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Updated: Jan., 2018

Abstract:

This application note introduces Network Video Recorder (NVR) server and the

configuration on EonStor GSe Pro Family. Infortrend EonStor GSe Pro Family is unified

system that delivers stable performance and NAS services within affordable budgets

for SMB. With NVR function, you can simultaneously record and remote access to

both live views and recorded images.

NVR Server

An Integrated Surveillance Solution

Application Note

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Contents

Contents

Legal Information ................................................................................................................................... 2

Contact Information ............................................................................................................................... 2

Contents ................................................................................................................................................. 3

Preface ................................................................................................................................................... 4

Audience .................................................................................................................................................... 4

What’s in This Guide .................................................................................................................................. 4

What You Should Know Before Reading .................................................................................................... 4

Introduction ........................................................................................................................................... 5

Overview .................................................................................................................................................... 5

Specifications ............................................................................................................................................. 6

Features ................................................................................................................................................. 8

Live View .................................................................................................................................................... 8

Recording ................................................................................................................................................. 10

Playback ................................................................................................................................................... 12

Management............................................................................................................................................ 13

Use Scenarios ........................................................................................................................................ 15

Residential ................................................................................................................................................ 15

Workplace ................................................................................................................................................ 16

Retail ........................................................................................................................................................ 17

Setting Up NVR server............................................................................................................................ 18

Preparing .................................................................................................................................................. 18

Configuration ........................................................................................................................................... 19

Conclusion ............................................................................................................................................. 26


Preface

Preface

The purpose of this document is to provide you the knowledge of the working mechanisms and the

steps of using the NVR server with EonStor GSe Pro storage systems. Infortrend continues to develop

the best storage solutions to meet the requirements and expectations of our customers, and provides

support with releases of online hardware and software updates from time to time. Visit our official

website to check the latest news and customer support system for the latest firmware and software. In

case of problems encountered when using our products, contact our technical support.

Audience

This document is intended for Infortrend customers, partners, and employees using EonStor GSe Pro

systems with NVR server.

What’s in This Guide

This guide contains the following topics:

• Introduction: Explains the properties of NVR and its specifications.

• Features: Introduces the functions and advantages of deploying GSe Pro with NVR server.

• Use Scenarios: Shows solutions to utilize NVR server to meet the users’ requirements.

• Setting Up NVR Server: Demonstrates the use of NVR functions on EonOne software.

What You Should Know Before Reading

This document expects that you are familiar with basic server, storage, and networking concepts and

configurations.

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Introduction

Introduction

Overview

Network Video Recorder, or NVR, is an Internet protocol (IP) camera recording system that is used for

surveillance and security purposes. Users can flexibly manage NVR remotely over Internet or LAN, no

specific hardware installation is needed.

NVR's basic function is to ensure remote access to a live video stream from the IP camera with a

simultaneous video recording. It's a digital system that records the videos or digital images received over

the network and saves to a storage disk. NVR has a user-friendly GUI with these basic functions: flexible

recording, easy playback, smart motion detection, PTZ (Pan/Tilt/Zoom) camera control capability, and

other useful features. It's also capable of handling great amount of video streams for recording and

rebroadcasting. You can place the unit anywhere, unlike the DVR (digital video recorder) which is only

limited to nearby areas.

An NVR server on EonStor GSe Pro Family can give you more features such as Live View, Recording,

Playback and more, and these will be detailed in the later chapters of this document. With VMS Remote

Client which is Video Management System software, you can set up alarm rules with mail notification and

schedule video recording in different modes such as always recording, motion detection, and event

detection. With SyncCloud's partnership, you can sync your data such as multimedia files or logs to a cloud

storage provided by the cloud service providers. To know more about SyncCloud, please see SyncCloud

Feature Guide. We provided detailed information about GSe Pro Family combined with NVR server features

in section Specifications. Also, NVR server must be enabled via license activation.

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Introduction

Specifications

The tables in this section show the specifications of EonStor GSe Pro Family with NVR functions. It's divided

into two parts: EonStor GSe Pro Family Specification and NVR Specification.

