Security Center 5.9 server requirements - Security Center 5.9

Security Center System Requirements Guide 5.9

Applies to
Security Center 5.9
Last updated
2023-05-12
Content type
System requirements
Language
English
Product
Security Center
Version
5.9

To ensure optimal performance for your needs, servers must meet or exceed the minimum, recommended, or high performance profile for a Security Center 5.9 Directory, Archiver, and Access Manager.

The requirements for Security Center 5.9 servers are as follows:

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
  • Separate storage disk from OS primary disk for Archiver storage
  • 32-bit operating system
  • 100/1000 Mbps Ethernet network interface card
  • Standard SVGA video card2
Recommended up to 300 Mbps
  • Intel® Xeon® E5-2620 v4 2.10 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)
  • GbE network interface card
  • Standard SVGA video card1
Above 300 Mbps, up to 500 Mbps
  • Intel® Xeon® E5-2620 v4 2.10 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
  • Dedicated video disks of at least 12 drives in RAID 5 or 6
  • GbE network interface card
  • Standard SVGA video card1
  • Pre-event recording values set to the default value of 4 seconds3
  • Playback or Archive transfer should not exceed 100 Mbps4
High performance5

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).

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

2 Config Tool requires a minimum resolution of 1024 x 768. Not required for virtual servers.

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

4 For cases that exceed 100 Mbps, subtract the equivalent bandwidth from the maximum archiving bandwidth.

5 The intended throughput requires specific hardware and software configurations.

GPU considerations

The decoding, privacy protection, and encoding of H.264 Privacy Protector video streams can be accelerated using an NVIDIA ® Quadro ® video card.

KiwiVision™ deployments

For the deployment of KiwiVision™ modules, use the KiwiVision™ Hardware Calculator.