Operating system
Make sure that all servers have a clean installation of a Microsoft Windows operating system, and that it is updated with all the latest Windows updates.
For information about the minimum system requirements to the various components of your system, go to the Milestone website.
Microsoft® .NET framework
Check that all servers have Microsoft .NET 4.7 framework or higher installed.
Check that the server targeted for the management server installation has Microsoft .NET 3.5 SP1 framework installed. This is a requirement for the SQL server.
Network
Assign static IP addresses or make DHCP reservations to all system components and cameras. To make sure that sufficient bandwidth is available on your network, you must understand how and when the system consumes bandwidth. The main load on your network consists of three elements:
The recording server retrieves video streams from the cameras, which results in a constant load on the network. Clients that display video consume network bandwidth. If there are no changes in the content of the client views, the load is constant. Changes in view content, video search, or playback, make the load dynamic.
Archiving of recorded video is an optional feature that lets the system move recordings to a network storage if there is not enough space in the internal storage system of the computer. This is a scheduled job that you have to define. Typically, you archive to a network drive which makes it a scheduled dynamic load on the network.
Your network must have bandwidth headroom to cope with these peaks in the traffic. This enhances the system responsiveness and general user experience.
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