EonStor GSe Pro Family

This table shows the maximum raw capacity that GSe Pro Family supports. The recording throughput is

listed for reference when writing video into the storage.

NVR specification

This table shows the total amount of IP cameras that NVR can support. In VMS Remote Client, the bit rate,

encoding method, resolution, and maximum frame rate are adjustable.


Introduction

[Notes]

1. The usable capacity depends on the RAID level configuration and different models. Please check datasheet on Infortrend

official website for detailed information.

2. 64 cameras are tested with bit rate = 6 Mbps/camera.

3. With an advanced license, EonStor GSe Pro Family can support the following number of cameras. The camera number and

memory configuration are tested in our lab with stable operation result:

Model Camera Number Memory Configuration

Tower

GSe Pro 200 32 8GB

GSe Pro 200T 64 16GB

Rackmount

GSe Pro 1000 16 4GB

GSe Pro 3000/3000T 64 16GB

You can purchase different camera channels on your demand:

VMS Enterprise Channel Add-on License

+ 1 Channel

+ 4 Channel

+ 8 Channel

+ 16 Channel

+ 32 Channel

For example, if you already have 4 free channels and buy a 32 channel add-on license, you can have 4+32=36 channels.

The license can be continuously added on with no channel limitation, but it may impact system performance if deployed

channels exceed recommended configuration.

4. With the default setting, the capacity used by one camera is:

Stream 1 = (4 Mbps / 8) x 60 sec. x 60 min. x 24 hrs x 1.1 (10% reserved space) = 47.52 GB/day.

Stream 2 = (0.5 Mbps / 8) x 60 sec. x 60 min. x 24 hrs x 1.1 (10% reserved space) = 5.94 GB/day.

Total used capacity = Stream 1 + Stream 2 ≈ 53.5 GB/day.

For more information about Dual Stream Recording, please refer to Recording section.

5. NVR Server now supports Sync Mode in SyncCloud. Cache Mode will be supported in 2018 Q1.

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Features

Features

The NVR server with VMS Remote Client can provide multiple NVR features. Not just VMS Remote Client, it

also has VMS Web Client in Central EonOne that holds basic operations such as Live View and Playback.

This chapter introduces the key features of using NVR functions.

Live View

Maintaining accessible and reliable live surveillance feeds is essential for properties such as Small and

Medium Business (SMB), residential, and retail stores. With VMS Remote Client and VMS Web Client, you

can easily manage multiple IP cameras and view the video feed in real time, Also with Live View feature,

you can reach synchronous and first-hand status of the areas monitored by the cameras.

Live View


Features

Refer to the list below for Live View’s key functions and their descriptions:

Device Browser

Device Browser in VMS Remote/Web Client supports these viewing modes: 1 x 1, 1 x 3, 2 x 2, and 1 + 3 with

4 IP cameras in one single screen. With the advanced license, a total of 6 x 6 screens of video feeds are

displayed simultaneously. You can modify the display according to your preference.

E-map Explorer

The E-map Explorer helps visualize the layout of the IP camera deployment. When an alarm occurs, you can

quickly identify the location of each IP camera. By uploading the layout of the monitored place and drawing

IP camera icons in the E-map, you can get alerts via a flashing icon. It shows that somewhere is not in

normal status.

Live View Control

The Live View Control Panel allows you to adjust the PTZ camera features. With the supported cameras,

Live View Control gives high flexibility to let you customize the remote view. You can also set up preset

positions and auto pan for PTZ cameras to automatically adjust the camera angle to its preset positions by

the time interval you defined.

Instant Playback

On VMS Remote Client's Live View screen, you can check and look back at suspicious events of a specific

camera channel anytime. Just right-click on the video screen then click Instant Play button to display the

playback window and review the recent recorded video. The time setting can be set to 20 seconds, 1

minute, 5 minutes, 30 minutes, and 45 minutes. You can still have full live views of other IP cameras

simultaneously even if you don't switch to the playback screen.


