Media Router |
- Handles all stream (audio or video) requests on the system.
- Calculates the optimal path between the source and destination, based on location and transmission capabilities.
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Directory |
- Defines a Security Center system.
- Includes main server module that provides a centralized configuration database for all entities in the system including cameras, users, other Security Center roles, and applications on the system.
- Responsible for authentication and access control using the built-in security model or through Microsoft Active Directory.
- Offers the option to log all system events and user actions in a relational database for reporting purposes.
- Starting with Security Center 5.1, multiple Directories can run concurrently to provide high availability and load balancing to client connections.
- SQL mirroring is also available for Directory database failover.
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Health monitoring |
- Monitors Security Center and provides real-time status of the system entities.
- Includes health statistics that provide valuable information like availability, uptime, mean time between failures, and mean time to recovery for cameras, door controllers, and intrusion panels.
- Detects health issues early enough to avoid potential problems in the future.
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Archiver |
- Manages the communication with IP cameras and an encoder. The Archiver is the only Security Center component that communicates directly with the IP cameras.
- Includes a plug-in architecture to introduce support for new camera manufacturers without requiring a complete software upgrade.
- Records up to 300 cameras or a maximum bandwidth of 300 Mb/s (37.5 MB/s).
- Responsible for maintaining the database that links a specific camera at a specific time to a video file stored on disk.
- Performs motion detection algorithms on recorded video streams.
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