Cisco Video Surveillance Manager Release 7 Server Performance Guidelines
Virtual Machine Platform Requirements
Cisco UCS B and C Series VM Requirements
Cisco UCS E Series VM Requirements
Cisco UCS Express VM Requirements
Acceptable Load Per Client for High Definition (HD) H.265
Server Performance for Cisco VSM Release 7.8 and 7.9
Operations Manager Performance, Release 7.8 and 7.9
Media Server Performance, Release 7.8 and 7.9
Map (GIS) Server Performance, Release 7.8 and 7.9
Server Performance for Cisco VSM Release 7.6 and 7.7
Operations Manager Performance, Release 7.6 and 7.7
Media Server Performance, Release 7.6 and 7.7
Map (GIS) Server Performance, Release 7.6 and 7.7
Server Performance for Cisco VSM Release 7.5
Operations Manager Performance, Release 7.5
Media Server Performance, Release 7.5
Federator Performance, Release 7.5
Dynamic Proxy Performance, Release 7.5
Camera Storage Performance, Release 7.5
Map (GIS) Server Performance, Release 7.5
Metadata Server Performance, Release 7.5
Server Performance for Cisco VSM Release 7.2
Operations Manager Performance, Release 7.2
Media Server Performance, Release 7.2
Server Performance for Cisco VSM Release 7.0.1
Operations Manager Performance, Release 7.0.1
Media Server Performance, Release 7.0.1
Understanding the Operations Manager and Media Server Categories
Operations Manager Performance Categories
Media Server Performance Categories
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.
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.
Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS series servers required the following to run Cisco VSM as a virtual machine (VM).
See the Media Server performance specifications for your release. For example, Media Server Performance, Release 7.6 and 7.7 |
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Storage1 |
Fiber-attached logical unit numbers (LUNs) up to 16 TB each. |
See the Data Sheet for more information.
Number of vCPUs Configured
2
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Maximum I/O (Mbps)
3
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Maximum Raw Storage (TB)
4
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2.The Cisco UCS E-Series servers have various configuration options for the CPU. The single-wide blade includes a four-core Intel Xeon E3-1100 processor and the double-wide blade includes either a four-core or six-core Intel Xeon E5-2400 processor. The Cisco UCS-E160xx CPU configuration used to yield maximum I/O results in Table 4 was the four-core Intel Xeon E5-2400 processor. 3.The maximum I/O is defined as the highest aggregate bandwidth into and out of Cisco Video Surveillance Manager for the Cisco UCS E-Series when operating with exclusive access to the Cisco UCS E-Series hardware resources. Input sources include endpoint streams and output destinations include active viewing workstations and video walls. 4.The maximum raw storage is a simple calculation of the total number of disks available per platform multiplied by the maximum supported disk capacity. The actual usable storage will be less based on storage array, software, and operating system configurations. The single-wide blade can support up to two hard-disk drives and the double-wide blade can support up to three hard-disk drives. Refer to the Cisco UCS E-Series data sheets for technical specifications. |
See the Data Sheet for more information.
Maximum Number of Cameras
5
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Maximum I/O (Mbps)
6
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Maximum Raw Storage (TB)
7
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5.The maximum number of cameras is defined as the highest number of endpoint streams, including IP camera and encoder sources, that can be managed at any given point in time. When a single camera is simultaneously transmitting dual streams and both are being recorded and/or displayed, it will count as two cameras for the purposes of this calculation. 6.The maximum I/O is defined as the highest aggregate bandwidth into and out of the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager for UCS Express for operating with exclusive access to the Cisco UCS Express hardware resources. Input sources include endpoint streams, and output destinations include active viewing workstations and video walls. 7.The maximum raw storage is a simple calculation of the total number of disks available per platform multiplied by the maximum supported disk capacity. The actual usable storage will be less based on storage array, software, and operating system configurations. Refer to the Cisco UCS Express data sheets for technical specifications. |
See the Data Sheet for more information.
The following performance data applies to Cisco VSM Release 7.8 and 7.9 running on Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS series servers running the RHEL 6.4 operating system.
Table 6 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Operations Manager server in a high availability (HA) configuration.
Table 7 displays the performance metrics for a Operations Manager server that also has the Media Server service enabled (known as a “co-located” server).
Virtual Machine (VM): 4-core11 |
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CPS-UCSM4-1RU-K912 |
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CPS-UCSM4-2RU-K913 |
11.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives. Servers with Release 7.6 or higher also support 4TB drives. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for more information. |
Table 8 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Media Server server.