Features

Recording

Flexible options of IP camera settings such as Encoding Method, Resolution, Frame Rate, Bit Rate, and

Schedule can be set up via VMS Remote Client. Dual stream recording is supported. Stream 1 is

high-resolution recording (highest resolution of installed camera with 4 Mbps bit rate) and Stream 2 is

low-resolution recording (QVGA with 512 Kbps bit rate). Stream 1 is used for 2*2 live views (or less) while

Stream 2 is used for more than 2*2 views in a screen.

Encoding Method

NVR server supports MPEG-4, H.264, H.265, and M-JPEG encoding. With different types of encoding

method, high-quality of videos is recorded for future playbacks.

Resolution

Demands such as capacity-concern or sharpness-concern, the resolution can be rearranged. It is optional to

set resolution to QVGA(320x240), VGA(640x480), D1(720x480), 720P(1280x720), SXGA(1280x1024),

1080P(1920x1080), and 1536P(2048x1536).

Frame Rate

Frame rate is the frequency at which consecutive images called frames are displayed. It is expressed in

frames per second or fps. The higher frame rate is, the heavier CPU loading will get. Frame rate setting of

NVR ranges from 1, 2, 3, 5… to 30.

Bit Rate

Bit Rate is the number of bits that are conveyed or processed per unit of time. If resolution is high, we

recommend setting bit rate higher to avoid compression distortion. However, higher bit rate will lead to

larger video size. Fixed bit rate is optional for 1, 2, 4, 6, and 10 Mbps.


Features

Encoding Method, Resolution, Maximum Frame Rate, and Fixed Bit Rate options in Advanced Video Settings

[Note]

IP camera specification should be checked to have recording setting valid.

Schedule

With the intuitive scheduled recording panel, you are able to define the time to record. Moreover, Global

Schedule and Individual Schedule can be defined, allowing you to flexibly set up a suitable recording plan

with your existing EonStor GSe Pro storage capacity. Global Schedule means that schedule of all IP cameras

will be set simultaneously. Individual Schedule allows you to plan schedule camera by camera. Furthermore,

the schedule type is divided into four types: Always, Motion, Event (currently supports Camera Motion

Detection), and No Rec. The detailed explanations of schedule type are specified in NVR Client User

Manual in Infortrend Download page.

Global Schedule Settings

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Features

Playback

The VMS Remote Client provides various ways for you to search and analyze recording videos, examing

desired events more efficiently. When using Playback function, three types of searching methods including

Time Search and Event Search can be utilized through intuitive operating interface. You can quickly specify

a time to playback in Time Search. Event Search can search and analyze videos with selected event types.

For more information about Playback, please also refer to NVR Client User Manual.

Time Search Event Search


Features

Management

Flexible management for you to configure and employ NVR functions that can be fully customized.

Account Manager in VMS Remote Client

In Account Manager List, you can create user accounts in VMS Remote Client and assign them to different

user groups with different rights. There are Administrator, Power User, User, and Viewer. Only Power User,

User, and Viewer can be created. Functional Authority such as PTZ Control, Schedule Settings, or

Add/Delete Camera can be modified with different users.

Account Manager

Check NVR files through File explorer

You can check NVR logs and videos in the File explorer for emergent events. Note that if you use shared

folder through CIFS/NFS protocol, the NVR_video folder where it saves recording videos will not be shown,

in this way to ensure that data are not deleted by accident. However, to maintain system operation, we

don’t recommend enabling protocols for NVR folders because system files are constructed in this folder

too.

NVR database in File explorer


Features

Customize Alarm Rule

The VMS Remote Client provides several types of events including Camera Motion Detection, Disk Error,

Video Loss, and RAID Failure. The events can be assigned to event actions such as Recording Controls, PTZ

Control, Alarm Sound or E-Mail notification, making immediate alert.

Alarm Rule Settings

Multiple camera brands support

NVR server with VMS Web/Remote Client of GSe Pro Family is compatible with over 800 IP cameras over

multiple brands. Moreover, Open Network Video Interface Forum (ONVIF) Profile S version 2.2 or above is

also supported to provide standardized interface for effective interoperability. For more information about

supported cameras, please refer to IP camera support list.

