Case Study for GV-Hot Swap Recording Server System:
Multi-Story Building with Retail Stores, Offices and
Parking Lot
Article ID: GV3-13-07-26-t
Release Date: 07/26/2013
Table of Contents
1. Case Brief ........................................................................................................... 2
2. Suggested Installation....................................................................................... 3
3. Purchase List for the Suggested Installation.................................................. 4
4. Recommendations and Limitations for GV-Recording Server....................... 7
4.1 Suggested Hard Disk Arrangement...........................................................................7
4.2 Recommended Hard Disk Brand..............................................................................9
4.3 Network Requirements............................................................................................10
5. System Requirements for GV-Control Center................................................ 12
5.1 Setting Up Display on Multiple Monitors .................................................................13
6. Ethernet Cable Requirements......................................................................... 15
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1. Case Brief
The client needed a surveillance solution to ensure the safety of a multi-story building. Floors
2 to 4 are offices, the first floor is a retail store, and the basement included a retail store and
an employee parking lot.
24 GV-BX1200 Box Cameras were installed on each floor to make sure that all areas are
covered. In addition, 2 GV-FE521 Fisheye Cameras and 4 GV-SD220 IP Speed Domes with
PTZ capabilities were installed on the ground floor to monitor the entrances of the retail store.
In the basement floor, the underground parking lot is secured by 2 GV-Hybrid LPR Cameras
designed to clearly capture vehicle license plates.
In the basement, a security control room was set up to house a 20-bay GV-Hot Swap
Recording Server System, which receives and records all 128 IP channels installed in the
building, and can transmit videos to the GV-Control Center.
The security staff can then use the Matrix View of GV-Control Center to simultaneously watch
live view of the 128 GV-IP Cameras. Multiple monitors were installed to simultaneously watch
the 128 channel live view and one monitor was set up for applications such as E-Map and
Remote ViewLog.
Also located in the security room is a GV-Hot Swap LPR system (GV-ASManager and
GV-DVR LPR) capable of recognizing the vehicle license plates detected in the video from the
two GV-Hybrid LPR Cameras. Access can be granted when the detected license plate
numbers match the vehicles registered in GV-ASManager's employee database.
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2. Suggested Installation
Office
Office
Office
GV-BX1200 x 24
GV-BX1200 x 24
GV-BX1200 x 24
GV-BX1200 x 24
GV-PoE2401
GV-PoE2401
GV-PoE2401
GV-PoE2401
GV-SD220 x 4
GV-PoE0800
GV-FE521 x 2
Retail
Parking
Retail
Multiple
monitors
GV-Control Center
GV-BX1200 x 24
4 ports Gigabit
Switch
GV-Hybrid LPR Cam x 2
GV-Hot Swap Recording
GV-Hot Swap LPR System
Server System
GV-PA481 x 2
GV-PoE2401
16 ports Gigabit
Switch
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3. Purchase List for the Suggested Installation
GeoVision Products
Floor Products Quantity Note
4th Floor
3rd Floor
2nd Floor
1st Floor
GV-BX1200 24
GV-PoE2401 Switch 1 24 PoE ports, 2 Gigabit
TP/SFP Combo Uplink ports
GV-BX1200 24
GV-PoE2401 Switch 1 24 PoE ports, 2 Gigabit
TP/SFP Combo Uplink ports