Maximum Raw Storage (TB)
15
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CPS-UCS-2RU-K916 |
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CPS-UCSM4-1RU-K917 |
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CPS-UCSM4-2RU-K918 |
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Virtual Machine (VM): 2-core21 |
16.Long Term Storage (LTS) servers support up to 5 Media Server backup recording transfers. In addition, up to 25% of the recorded data on/from each Media Server can be transferred to the LTS each day. 19.Cisco UCS B/C series servers using external fiber channel storage. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for performance information about the supported Cisco UCS servers, core-combinations, and other requirements. 20.Long Term Storage (LTS) servers support up to 5 Media Server backup recording transfers. In addition, up to 25% of the recorded data on/from each Media Server can be transferred to the LTS each day. 21.Cisco UCS E-series server using internal storage. Performance numbers are for VMs running on a 2-core Cisco UCS E-series server, which provides slightly lower performance than VMs running on Cisco UCS B/C series servers. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for performance information about the supported Cisco UCS servers, core-combinations, and other requirements. |
Table 9 displays the performance metrics for a Media Server server that also has the Operations Manager service enabled (known as a “co-located” server).
Maximum Raw Storage (TB)
23
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CPS-UCSM4-2RU-K924 |
Max Image Layers
25
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Layer Image Type and Size
26
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Max Simultaneous Server Download Requests
27
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Cisco UCS B-, C- or E- Series server with the 4-core OVA image428 |
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Cisco UCS B- or C- server with the 4-core OVA 4 image529 |
Co-located with Operations Manager or Operations Manager and Media Server services30 |
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Co-located with Operations Manager or Operations Manager and Media Server services31 |
25.The maximum number of image layer files that can added (uploaded) to the Maps server, based on the image type and size. 26.The image format and size used to determine the maximum number of image layers and download requests that can be handled by the Maps sever. 27.The maximum number of image layers that can be sent to client monitoring stations at a single time. Performance is impacted only when map image files are being sent to the client. When the transmission is complete, the server connection is closed. 28.The Cisco UCS B-, C- and E- Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine. These numbers do not apply to the Cisco UCS Express server. See the Cisco Video Surveillance Virtual Machine Deployment and Recovery Guide for UCS Platforms for more information about Cisco VSM virtual machine installation and requirements on the Cisco UCS Series servers. 29.The co-located Media Server included 50 cameras with a combined I/O of 100Mbps (along with the Map Server). |
The following performance data applies to Cisco VSM Release 7.6 and 7.7 running on Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS series servers running the RHEL 6.4 operating system.
Table 11 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Operations Manager server in a high availability (HA) configuration.
CPS-UCS-1RU-K933 |
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Table 12 displays the performance metrics for a Operations Manager server that also has the Media Server service enabled (known as a “co-located” server).
Virtual Machine (VM): 4-core35 |
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CPS-UCSM4-1RU-K936 |
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CPS-UCSM4-2RU-K937 |
35.Servers can be purchased with 1, 2, or 3 terabyte (TB) drives. Servers with Release 7.6 or higher also support 4TB drives. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for more information. |
Table 13 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Media Server server.
Maximum Raw Storage (TB)
39
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CPS-UCSM4-1RU-K940 |
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CPS-UCSM4-2RU-K941 |
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Virtual Machine (VM): 4-core42 |
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Virtual Machine (VM): 2-core43 |
42.Cisco UCS B/C series servers using external fiber channel storage. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for performance information about the supported Cisco UCS servers, core-combinations, and other requirements. 43.Cisco UCS E-series server using internal storage. Performance numbers are for VMs running on a 2-core Cisco UCS E-series server, which provides slightly lower performance than VMs running on Cisco UCS B/C series servers. See Virtual Machine Platform Requirements for performance information about the supported Cisco UCS servers, core-combinations, and other requirements. |
Table 14 displays the performance metrics for a Media Server server that also has the Operations Manager service enabled (known as a “co-located” server).
Maximum Raw Storage (TB)
45
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CPS-UCSM4-2RU-K946 |
Max Image Layers
47
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Layer Image Type and Size
48
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Max Simultaneous Server Download Requests
49
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Cisco UCS B-, C- or E- Series server with the 4-core OVA image450 |
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Cisco UCS B- or C- server with the 4-core OVA 4 image551 |
Co-located with Operations Manager or Operations Manager and Media Server services52 |
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Co-located with Operations Manager or Operations Manager and Media Server services53 |
47.The maximum number of image layer files that can added (uploaded) to the Maps server, based on the image type and size. 48.The image format and size used to determine the maximum number of image layers and download requests that can be handled by the Maps sever. 49.The maximum number of image layers that can be sent to client monitoring stations at a single time. Performance is impacted only when map image files are being sent to the client. When the transmission is complete, the server connection is closed. 50.The Cisco UCS B-, C- and E- Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine. These numbers do not apply to the Cisco UCS Express server. See the Cisco Video Surveillance Virtual Machine Deployment and Recovery Guide for UCS Platforms for more information about Cisco VSM virtual machine installation and requirements on the Cisco UCS Series servers. 51.The co-located Media Server included 50 cameras with a combined I/O of 100Mbps (along with the Map Server). |
The following performance data applies to Cisco VSM Release 7.5 running on Cisco Connected Safety and Security UCS series servers running the RHEL 6.4 operating system.