3rd

party support camera

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Use Scenarios

Use Scenarios

Infortend NVR server offers an integrated surveillance solution with EonStor GSe Pro Family. With various

use scenarios including residential, workplace, and retail, property and assets can be safely kept by

deploying NVR server. Below are the introduction and key benefits of each use scenario.

Residential

Safeguard Your Home and Family.

People spend most of the time at home. Instead of staying at an independent house, people tend to choose

to live in a residential community nowadays so as to enjoy higher living quality while taking advantage of

cost-sharing. As a result, the security in such community becomes critical for residents. From open space in

the outdoors to public area inside the building, it is strictly required to keep alert on every suspicious

person or potential threat like burglary, arson or fierce quarrels.

Here are two key benefits that can keep your house safe:

Active Video Analytics & Notifications

Motion detection function has a pre-configured base for scenario which can detect object movement,

ensuring rapid and accurate action to protect your family and assets from threats in time.

Multiple Accesses for Remote Monitoring

With multiple accesses from web client embedded in EonOne or remote client application, the security

guards of residential buildings can manage surveillance anywhere and prevent the incidents such as thefts

in time.


Use Scenarios

Workplace

Maintain a Safer Environment for Employees and Company Property.

Creating a secure working environment and optimizing staff performance has always been an important

task for businesses. One of the key answers is the surveillance system that not only protects company

property & assets, but also monitors employee productivity and safety.

Focusing on Small and Medium Business (SMB), NVR server simplifies deployment with all-in-one storage

system. It gives a solution for small studio by offering an easy-to-use system to manage multiple IP cameras

installed in critical corners of working environments for continual monitoring. The real-time images can be

viewed anytime using VMS Web/Remote Client.

The key benefits of NVR function for SMB are listed below:

Property Safeguard

After enabling NVR function, the company property, employee safety, quality control of the production

process can be guaranteed.

Event Management and E-map Functions

You can get instant alerts if incidents occur and quickly locate specific cameras in a spacious working

environment in order to take immediate actions.

Search & Analyze Desire Event

With Playback function, you can search and analyze desired events efficiently. Recording videos can also

serve as evidence if unusual conditions happen in the workplace.


Use Scenarios

Retail

Turn Store Security into Profitability.

Employee thefts, shopliftings and damages are often accountable for great cost factors for any retail stores.

Putting these factors into consideration, megapixel surveillance with video intelligence and wider

monitoring ranges are the obvious answers for store security operations collocated with NVR server.

Some key benefits for retail using NVR server are explained:

High Resolution, Wide Area Monitoring

With high-resolution IP camera, it can provide panoramic views and help obtain total views of a specific

area with every detail, saving the cost of extra cameras.

Multiple Accesses for Remote Monitoring

With multiple accesses from web client embedded in EonOne or remote client application, the security

guards of retail store can also manage surveillance anywhere and prevent incidents such as robbery.

Search & Analyze Desire Event

Efficiently search & analyze desired events with Playback function. Recording videos can also serve as

evidence if unusual conditions occur.


Setting Up NVR server


In this chapter, we will introduce how to configure the NVR server with GSe Pro Family.

Preparing

Before setting up NVR server, there are some limitations and operations.

IP camera compatibility

Different IP cameras may support limited features such as PTZ control. Please make sure the cameras are

fully compatible with our NVR server. Up to 4 cameras can be supported with standard license and 64

cameras can be supported with advanced license.

File-level channel connection

File-level channel such as 1 GbE connection is necessary for transmitting NVR data.

Firmware

Please have the firmware of EonStor GSe Pro be the latest version. Firmware version must be 1.33C.05 or

above. The latest version of firmware can be downloaded from Infortrend Download page.

