Documentation for Axxonsoft Platform Calculator. Documentation for other products available here.
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The calculation results for the Server or Server with viewing client contain information about the recommended archive size, total streams and server specifications. To view the results of the platform calculation, select the type of calculation — Server or Server with viewing client (see Selecting the type of calculation):
Each time the streams are added to the list (see Selecting the cameras), or the parameters affecting the calculation are changed (bit rate, streams recording, etc.), the parameters are recalculated.
Archive size
If the Calculation without RAID option was selected (see Archive parameters), the recommended archive size will be displayed:
If the Calculation with RAID option was selected, the recommended characteristics of the RAID array will be displayed:
RAID parameters:
- Number of disks required to build the needed RAID level with the given disk size.
- Total volume = Number of disks * one Disk size
- Effective volume is a disk space required for storage of the archive with the depth set on the Recording time given tab.
- Effective disk space usage = Effective volume / Total volume (percentage)
- Disk fault tolerance is a number of disks that can fail without archive loss.
Note
The disk size data is for informational purposes only. For an accurate calculation, use the camera manufacturer's calculator. A list of known calculation programs is displayed in the Vendor's calculator drop-down list.
Total streams
The Total streams field contains the recommended values for the total stream from IP cameras, stream for recording and stream for clients:
Note
The bitrate values used for streams calculation are for informational purposes only. For an accurate calculation of camera bitrate, use the camera manufacturer's calculator. A list of known calculation programs is displayed in the Vendor's calculator drop-down list.
Recommended platforms
The Server specifications tab of the Recommended platforms section shows the results of platform calculation for processors with the selected architecture (see Selecting the CPU architecture):
The specification parameters are displayed in the following columns:
- Platform — platform name and, if detection tools are specified, links to GPU/VPU selection (see Types of detection tools). When you click on the link to the GPU/VPU selection, the documentation pages with the performance data will open.
- Servers — the number of servers recommended for the specified number of cameras.
- RAM, GB — the recommended size and number of RAM modules for dual-channel operation, taking into account the number of processors on the platform. For example, “4 x 8GB RAM” means two 8GB RAM modules per processor for a dual-processor platform.
- CPU load — CPU load as a percentage.
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Example
If 100 cameras are added, and as a result of recommended platform calculation, it is recommended to use 5 servers with 50-60% server load, this means that it is required to use 5 servers and install 100/5 = 20 cameras on each server. In this case the CPU load of each server will not exceed 50-60%.
You can add an alternative platform to the calculation — for details, see Adding a platform for calculation by analogy.
Platforms can be filtered in the calculation results. For that, enter the search string in the Platforms filter field. The filter is not case-sensitive:
Note
RAM should be used in dual-channel mode or greater mode based on the number of processors in the platform. For example, 4 RAM modules are recommended for dual-processor platforms, 8 RAM modules for four-processor platforms and 2 RAM modules for the rest.
Using RAM at a higher frequency, or using RAM in dual-channel mode or greater mode, results in a CPU load decrease, and therefore in the performance increase.
In other tabs in the Recommended platforms group, the recommended platforms by AxxonSoft partners are shown (Promise, Secure Logiq, Rasilient, BCDVideo, Razberi). To view a platform description on partner's web site, click corresponding link in the Platform column:
Note
The IPDROM solutions tab is not available in English, Spanish or German version of the Platform calculator.
The results of hardware platform calculation can change – hardware configuration can both increase and decrease depending on the camera model, camera settings and exposure of the image. Extra objects can increase the hardware configuration.
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The platform calculation results in the Recommended platforms table can be sorted by any column using the 
button in the header of the corresponding column.
To sort the results by multiple columns at once, select them with the Ctrl key pressed. A number indicating the column's order in sorting is displayed in each selected column.
For example, this screenshot shows the calculation results which are first sorted by the CPU load decrease, then by the RAM size decrease, and then by the number of servers decrease.
Calculation results can be exported to an Excel file — for details, see Export calculation results to xls.
GPU recommendations
GPU requirements for configuring/viewing the cameras
In case of the Server without viewing, the recording takes place on the server, and the cameras are viewed on the remote operator workstations (Clients), therefore, connecting the monitor to the server may be required only for the initial setup and configuration of the system. For this purpose, any graphics card (including integrated into the motherboard) is suitable. There is only one requirement for Axxon Next: the graphics card should support OpenGL version 2.0 (or higher) with the ARB_vertex_program, GL_EXT_blend_func_separate, and GL_ARB_framebuffer_object extensions.
For a Server with viewing, it is sufficient to use an NVIDIA GeForce GT520 / Intel HD Graphics 530 graphics card (integrated into a 6th generation Intel Core processor) or a higher-performance GPU.
For hardware accelerated video decoding (Intel Quick Sync), use the graphics card built into some Intel processors (for example, Intel HD Graphics 530 built into the 6th generation Intel Core processor). This technology allows for faster and more energy efficient processing of video content. For more information on Intel Quick Sync Technology, see the product documentation.
GPU/neural accelerator requirements for detection tools
For a server with detection tools that use GPU/VPU resources, the suitable models and the number of GPUs/accelerators should be selected according to the information from the GPU and VPU performance for detection tools section.