This guide is intended for use by internal Dell sales and pre-sales personnel, and qualified Dell and Genetec 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 PowerScale
- Dell PowerStore
- Dell PowerVault
These guidelines include the following design considerations:
- Bandwidth recommendations for Genetec Security Center when they are attached to specific Dell storage systems
- Architectural overview of Genetec Security Center
- Dell storage considerations for Genetec Security Center
Use this guide to determine the best practices for the following:
- Number of Security Center Archivers
- Mix of nodes and Security Center Archivers based on the expected bandwidth in a PowerScale implementation
- Storage using Fibre Channel (FC) and Internet SCSI (iSCSI) on PowerStore and PowerVault systems
- Storage using Server Message Block (SMB) on PowerScale systems
- Storage using Network File System (NFS) on PowerScale systems
- Load factors related to the use of Dell storage systems in the customer's solution