Software

If you want to utilize full functions, VMS Remote Client software should be installed. Software version must

be 2.7.1.A01.20180111 or above. It can also be downloaded from Infortrend Download page. Please select

the corresponding model of EonStor GSe Pro. The recommended configuration of computer for running

VMS Remote Client is listed below:





VMS Remote Client

Camera >32CH 16~32CH <16CH

Operating System

64-bit : Windows 7 SP1 Professional/Enterprise/Ultimate

64-bit : Windows 8 Pro/Enterprise

64-bit : Windows 8.1 Pro/Enterprise

64-bit : Windows 10 Pro/Enterprise

Software Microsoft® .Net Framework 4.0 or above

Requires Operating System and Graphic Card support for DirectX 9.0 or above

CPU Intel Core i7 Quad-core or above Intel Core i7 Quad-core or above Intel Core i5 Quad-core or above

Memory 8 GB or above 4 GB or above 4 GB or above

Display nVidia Geforce GTX660 2GB or above

HDD SATA 7200 RPM, 500 GB or above

Network 1 Gbps or above

Configuration

For configurations, we use one 1 GbE onboard port on GSe Pro 208T to connect with the switch, and deploy

four IP cameras with 100 Mb/s speed channels. The detailed steps are described below.

EonStor GSe Pro 208T

Switch

IP camera

100 Mb/s

1 Gb/s



Step 1. Submit NVR license

NVR Server application is not default in GSe Pro. If you want to enable NVR server, first go to Settings >

System > License management. Click Generate the license application file.

Go to Service Request to submit the license.

Service Request page

After logging in, select EonStor GS Family and go to License Service > NVR Software License. Click Next.

License Activation

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Click Browse to upload license application file and then click Next.

Upload license application file

Fill in required information such as Name, Email address, Country, Industry, and Camera model you install.

Click Next to get a license key file.

Fill in necessary information



Go back to License management and click Add license to enable NVR server function. The NVR license will

be shown.

Step 2. Enable file-level IP in Central EonOne

You have to go to Settings > Access > Channel & Network to check file-level channel and set static or DHCP

IP in Central EonOne.



Step 3. Create pool and file-level volume

After pool is created, please select to create file-level volume when creating volume. Specify volume name

and volume space then.

Step 4. Create user and shared folder

Go to Settings > Privilege > Users to create user.



Go to Settings > Privilege > Shared folders. You can set privilege authority for this folder in Privilege. This

folder is used to save NVR server system files, logs, and videos.

Step 5. Enable NVR server

Go to Settings > Applications > NVR server to enable NVR server feature. Switch button to on and select the

folder to save data. Click Save to configure NVR server.

Step 6. Manage NVR server

There are two ways to manage NVR server. One way is using VMS Web Client in EonOne. Click Go to NVR

server management in Settings > Applications > NVR server to open VMS Web Client. Note that VMS Web



Client supports Internet Explorer 9 or above / Google Chrome (with IE tab extension component) browser.

The login information of Web Client is admin/admin by default. The IP camera should be added through

VMS Remote Client software which will be explained later. In Web Client, Live View and Playback (only

Time Search) can be utilized.

VMS Web Client

The other way is using VMS Remote Client. It is a better way for fully utilizing the NVR server function. After

installing and opening VMS Client software, please enter server IP with is the file-level IP of EonStor GSe

Pro. The login information of Remote Client is also admin/admin by default.

VMS Remote Client login page


Conclusion

After logging in VMS Remote Client, the operating interface will be shown. For more information about

VMS Web/Remote Client, please refer to NVR Client User Manual.

VMS Remote Client operating interface

Conclusion

NVR Server is one of the features integrated with EonStor GSe Pro Family which helps simplify system

deployment. Combined with cloud service, you can easily access your video files and do analysis in a

streamlined manner. There are a lot of functions that you can use such as Live View, Recording, and

Playback. And with VMS central management software, you can instantly monitor your cameras

synchronously and customize the configuration according to your preferred adjustments. It also supports

multiple IP camera brands without worrying compatibility issues.

Anyone can use NVR server, whether it’s for home safety, workplace security, retail business surveillance,

and other establishments that need effective security measures at a fraction of a cost.

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