Dell EMC VNX series User Manual

Enabling motion detection
If motion detection is not working, you must enable a new rule for motion detection.
Procedure
1. Disable the Default Record on Motion Rule on the management server.
2. Add a new rule named Record Always using the following definition:
Perform an action in a time interval
always
start recording immediately on All Cameras
Perform an action when time interval ends
stop recording immediately
Modifying the number of archive process threads
When using archive storage, such as NAS attached Isilon scale-out cluster, each
XProtect Corporate recording server must be modified to use either three or four
archive processes. By default, XProtect uses a single thread.
Procedure
1. Stop the Milestone XProtect Corporate Recording Server Service.
2. Go to: C:\ProgramData\Milestone\XProtect Recording Server.
3. Open the RecorderConfig file.
4. Edit the file as follows to change the low priority archive thread pool size to 3
and the high priority archive thread pool size to 4:
<thread_pools>
<delete_thread_pool_size>2</delete_thread_pool_size
<low_priority_archive_thread_pool_size>3</
low_priority_archive_thread_pool_size>
<high_priority_archive_thread_pool_size>4</
high_priority_archive_thread_pool_size>
</thread_pools>
5. Save the file.
6. Start the Milestone XProtect Corporate Recording Server Service.
Note
These steps apply to XProtect starting with version 2014.
XProtect-specific configuration
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Dell EMC VNX series Specifications

General

Form Factor	Rack-mountable
Operating System	VNX Operating Environment
Management	Unisphere
Processor	Intel Xeon
Cache Memory	Up to 128 GB
RAID Levels	0, 1, 3, 5, 6
Connectivity	Fibre Channel
Model	VNX series
Protocols Supported	NFS, 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.