GV-BX1200 24
GV-PoE2401 Switch 1 24 PoE ports, 2 Gigabit
TP/SFP Combo Uplink ports
GV-BX1200 24
GV-FE521 2
GV-SD220 4
GV-PoE2401 Switch
1
24 PoE ports, 2 Gigabit
TP/SFP Combo Uplink ports
B1
GV-PoE0800 Switch 1 8 PoE ports
GV-Hot Swap Recording Server System
- 4U, 20-Bay
GV-Control Center s/w
PC
GV-Control Center Dongle
GV-Keyboard with Joystick 1 For Control Center
GV-BX1200 24
GV-Hybrid LPR Camera 2 Comes with GV-PA481 PoE
GV-Hot Swap LPR System - 3U, 8-Bay
(GV-ASManager + GV-DVR LPR)
GV-PoE2401 Switch 1 24 PoE ports, 2 Gigabit
1 3 Gigabit Ethernet ports
1
1
Adaptor
1 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports
TP/SFP Combo Uplink ports
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Non-GeoVision Products
Floor Products Quantity Details
4th Floor
3rd Floor
2nd Floor
1st Floor
Network Cable
25 1. Cat 5e x 24 (GV-BX1200 to GV-PoE2401)
2. Cat 6 x 1 (GV-PoE2401 to 16 ports Gigabit
Switch)
Network Cable 25 1. Cat 5e x 24 (GV-BX1200 to GV-PoE2401)
2. Cat 6 x 1 (GV-PoE2401 to 16 ports Gigabit
Switch)
Network Cable 25 1. Cat 5e x 24 (GV-BX1200 to GV-PoE2401)
2. Cat 6 x 1 (GV-PoE2401 to 16 ports Gigabit
Switch)
Network Cable 32 1. Cat 5e x 24 (GV-BX1200 to GV-PoE2401)
2. Cat 5e x 2 (GV-FE521 to GV-PoE0800)
3. Cat 5e x 4 (GV-SD220 to GV-PoE0800)
4. Cat 6 x 1 (GV-PoE0800 to 16 ports Gigabit
Switch)
5. Cat 6 x 1 (GV-PoE2401 to 16 ports Gigabit
B1
Switch)
7200 rpm hard disk 20 For recording videos on GV-Recording Server
PC 1 For installing GV-Control Center. Refer to the
section below for PC specifications.
Monitor 6 or 9 For watching 128 ch live view using GV-Control
Center
Gigabit Switch 2 - 16 Ports Gigabit Switch to connect:
GV-PoE2401 x 5
GV-Recording Server x 1
GV-Hot Swap LPR System x 1
GV-Hybrid LPR Camera x 2
- 4 Ports Gigabit Switch to connect:
GV-Hot Swap Recording Server System x 1
GV-Control Center x 1
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Floor Products Quantity Details
B1
Network Cable 33 - IP Camera
1. Cat 5e x 24 (GV-BX1200 to GV-PoE2401)
2. Cat 6 x 1 (GV-PoE2401 to 16 ports Gigabit
Switch)
- LPR System
3. Cat 5e x 2 (GV-Hybrid LPR Camera to
GV-PA481)
4. Cat 5e x 2 (GV-PA481 to 16 ports Gigabit
Switch)
5. Cat 6 x 1 (GV-Hot Swap LPR System to 16
ports Gigabit Switch)
- Recording Server
6. Cat 6 x 1 (GV-Hot Swap Recording Server
System to 16 ports Gigabit Switch)
7. Cat 6 x 1 (GV-Hot Swap Recording Server
System to 4 ports Gigabit Switch)
8. Cat 6 x 1 (GV-Control Center to 4 ports
Gigabit Switch)
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4. Recommendations and Limitations for GV-Recording Server
4.1 Suggested Hard Disk Arrangement
This section describes how to arrange 20 2TB hard disks for recording in the 20-bay GV-Hot
Swap Recording Server System, under Round-the-Clock Mode and Motion Detection
Mode.
Note: To see how to set up storage groups and assign hard disks in the GV-Recording
Server software, refer to p. 17 in GV-Recording Server User’s Manual:
http://ftp.geovision.tw/FTP/Support/Recording Server/V1200/GV-Recording Server User
Manual(RSV12-A-EN).zip
Round-the-Clock Mode
When using Round-the-Clock recording mode, you can divide the 128 channels into 5 storage
groups, with 1 storage group for each floor. Next, assign 4 hard disks to each storage group.
The table below shows the number of days you can record in 20 2TB hard disks under
Round-the-Clock mode.
In this example, the 4 GV-SD220 cameras installed on the 1
st
floor were distributed to storage
groups 2 and 3 to avoid overloading the hard disks. Every storage group evenly included 26
cameras and 4 hard disks, except for Group 1 with only 24 cameras.
