Server requirements for high-performance video - If you need a dedicated high-performance server for your video recording requirements, use one of these server profiles for your Security Center 5.13 Archiver role. - Security Center 5.13 - System requirements

Security Center System Requirements Guide 5.13
Product
Security Center
Content type
System requirements
Version
5.13
Release
5.13
ft:locale
en-US
Last updated
2026-07-29

If you need a dedicated high-performance server for your video recording requirements, use one of these server profiles for your Security Center 5.13 Archiver role.

The requirements for Security Center 5.13 archiving servers are as follows:
NOTE: All specifications assume 5 Mbps streams. Smaller bit rates reduce performance.
Server profile Server characteristics
Minimum1
  • 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
High-performance4

Video intensive configuration

  • Streamvault™ rackmount appliance

    The Streamvault 2000, 4000, and 7000 Series offer high performance for video-intensive archiving, starting from 900 Mbps of total throughput, up to 4,135 Mbps of total throughput.

    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
  • 16 GB of RAM or better
  • 64-bit operating system
  • 80 GB SATA II hard driver or better for OS and Security Center applications
  • NVIDIA® RTX A2000 video card

1 To go beyond 300 Mbps with a single Archiver role, pre-event recording values must be set to the default value of 4 seconds, or event recording must be disabled.

2 All specifications with a RAID controller were derived with one RAID rebuild. Not having a RAID rebuild increases the maximum recording capability.

3 Exceeding recommended playback volume reduces the recording capability.

4 The intended throughput requires specific hardware and software configurations.