Security Center 5.11 server requirements - Security Center 5.11

Security Center System Requirements Guide 5.11
Applies to
Security Center 5.11
Last updated
2024-02-02
Content type
System requirements
Language
English
Product
Security Center
Version
5.11

To ensure optimal performance for your needs, servers must meet or exceed the minimum, recommended, or high-performance profile for a Security Center 5.11 Directory, Archiver, Access Manager, and Media Gateway.

The requirements for Security Center 5.11 servers are as follows:

Server profile Server characteristics
Minimum 1
  • Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E6850 3.0 GHz or better
  • 4 GB of RAM or better
  • 80 GB hard drive for OS and Security Center applications, with a minimum of 15 GB of free disk space to install a Security Center server
  • Separate storage disk from OS primary disk for Archiver storage
  • 32-bit operating system
  • 100/1000 Mbps Ethernet network interface card
  • Standard SVGA video card
Recommended

(Up to 300 Mbps)

  • Intel® Xeon® Silver 4210 2.2 GHz or better
  • 16 GB of RAM or better
  • 64-bit operating system
  • 80 GB SATA II hard drive or better for OS, Security Center applications, and Archiver database storage (when using a local Archiver database), with a minimum of 15 GB of free disk space to install a Security Center server
  • GbE network interface card
  • Standard SVGA video card
Above 300 Mbps and up to 500 Mbps
  • Intel® Xeon® Silver 4210 2.2 GHz or better
  • 16 GB of RAM or better
  • 64-bit operating system
  • 80 GB SATA II hard drive or better for OS and Security Center applications, with a minimum of 15 GB of free disk space to install a Security Center server
  • Dedicated video disks of at least 12 drives in RAID 5 or 6
  • GbE network interface card
  • Standard SVGA video card
  • Pre-event recording values set to the default value of 4 seconds2
  • Playback or Archive transfer should not exceed 100 Mbps3

Above 250,000 and up to 600,000 cardholders

  • Intel®Xeon® E5-2620 v4 2.10 GHz or better
  • 32 GB of RAM or better
  • 64-bit operating system
  • 80 GB SATA II hard drive or better for OS and Security Center applications, with a minimum of 15 GB of free disk space to install a Security Center server
  • GbE network interface card
  • Standard SVGA video card
High-performance 4

Video intensive configuration

  • Streamvault™ rackmount appliance

    The Streamvault 2000, 4000, and 7000 Series offer high-performance for video intensive archiving. Starting from 500 cameras or 500 Mbps, and 150 Mbps of video redirection, up to 1000 cameras or 2000 Mbps, and 400 Mbps of video redirection.

    To find the right Streamvault model for your project, contact Genetec™ Sales at sales@genetec.com, or call 1-866-684-8006 (option #2).
Media transcoding applications
  • Intel® Core™ i7-9700K, Intel® Xeon® E-2186G, or better
  • CPU with support for Intel® Quick Sync™ Video
  • 16GB of RAM or better
  • 64-bit operating system
  • 80 GB SATA II hard driver or better for OS and Security Center applications
  • NVIDIA® P2000 video card

1 For the minimum server profile, the Maximum server memory of SQL Server must be limited to 512 MB.

2 To increase this value, you must proportionally reduce the Archiver's maximum bitrate.

3 When playback exceeds 100 Mbps, subtract the equivalent bandwidth from the maximum archiving bandwidth.

4 The intended throughput requires specific hardware and software configurations.