Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Server Performance Guidelines, Release 7.11.1

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Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Release 7.11.1 Server Performance Guidelines

Introduction

Intended Audience

Acceptable Load Per Client for High Definition (HD) H.265

Server Performance for Cisco VSM Release 7.11.1 on UCS M5

Operations Manager Performance, Release 7.11.1 on UCS M5

Media Server Performance, Release 7.11.1 on UCS M5

Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories

Operations Manager Performance Categories

Media Server Performance Categories

Resolution and Bitrate used for Cisco UCS M5 tests

Related Documentation

Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Release 7.11.1 Server Performance Guidelines

Revised: August 28, 2019

Introduction

Understanding the core capabilities and performance of a supported server with Video Surveillance Manager is an important consideration when designing and deploying Cisco Physical Security solutions. This document provides the scalability limits for server platforms supported in Cisco Video Surveillance Release 7.x.

Be sure to use the specifications for the Cisco Video Surveillance release in your deployment.

Intended Audience

The intended audiences for this document are Cisco SE/CSEs and Physical Security Advanced Technology Provider Partners who make design decisions on system scope and infrastructure requirements for a deployment. Readers should be able to anticipate performance impacts on scalability and quality of experience for the end-to-end system.

Acceptable Load Per Client for High Definition (HD) H.265

 

Table 1 Acceptable Load Per Client for High Definition (HD) H.265
 
H.265 HD
H.265 HD
H.265 HD
H.265 HD

Video Streams

16

12

6

4

Resolution

1280 x 720

1280 x 960

1920 x 1080

2560 x 1920

Frame rate

30 fps

30 fps

30 fps

30 fps

Bit Rate Per Stream (CBR)

1 Mbps

1 Mbps

1 Mbps

1 Mbps

Server Performance for Cisco VSM Release 7.11.1 on UCS M5

The following performance data applies to Cisco VSM Release 7.11.1 running on Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS M5 series servers.

See also Resolution and Bitrate used for Cisco UCS M5 tests

Operations Manager Performance, Release 7.11.1 on UCS M5

Table 2 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Operations Manager server in a high availability (HA) configuration.

 

Table 2 Stand-Alone Operations Manager with HA Configuration, Release 7.11.1 on UCS M51
Server Type
Maximum # of Cameras
Max # of Alerts/Min
Max # of Concurrent Users
Max # of Media Servers

KIN-UCSM5-1RU-K9

10000

1500

200

500

KIN-UCSM5-2RU-K9

10000

1500

200

500

1.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

Table 3 displays the performance metrics for an Operations Manager server and co-located Media Server.

 

Table 3 Operations Manager Performance When Co-Located With a Media Server, Release 7.11.1 on UCS M52
Server Type
Maximum # of Cameras
Max # of Alerts/Min
Max # of Concurrent Users
Max # of Media Servers

KIN-UCSM5-1RU-K9

100

50

10

10

KIN-UCSM5-2RU-K9

1000

250

20

20

2.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

Media Server Performance, Release 7.11.1 on UCS M5

Table 4 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Media Server.

 

Table 4 Stand-Alone Media Server Performance, Release 7.11.1 on UCS M53
Server Type
Maximum # of Cameras
Maximum I/O (Mbps)
Maximum Raw Storage (TB)

KIN-UCSM5-1RU-K9

150

200

4x10TB

KIN-UCSM5-2RU-K9

240

385

12x10TB

3.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

Table 5 displays the performance metrics for a Media Server that also has the Operations Manager service enabled (known as a “co-located” server).

 

Table 5 Media Server Performance When Co-Located with an Operations Manager, Release 7.11.1 on UCS M5 4
Server Type
Maximum # of Cameras
Maximum I/O (Mbps)
Maximum Raw Storage (TB)

KIN-UCSM5-1RU-K9

150

200

4x10TB

KIN-UCSM5-2RU-K9

200

325

12x10TB

4.See Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories.

Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories

Operations Manager Performance Categories

Table 6 describes the performance categories for Operations Manager servers.

 

Table 6 Understanding the Performance Numbers

Performance Category
Description

Maximum Number of Cameras

The maximum number of endpoint streams that are being managed at any given point in time. When a single camera is simultaneously transmitting dual streams and both are being recorded and/or displayed then it will count as two cameras for the purposes of this calculation.

Maximum Number of Concurrent Users

The total number of active users simultaneously logged onto the Operations Manager interface at any given time. This does not restrict the maximum number of users that can be provisioned within the system.

Maximum Raw Storage

The total number of disks available per platform multiplied by the maximum supported disk capacity (in TB). The actual usable storage will be less.

Max # of Alerts/Min

The maximum number of alerts that can be processed by the Operations Manager per minute.

Maximum Number of Media Servers

The maximum number of individual servers running the Cisco Video Surveillance Media Server software that can be managed at any given time in the system.

Media Server Performance Categories

Table 7 describes the performance categories for servers running the Media Server service.

 

Table 7 Understanding the Performance Numbers

Performance Category
Description

Maximum Number of Cameras

The maximum number of endpoint streams that are being managed at any given point in time. When a single camera is simultaneously transmitting dual streams and both are being recorded and/or displayed then it will count as two cameras for the purposes of this calculation.

Maximum I/O

The maximum sum of all bandwidth (Mbps) into and out of the server.

Maximum Raw Storage

The total number of disks available per platform multiplied by the maximum supported disk capacity (in TB). The actual usable storage will be less.

Resolution and Bitrate used for Cisco UCS M5 tests

Table 8 Streaming resolution and bitrate for Cisco UCS M5 series servers test

Format

Codec

Transport

Bitrate Mode

Resolution

Framerate

Actual Bitrate

NTSC

H_264

UDP_UNICAST

CBR

1920x1080

10

1143

Related Documentation

See the Cisco Video Surveillance 7 Documentation Roadmap for descriptions and links to server and storage platform documentation, software tools, and other related documentation.

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