Storage Group Camera Hard Disk Recording Capacity
Group 1
4F: GV-BX1200 x 24
HDD 1 ~ 4 At least 8 days of data
3F: GV-BX1200 x 24
Group 2
HDD 5 ~ 8 At least 8 days of data
1F: GV-SD220 x 2
2F: GV-BX1200 x 24
Group 3
HDD 9 ~ 12 At least 8 days of data
1F: GV-SD220 x 2
1F: GV-BX1200 x 24
Group 4
HDD 13 ~ 16 At least 8 days of data
1F: GV-FE521 x 2
B1: GV-BX1200 x 24
Group 5
HDD 17 ~ 20 At least 8 days of data
B1: Hybrid LPR Camera x 2
Note: The data is based on calculation from the GV-IP Camera Bandwidth and Recording Size
Calculator: http://www.geovision.com.tw/english/Bandwidth.asp
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Motion Detection Mode
When recording upon Motion Detection, assign no more than 10 channels to each hard
disk to ensure stability. The table below shows the number of days you can record in 20
2TB hard disks when using Motion Detection mode.
In this example, since the 20 hard disks cannot be evenly distributed among 13 storage
groups, some storage groups will be assigned 1 hard disk while other storage groups will be
assigned 2 hard disks. The number of hard disks assigned for a storage group may
depend on the actual environments. You may assign more hard disks to the group that
would have more motion events.
Storage Group Camera Hard Disk Recording Capacity
Group 1
Group 2
Group 3
Group 4
Group 5
Group 6
Group 7
Group 8
Group 9
Group 10
4F: GV-BX1200 x 10
4F: GV-BX1200 x 10
4F: GV-BX1200 x 4
3F: GV-BX1200 x 6
3F: GV-BX1200 x 10
3F: GV-BX1200 x 8
2F: GV-BX1200 x 2
2F: GV-BX1200 x 10
2F: GV-BX1200 x 10
2F: GV-BX1200 x 2
1F: GV-BX1200 x 8
1F: GV-BX1200 x 10
1F: GV-BX1200 x 6
B1: GV-BX1200 x 4
HDD 1 ~ 2 At least 22 days of data
HDD 3 ~ 4 At least 22 days of data
HDD 5 ~ 6 At least 22 days of data
HDD 7 ~ 8 At least 22 days of data
HDD 9 ~ 10 At least 22 days of data
HDD 11 ~ 12 At least 22 days of data
HDD 13 ~ 14 At least 22 days of data
HDD 15 At least 11 days of data
HDD 16 At least 11 days of data
HDD 17 At least 11 days of data
Group 11
Group 12
B1: GV-BX1200 x 10
B1: GV-BX1200 x 10
HDD 18 At least 11 days of data
HDD 19 At least 11 days of data
1F: GV-SD220 x 4
Group 13
1F: GV-FE521 x 2
HDD 20 At least 11 days of data
B1: Hybrid LPR Camera x 2
Note:
1. It is assumed that there are 500 motion events per day that each lasts 1 minute.
2. The data is based on calculation from the GV-IP Camera Bandwidth and Recording Size
Calculator: http://www.geovision.com.tw/english/Bandwidth.asp
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4.2 Recommended Hard Disk Brand
To maintain system stability and to keep your recordings safe when using GeoV ision sof tware,
we advise you to use any of the recommended and/or the tested hard disk drives listed below.
Brand Series
Seagate
Barracuda (XT Series, ES.2 Series, 7200 Series)
SV35 Series
Constellation ES Series
Hitachi Hitachi Series
Western Digital
Caviar Black
Caviar Blue
RE Series
To find the tested hard disk models, see:
http://pd.geovision.tw/technotice/Others/Recommended_HDD.pdf
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4.3 Network Requirements
In the recommended installation illustrated above, the GV-Recording Server receives video
from the 128 GV-IP Cameras installed in the building, and then transmits the 128 IP channels
to GV-Control Center. In this case, one Gigabit Ethernet port for the incoming 128 channels
and one Gigabit Ethernet port for the outgoing 128 channels are sufficient. In addition, 2 PoE
switches are applied to divide a local area network into two segments (receiving and
transmitting) for efficient network.
Note: GV-Hot Swap Recording Server System has three built-in Gigabit Ethernet ports with 3
default IP addresses: 192.168.0.200, 192.168.0.201 and 192.168.0.202 with the same subnet
mask 255.255.252.0.
However, if you are not following the recommended installation (Ex: more outgoing channels
or higher resolution cameras or no PoE switches used to divide the network traffic), you may
need to set up additional Gigabit connections to avoid network bottleneck. The numbers of
Gigabit network cards required to receive 128 channels and transmit 300 channels are listed
below according to the resolution of the source video.
