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Dell EMC Storage with Milestone XProtect
Corporate
Surveillance
June 2018
H14501.4
Configuration Guide
Abstract
This configuration guide provides the storage-specific configuration requirements and
Milestone storage tiering options necessary for a successful Milestone XProtect
Corporate 2018 installation.
Dell EMC Solutions
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Dell EMC VNX series Specifications

General IconGeneral
Form FactorRack-mountable
Operating SystemVNX Operating Environment
ManagementUnisphere
ProcessorIntel Xeon
Cache MemoryUp to 128 GB
RAID Levels0, 1, 3, 5, 6
ConnectivityFibre Channel
ModelVNX series
Protocols SupportedNFS, CIFS, iSCSI, Fibre Channel

Summary

Introduction

Solution overview

Provides a high-level overview of the Milestone XProtect Corporate tiered storage solution.

Purpose

Explains the guide's aim to help Dell EMC personnel configure storage for Milestone XProtect Corporate.

Scope

Defines the intended audience and the Dell EMC storage systems tested for this guide.

Assumptions

Outlines prerequisites and expertise assumed for users of this configuration guide.

Configuring the solution

Dell EMC storage considerations for Milestone XProtect Corporate

Covers storage options, video flow, Live DB, Archive DB, and protocol choices for Milestone XProtect.

Releases tested

Details Milestone XProtect Corporate and Dell EMC storage offerings that have undergone testing.

Dell EMC storage configuration

Block storage (SAN, local)

Discusses VNX family arrays for recording and managing video terabytes, focusing on SAN configurations.

File storage (NAS)

Explains the Isilon scale-out NAS platform for unstructured data and its features for video surveillance.

XProtect-specific configuration

Configuring Active Directory and domain controller

Details the setup of Active Directory for user authentication and management within the Milestone XProtect environment.

Hard disk formatting

Recommends specific allocation unit sizes for formatting hard drives to optimize performance for Live DB and Archive DB.

Enabling motion detection

Provides steps to enable motion detection rules if the feature is not functioning correctly in Milestone XProtect.

Modifying the number of archive process threads

Instructs on adjusting archive process threads in RecorderConfig.xml for NAS-attached Isilon clusters.

Modifying the Archive DB write block size

Guides on updating the RecorderConfig.xml file to optimize the Archive DB write block size for specific Milestone versions.

Isilon OneFS for the Archive DB

Explains how to configure Milestone XProtect to utilize an Isilon cluster for the Archive DB.

Multipathing and NIC failures

Details configuring Unity/SC arrays with MPIO and multiple NICs for redundancy against path or NIC failures.

Conclusion

Summary

Summarizes the comprehensive testing of Milestone XProtect Corporate with Dell EMC VNX, VNXe, and Isilon storage solutions.

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