEVS) Management Server

• CPU: Intel® Xeon®, minimum 2.0 GHz (Dual Core or better recommended)
• RAM: Minimum 2 GB
• Network: Ethernet (1 Gbit recommended)
• Operating System: Windows Server 2003 (32 bit) or Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)
• Software: Microsoft .NET 3.0 Framework, and Internet Information Services (IIS) 5.1 or newer

Computer Running Management Client

• CPU: Intel Core2 Duo, minimum 2.0 GHz
• RAM: Minimum 1 GB
• Operating System: Microsoft Windows XP Professional (32 bit) or Windows Vista (32 bit)
• Software: Microsoft .NET 3.0 Framework and DirectX 9.0 or newer

Computer Running Recording Server

• CPU: 2 x Quad Core Intel Xeon, 12MB Cache 3.0 GHz 1333MHz FSB
• RAM: 4 GB
• Network: Ethernet (1 Gbit recommended)
• Hard Disk Type: SATA, SCSI, SAS
• Operating System: Windows Server 2003 (32 bit) or Windows Server 2008 (32 bit)
• Software: Microsoft .NET 3.0 Framework or newer

Recording Server hardware supports up to the following:*

• At 640 x 480 Resolution: 200 Cameras and up to 3500 FPS
• 1.3 Mega-pixel: 70 cameras and up to 600 FPS
• 2.0 Mega-pixel: 60 cameras and up to 300 FPS
• 3.0 Mega-pixel: 40 cameras and up to 240 FPS
• 5.0 Mega-pixel: 40 cameras and up to 160 FPS

* Results are for all video compressions (MJPEG, MPEG4 and H.264). Results also assume motion detection is enabled and sampling is every 500 milliseconds. Disabling Motion Detection (if recording MPEG4 or H.264 all of the time) will save significant CPU resources and possibly allow for exceeding the performance recommendations.

Hard-Drives Minimum Recommendations:

640 x 480 Resolution

1. Fast (SAS/SCSI): 30 and up to 300 FPS
2. Slow (SATA): 20 cameras and up to 200 FPS

1.3 Mega-pixel (1280 x 1024)

1. Fast (SAS/SCSI): 25 and up to 250 FPS
2. Slow (SATA): 20 cameras and up to 100 FPS

2.0 Mega-pixel (1600 x 1200)

1. Fast (SAS/SCSI): 25 and up to 180 FPS
2. Slow (SATA): 15 cameras and up to 60 FPS

3.0 Mega-pixel (2048 x 1536)

1. Fast (SAS/SCSI): 20 and up to 100 FPS
2. Slow (SATA): 10 cameras and up to 40 FPS

5.0 Mega-pixel (2560 x 1920)

1. Fast (SAS/SCSI): 20 and up to 60 FPS
2. Slow (SATA): 10 cameras and up to 24 FPS

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The Ocularis Client/Lite minimum system requirements are listed below:

• Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional or Vista 32bit
• CPU: Intel® Core 2 Quad CPU 2.8 GHz
• RAM: 2 GB
• Network: Ethernet (100 Mb or higher recommended)
• Graphics Adapter: PCI-Express, 256 MB RAM, Direct 3D supported
• NOTE: 64 bit OS is NOT supported

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The NetGuard-EVS and NetGuard Remote Client minmum requirements are listed below:

• Operating System: Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional, Vista or Windows 7
• CPU: Intel® Core 2 or better
• RAM: minimum 1 GB
• Network: Ethernet (100 Mb or higher recommended)
• Graphics Adapter: 128 MB RAM, Direct 3D supported

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Currently the NetPDA/NetCell client software can run only on Windows CE or Windows Mobile (Mobile5 and Mobile 6). Tested models include to date the HP iPaq H4550 , HP iPaq H4250 , HP iPaq H5550 , Dell Axion, Audiovox 6700/6800 and Treo 700W.

Units running Windows Mobile 6.0/6.1 are not necessarily supported, each unit should be tested to verify compatibility, the following Mobile 6.0/6.1 models are known to work properly:

• HTC-8900 (Mobile 6.0)
• HTC Touch Pro XV6850 (Mobile 6.1)
• Samsung i760 (Mobile 6.1)
• Samsung SCH-i910 (Mobile 6.1)

 The following units are not supported:

• Motorola Q
• HTC 621s
• Verizon™s SMT5800

As a rule of thumb, the handheld device's processor speed will affect the frame rate of live and playback video; a faster processor will provide a faster frame rate. Most models that support a 320x240 screen resolution will perform well. Higher screen resolutions would require faster a CPU and would not necessarily yield better picture quality due to the handheld devices' small screen size.

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The following recommendations reflect the hardware components currently available on the market.

This section describes the recommended hardware for use with the OnSSI NetSwitcher and NetMatrix Viewer. ONSSI software products, being open-architecture, can operate on any PC hardware platform by any manufacturer, as long as it complies with the minimum requirements described below.

The NetSwitcher software consists of 4 components:

• NetSwitcher AServer - This server contains the main matrix switch engine, database and maps and should be a RAID Server class hardware.
• NetSwitcher Controller - Operator's control panel interface to operate the matrix switch.
• NetSwitcher Viewer - This module provides the display monitor function on a video wall. A single PC can drive 1-2 monitors and each monitor can provide a single or quad view.
• NetSwitcher Administrator - this administration module is installed on either the NetSwitcher Server or the NetSwitcher Controller PCs. It has no effect on system performance. In the specifications list below, it is included in the NetSwitcher Controller specifications.

Minimum Hardware Recommendation for NetSwitcher Server:

CPU	Intel® Dual-Core Xeon Processor 2.66GHz
Operating System	Windows 2003 Server, Standard Edition
Memory	1GB, DDR2 SDRAM Memory
Hard Drive Type	120 GB min

Minimum Hardware Recommendation for NetSwitcher Controller and Administrator:

CPU	Pentium 4 or higher
Operating System	Windows® XP Professional or Vista
Memory	1GB, DDR2 SDRAM Memory
Hard Drive Type	120 GB min
Video Card	Supports Resolutions 1280 x 1024 or greater
Speakers	Recommended for audible alerts
Monitor screen	Touch screen recommended, minimum 17 inch

Minimum Hardware Recommendation for NetSwitcher Viewer (including NetMatrix Viewer)

In calculating the number of NetSwitcher viewer PCs and the specs for each, please note:

1. The maximum number of camera streams per NetSwitcher Viewer PC depends on the parameters of the camera streams displayed - framerate, resolution, compression format, etc. Displaying a large number of megapixel cameras, for example, might result in degraded video quality.
2. The number of screens per NetSwitcher Viewer PC depends to a great extent on the video card's properties. As a rule of thumb, the video card should have 256 MB of on-card RAM per screen (i.e. a dual screen card should have minimum 512 MB of RAM, and a quad card 1 GB of RAM).

CPU	Intel® Core Duo P4 Processor 3.00GHz
Operating System	Windows® XP Professional
Memory	2GB, DDR2 SDRAM Memory
Video Card	PCI-Ex16:256MB for single screen; 512MB for dual screen; 1 GB for 4-screen

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