A Cognyte Symphia VMS installation can consist of a single server or multiple servers in a hierarchical structure. You can configure Symphia VMS to manage a few cameras or thousands of cameras.
The following table describes three primary Symphia VMS services.
Service | Description |
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Recorder | Symphia VMS records video through the recorder service. The recorder provides dynamic discovery and status polling of units and processes and stores (archives) all video and multimedia streams to storage. Archiving is the term used for storing video. |
Master | The main server application that is required by the service to provide a centralized catalog for the other Symphia VMS services and applications on the system. From the Directory, applications can review connections, establish connections, and receive centralized configuration information. |
ESM | Enterprise Storage Manager providing a video offload to a second storage tier. Some features available for primary storage are not available for video that is moved to the second tier and uses ESM. |