The purpose of the storage bandwidth test was to evaluate video storage and its application to the various Dell storage arrays and nodes.
Additional tests evaluated ESXi host hardware in relationship to virtual CPU settings and the resulting bandwidths. During all the tests, we assumed that Genetec Security Center is correctly configured according to Genetec's best practices and operates within the bandwidth, camera count, and other Genetec parameters.
- Configured video storage for a Dell storage system.
- Configured Genetec Archivers
- Set up camera simulators (traffic generators) to produce a traffic load to each Genetec Archiver at the desired bandwidth.
- Verified that motion detection was in the On state for all cameras.
- Evaluated the network and video storage to ensure an error-free environment at the induced bandwidth.
- Introduced storage device errors including:
- NIC failures with active/active and active/passive configurations
- Captured the storage system and host statistics.
- Based on the test results:
- If no issues were detected, incremented the bandwidth.
- If issues were detected, decreased the bandwidth.
This procedure was repeated until the maximum error-free bandwidth was determined.
Archivers for the storage protocol to be tested ().
The test results associated with the previous procedure, for each tested Dell storage system or cluster, are presented in Dell Storage with Genetec Security Center Configuration Guide. The test results provide information about the maximum expected bandwidth per array or node, the disk configuration, as well as recommendations for various configuration parameters derived from extensive testing.