Table 16 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Operations Manager server.
Table 17 displays the performance metrics for a Operations Manager server that also has the Media Server service enabled (known as a “co-located” server).
Table 18 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Media Server server.
Table 19 displays the performance metrics for a Media Server server that also has the Operations Manager service enabled (known as a “co-located” server).
Maximum Raw Storage (TB)
59
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The Dynamic Proxy servers send and receive live video streams only (recorded video is not transmitted).
Note The following results are based on a stream rate of 768 kbps.
63.The maximum number of live video streams that can be received from client cameras transmitting at 768 kbps. |
Due to bandwidth considerations, the number of cameras that can be supported by a Media Server will drop in half when all of the cameras on that server are configured with the “Auto-Merge recordings” option. We recommended a maximum of 10 cameras on a single Media Server be configured with “Auto-Merge recordings”. See the Cisco Video Surveillance Operations Manager User Guide for more information and configuration instructions.
Using the Auto-Merge Calculator
See the “Auto-Merge Calculator” tool for guidance on using “Auto-Merge recordings” with more than 10 cameras on a single Media Server:
1. Go to the Cisco Video Surveillance Manager download page.
2. Select Video Surveillance Manager Stand-alone Tools.
4. Select Video Surveillance Manager Stand-alone Tools.
5. Download the “VSM 7.5.0 Connected Edge Storage Auto-merge calculator”.
6. Follow the on-screen prompts to complete the download.
Note See the Release Notes for Cisco Video Surveillance Manager, Release 7.5 for more information.
Server Mode
66
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Max Image Layers
67
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Layer Image Type and Size
68
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Max Simultaneous Server Download Requests
69
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Cisco UCS B-, C- or E- Series server with the 4-core OVA 4 image70 |
67.The maximum number of image layer files that can added (uploaded) to the Maps server, based on the image type and size. 68.The image format and size used to determine the maximum number of image layers and download requests that can be handled by the Maps sever. 69.The maximum number of image layers that can be sent to client monitoring stations at a single time. Performance is impacted only when map image files are being sent to the client. When the transmission is complete, the server connection is closed. 70.The Cisco UCS B-, C- and E- Series servers run the Cisco VSM 7.OVA image as a virtual machine. These numbers do not apply to the Cisco UCS Express server. See the Cisco Video Surveillance Virtual Machine Deployment and Recovery Guide for UCS Platforms for more information about Cisco VSM virtual machine installation and requirements on the Cisco UCS Series servers. The supported image file formats include the following:
Maximum Recommended File Sizes Images should be optimized to the smallest file size that preserves image quality. Large image files can consume excessive processing power and degrade system performance. We recommend images no larger than the following maximum sizes (which are the maximum Map Layer file size and image resolutions that have been successfully tested with Release 7.5). |
A single stand-alone Metadata server is supported in this release, which supports generation of 5 simultaneous metadata streams at any given time. Since this is equivalent to support for 5 cameras, throughput I/O is not significantly impacted.
Generating metadata creates a separate metadata recording that might be similar in size to its video recording. Since users can theoretically create metadata recordings for all regular recordings, server storage could be impacted. Metadata recordings are groomed according to the metadata grooming rules, and are not tied to the Media Server grooming settings.
Table 23 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Operations Manager server.
Table 24 displays the performance metrics for a Operations Manager server that also has the Media Server service enabled (known as a “co-located” server).
Table 25 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Media Server server.
Table 26 displays the performance metrics for a Media Server server that also has the Operations Manager service enabled (known as a “co-located” server).
Maximum Raw Storage (TB)
76
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Table 27 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Operations Manager server.
Table 28 displays the performance metrics for a Operations Manager server that also has the Media Server service enabled (known as a “co-located” server).
UCS-B/C Series81 |
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UCS Express82 |
Table 29 displays the performance metrics for a stand-alone Media Server server.
Table 30 displays the performance metrics for a Media Server server that also has the Operations Manager service enabled (known as a “co-located” server).
UCS-C Series88 |
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UCS Express89 |
Table 31 describes the performance categories for Operations Manager servers.
Table 32 describes the performance categories for servers running the Media Server service.
See the Cisco Video Surveillance 7 Documentation Roadmap for descriptions and links to server and storage platform documentation, software tools, and other related documentation.