VBrick Systems EtherneTV NVR - Manual (Page 4)

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2. The installation steps are identical to those used to install the Portal Server. See
"Installing the Portal Server" in the Portal Server Release Notes for complete details.
3. Follow the prompts and exit the window when done.
4. Then open the Standalone NVR Portal Server Admin Console and configure the NVR:
see "Configuring a Standalone NVR" in the Portal Server Admin Guide.
Configuring an NVR
See "NVR Configuration" in the Portal Server Admin Guide for complete configuration
instructions.
NVR Hardware Recommendations
If your server hardware was not purchased from VBrick, it must meet the following
minimum specifications. The following tables show the recommended hardware and hard
drive configuration relative to the number of purchased licenses. VBrick requires that you use
dedicated server that meets or exceeds these specifications. The use of a less capable system
may adversely affect system performance.
Table 1. Recommended Hardware Specifications
Table 2. Recommended Drive Configuration
NVR – 10 Record Licenses NVR – 40 Record Licenses
Platform Dell PowerEdge 2950 Dell PowerEdge 2950
Processor Dual Core Xeon Processor 5130,
4MB Cache, 2.00GHz, 1333MHz
FSB (2) Dual Core Xeon Processor
5130, 4MB Cache, 2.00GHz,
1333MHz FSB
Memory 1 GB 533 MHz 2 GB 533 MHz
Storage capacity (2) 73 GB OS drives
(4) 146 GB content drives (2) 146 GB OS drives
(4) 300 GB content drives
RAID Type 2 drive RAID1 for OS drives
4 drive RAID5 for content drives 2 drive RAID1 for OS drives
4 drive RAID5 for content drives
CPU (1) 3 GHz dual core (2) 3 GHz dual core
RAM 1 GB DDR RAM 2 GB DDR RAM
CDROM 24X IDE CD-ROM 24X IDE CD-ROM
Chassis 2U 2U
Power supply Redundant Redundant
Operating System Windows Server 2003 Web
Edition or Standard Edition Windows Server 2003 Web
Edition or Standard Edition
NVR Type Recommended Configuration