Mobotix Cloud Bridge, User Manual

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Bandwidth Considerations
Balancing the Bandwidth
Balancing the Bandwidth
Balancing the amount of bandwidth available with the number of cameras and desired retention time with
acceptable video quality is key to a successful application of the MOBOTIX Cloud VMS. The goal is for a
bridge to be able to upload all video from cameras to the MOBOTIX Cloud data center within a day. Learning
to use the
Bridge Settings > Metrics dialog will help to setup and adjust the system in such a way to have a
good user experience and happy customer. Here is an example of good metrics with plenty of bandwidth:
Fig. 71: Bandwidth example 1
In the above example, the Bandwidth tab shows how much bandwidth the bridge is using over time. The
Bandwidth Measured tab shows the available upload network bandwidth to the bridge also over time. Note
the Storage tab – it has both positive and negative. If there is enough bandwidth, there should be more neg-
ative than positive. Positive shows the buffering of video on the bridge. Negative shows the transmission of
video to the cloud. The
Disk Space tab shows very low amount of disk space being used – which is also
good as the video that was buffered is already transmitted to the cloud.
Here is an example of a bridge that has low available bandwidth, but it has been set to be able to utilize
enough bandwidth during nighttime hours to successfully transmit the video to the cloud:
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