Maximum number of Media Gateway camera streams in Security Center 5.13 - To ensure optimal performance, don’t exceed the maximum number of camera streams supported by a Media Gateway in Security Center 5.13 . - Security Center 5.13

Security Center System Requirements Guide 5.13
Product
Security Center
Content type
System requirements
Version
5.13
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en-US
Last updated
2025-02-03

To ensure optimal performance, don’t exceed the maximum number of camera streams supported by a Media Gateway in Security Center 5.13.

Media Gateway agents provide video streams to the Genetec™ Web App, Genetec™ Mobile app, and external RTSP connections. In some cases, video transcoding might be required. Video stream transcoding is determined by the requesting application as follows:

Requesting application Transcoded?
External RTSP connections Never
Genetec Mobile Only when all the following conditions are met:
  • Media Gateway Allow transcoding setting is enabled for the Mobile Server role
  • Mobile role allows the use of MJPEG streams
  • Original stream isn’t H.264
Genetec™ Web App Only in the following situations:
  • Requesting user has video watermarking enabled
  • Requesting user is streaming a PTZ camera and moving it (PTZ widget)
  • Browser doesn’t support H.264 decoding through Media Source Extensions
  • Original stream isn’t H.264
Security Center Web Client Only in the following situations:
  • Requesting user has video watermarking enabled
  • Requesting user is streaming a PTZ camera and moving it (PTZ widget)
  • Browser doesn’t support H.264 decoding through Media Source Extensions
  • Original stream isn’t H.264

The maximum number of camera streams supported by a dedicated Media Gateway server in Security Center 5.13 is as follows:

Performance without transcoding

H.264
Resolution @ 30 FPS VGA

640 x 480

 HD

1280 x 720

 Full HD

1920 x 1080

 Ultra HD

3840 x 2160
Average bit rate per camera 1 Mbps 2.3 Mbps 5.5 Mbps 20 Mbps
Recommended 200 streams/~220 Mbps 170 streams/~350 Mbps 100 streams/~600 Mbps 35 streams/~0.85 Gbps
High-performance 340 streams/~370 Mbps 300 streams/~600 Mbps 175 streams/~1 Gbps 60 streams/~1.2 Gbps
Performance with transcoding

H.264/H.265
Input Resolution @ 30 FPS VGA

640 x 480

 HD

1280 x 720

 Full HD

1920 x 1080

 Ultra HD

3840 x 2160
Average bit rate per camera 1 Mbps 2.3 Mbps 5.5 Mbps 20 Mbps
Recommended 45 streams, 50 Mbps /

39 streams, 43 Mbps

 30 streams, 60 Mbps /

15 streams, 30 Mbps

 16 streams, 100 Mbps /

6 streams, 12 Mbps

 6 streams, 120 Mbps /

1 stream, 20 Mbps
NOTE: Bit rate is for input streams only. Output resolution is VGA.

Considerations

  • Video watermarking requires extra processing of transcoded video frames. If watermarking is applied to all streams, the maximum number of Media Gateway camera streams is reduced by 30%.
  • There’s a hard limit of around 500 connections.
  • The values in the table are obtained with 30 FPS.
  • If the frame rate is reduced and the throughput remains under the maximum values in the table, then the number of connections can be increased linearly.
  • When transcoding, the output is resized to resolutions of 640 x 480 (VGA) or less, maintaining the aspect ratio.
CAUTION:
Do not host Media Gateway on the same server as an Archiver. The Media Gateway role can use significant processing power. High CPU usage on the Archiver server can result in Archiving queue full situations that might lead to data loss.