The management server is the central component of the VMS system. It stores the configuration of the surveillance system in a relational database, either on the management server computer itself or on a separate SQL server on the network. It also handles user authentication, user rights, the rule system and more. To improve system performance, you can run several management servers as a Milestone Federated Architecture™. The management server runs as a service, and is typically installed on a dedicated server.
Users connect to the management server for initial authentication, then transparently to the recording servers for access to for video recordings, etc.
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