This guide is intended for use by internal Dell sales and pre-sales personnel, and qualified Dell and Cognyte partners.
The guidelines presented are for storage platform positioning and system sizing. The sizing recommendations are based on performance and storage protocol conclusions derived from Dell testing.
The guidelines for sizing this video storage solution describe the use of the following storage platforms:
- Dell Isilon
These guidelines include the following design considerations:
- Architectural overview of Cognyte Symphia VMS
- Dell storage considerations for Cognyte Symphia VMS
Use this guide to determine the best practices for the following:
- Number of Symphia Recorders
- Mix of nodes and Symphia VMS Recorders based on the expected bandwidth in an Isilon implementation
- Storage using Server Message Block (SMB) on Isilon systems
- Load factors related to the use of Dell storage arrays in the customer's solution