Gigabit Network Cards Required
Resolution FPS Codec
Receiving 128 ch Transmitting 300 ch
Gigabit network card x 1
Gigabit network card x 2
1.3 MP 30 fps H.264
(up to 128 ch per card)
Gigabit network card x 2
(up to 150 ch per card)
Gigabit network card x 4
2.0 MP 30 fps H.264
(up to 64 ch per card)
(up to 75 ch per card)
3.0 MP 20 fps H.264
Gigabit network card x 1
(up to 128 ch per card)
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Gigabit network card x 2
(up to 150 ch per card)
After installing the network cards needed, divide networks into multiple subnets or segments,
and then organize IP channels received and clients transmitted into different networks.
1. Assign each network card to a different IP address and subnet mask.
2. Organize IP channels and clients into groups and then assign each group to different
network cards using the IP addresses you have set up.
1 MP / 3 MP Source Video
2 MP Source Video
Receiving Transmitting
GigaLAN 3, 75 CH
GigaLAN 1, 64 CH
GigaLAN 4, 75 CH
IP Video
Devices
GigaLAN 2, 64 CH
GV-Recording Server +
6 Network Cards assigned on different networks
GigaLAN 5, 75 CH
GigaLAN 6, 75 CH
Clients
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5. System Requirements for GV-Control Center
For optimal performance, make sure the PC for installing GV-Control Center meets the
following requirements.
OS 64-bit
CPU
RAM
Hard Disk
Graphic Card
DirectX
LAN Card
Hardware
Notes for Graphic Cards:
1. The number of graphic cards required depends on the number of output ports
supported by your graphic cards. For example, if your graphic card supports 3 output
ports, you will need 3 graphic cards to set up 9 monitors.
2. If you are using more than two graphic cards on a server, make sure they are of the
Windows 7 / 8 / Server 2008 R2 / Server 2012
Core i7 2600K, 3.4 GHz
3 x 2 GB
1 GB
AGP or PCI-Express, 1024 x 768, 32-bit color
9.0c
Gigabit Ethernet x 2
Internal or External GV-USB Dongle
same brand, model and driver version to ensure maximum efficiency.
3. The following graphic cards have been tested for compatibility:
ATI 5870 / 6770 / 7750
NVIDIA GeForce GTS450 / GTX 650 Ti
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5.1 Setting Up Display on Multiple Monitors
1. After the graphic cards are installed, go to Windows’ Screen Resolution setting in the
Control Panel. The number of monitors detected will be displayed.
2. Drag the monitor icons and adjust the positions according to your actual monitor
arrangement.
3. To simultaneously watch 128 channels, create multiple Matrix Views using one of the
options below.
a. 6 Monitors: Divide the 128 channels into 5 Matrix Views with 1 Matrix View for
each floor. In this example, one Matrix View displays 24 to 30 channels depending
on the number of cameras installed in each floor. The 6th monitor is used for
applications such as E-Map and Remote ViewLog.
b. 9 Monitors: Divide the 128 channels into 8 Matrix Views with 16-channel screen
divisions for each Matrix View. The 9th monitor is used for applications such as
E-Map and Remote ViewLog.
Note: For details on assigning channels to Matrix View, refer the Matrix View section in
GV-Control Center User’s Manual starting from p.74:
http://ftp.geovision.tw/FTP/Support/CMS/control centerv3100/GV-Control Center User
Manual(CCSV31-A-EN).zip
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4. Next, click the Application Position function in GV-Control Center’s toolbar to define
the content of every monitor.
5. Drag the icons of the Matrix Views and other applications on the bottom to the monitors.
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6. Ethernet Cable Requirements
When installing, each Ethernet cable cannot exceed 100 meters. In order for the PoE
switches to deliver power without problem, it is recommended to use Cat 5 / 5e and Cat 6
cables. The high quality Ethernet cable reduces lost during power transmission. The wiring
cable types are as below.
10BaseT: 2-pair UTP/STP Cat. 3, 4, 5 cable, EIA / TIA-568 100-ohm (Max. 100 m)
100BaseTX: 2-pair UTP/STP Cat. 5 cable, EIA / TIA-568 100-ohm (Max. 100 m)
1000BaseT: 4-pair UTP/STP Cat. 6 cable, EIA / TIA-568 100-ohm (Max. 100 m)
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