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Solution overview
Milestone XProtect Corporate is a tiered solution that works well with Dell EMC
Unity
™
or EMC VNX
™
family storage arrays as well as Dell EMC Isilon
™
scale-out
storage. The first tier of storage, Live DB, can accommodate stored video for the
retention period prior to being moved to the second tier, of storage, Archive DB or
deleted. The best practice retention time is between 2 and 24 hours. The second
storage tier is Archive DB, which can accommodate long video retention cycles prior
to being deleted from the second tier of storage.
Live DB requires block storage, such as Dell EMC Unity or EMC VNX family arrays
using iSCSI or Fibre Channel (FC), or storage local to the server. In a virtualized
environment, the Unity or VNX family arrays can serve a dual purpose by providing
storage for the LiveDB and VMware datastores. The Archive DB used as the
secondary storage for video and surveillance data can be stored either on an Isilon
scale-out storage cluster or on a unique Unity or VNX family array.
While the Milestone XProtect Corporate tiered storage solution can be deployed
within a site, depending on the requirements XProtect Corporate can also provide a
solution for distributed to central site architectures.
Purpose
This configuration guide aims to help Dell EMC field personnel understand how to
configure Dell EMC storage system offerings to simplify the implementation of
Milestone XProtect Corporate. This document is not a replacement for the Milestone
implementation guide nor is it a replacement for the
Dell EMC Storage with Milestone
XProtect Corporate: Sizing Guide .
Use this guide to determine the requirements for a successful Milestone XProtect
Corporate 2013, 2014, 2016 or 2017 installation, Milestone storage tiering options, and
storage-specific configuration requirements.
Scope
This guide is intended for internal Dell EMC personnel and qualified Dell EMC and
Milestone partners. It provides configuration instructions for installing the Milestone
XProtect Corporate video management software using Dell EMC storage platforms.
The following Dell EMC storage systems have been tested:
l
EMC VSS
™
This guide supplements the standard and provides configuration information specific
to Milestone XProtect Corporate.
Note
All performance data in this guide was obtained in a rigorously controlled environment.
Performance varies depending on the specific hardware and software used.
Introduction
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