Milestone Systems, the Danish IP video management software (VMS) company, has tested and reported performance component certification of BCDVideo’s Nova Server and Storage Series.
IT infrastructure, server, storage and client platforms are integral parts of networked video management deployments, so any miscalculations of the server or storage requirements impact the success of a system’s operation, causing system outages and downtime, the firms say. Milestone worked with BCDVideo so that their systems can be optimised for the Milestone XProtect software.
The Milestone Solution Certification gives verification of the components as interoperable with XProtect VMS.
Christian Bohn, VP Strategic Alliances at Milestone says: “Integrators can build solutions with confidence when referencing the tested configuration data from the Milestone certification process. The documented proof describes how these video solutions operate within the parameters of the maximum performance tests. We have been doing integration certifications for several years, and these additions continue to build trust in Milestone solutions for both partners and customers.”
Each certification project has three phases, starting with two scenarios of a benchmark test and a maximum performance test. Statistics from the Milestone XProtect Recording Servers are gathered to judge the performance as a platform for video recording. The analyzed data and findings are presented in a report with details on the configuration of the test system and a summary published on the Milestone website.
These tests identify that the system integrations meet minimum expected performance thresholds. The certification also measures the maximum number of cameras, at a given frame rate, resolution and codec that can be supported by the server and storage system. A summary report from the Solution Certification includes optimal configuration for a surveillance system using the XProtect VMS with BCDVideo.
Jeff Burgess, President/CEO of BCDVideo, says: “The BCDVideo storage solution to date is among the best VRP/NRP that Milestone has tested with the given parameters. With the video profile used for the tests, the system should easily support 150 cameras (storage limited). The system outperformed the given video simulator and testing had to stop with the given parameters: the maximum number of cameras achieved on the system was set at 150 1MP cameras at 10 frames per second and 60 per cent video compression. It is noteworthy that this was achieved with only 32pc of the system resource utilization on the BCDVideo server.”
