VBrick Systems EtherneTV NVR manual Configuring an NVR, NVR Hardware Recommendations, NVR Type

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

	NVR – 10 Record Licenses	NVR – 40 Record Licenses
Platform	Dell PowerEdge 2950	Dell PowerEdge 2950
Processor	Dual Core Xeon Processor 5130,	(2)	Dual Core Xeon Processor
	4MB Cache, 2.00GHz, 1333MHz	5130, 4MB Cache, 2.00GHz,
	FSB	1333MHz FSB
Memory	1 GB 533 MHz	2 GB 533 MHz
Storage capacity	(2) 73 GB OS drives	(2)	146 GB OS drives
	(4) 146 GB content drives	(4)	300 GB content drives
RAID Type	2 drive RAID1 for OS drives	2 drive RAID1 for OS drives
	4 drive RAID5 for content 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	Windows Server 2003 Web
	Edition or Standard Edition	Edition or Standard Edition
Table 2. Recommended Drive Configuration
NVR Type	Recommended Configuration

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