Building Digital Security & Surveillance

Systems Based on Intel Technology

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Building Digital Security & Surveillance (DSS)

Systems Based on Intel Technology

Your end-to-end guide for delivering DSS surveillance solutions

Abstract
There’s never been a more urgent need for comprehensive security and surveillance solutions to augment our human resources.
Because we can’t be everywhere and see everything that’s going on around us, we need tools to help.

Traditional security and surveillance systems function like additional sets of eyes, helping us keep watch over multiple locations simultaneously
using remote cameras and centrally located CCTV monitors. Digital technology has transformed this concept into something much more robust,
with software that can analyze what’s happening on the screen and proactively alert authorities when something isn’t quite right.

These new digital security and surveillance (DSS) systems are more complex than their predecessors because their tasks are more complex. But
that shouldn’t scare you away from this fast growing market segment. This guidebook gives you a basic overview of this industry and suggests
how you can go about building effective DSS solutions. It describes why Intel technology is an ideal match for the complex demands of DSS
workloads. And it walks you through the solution recipes put together by our engineers.

If DSS solutions are part of your roadmap, use this guide to navigate your way to success.

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Introduction

This comprehensive guidebook will aid you in the design, development, integration and delivery of Intel technology-based digital security and
surveillance (DSS) systems. Inside you will find technical information and design support including recommended system components, technical
requirements and specifications. Also included is a short overview of the digital security and surveillance market segment, as well as application
scenarios and solution recipes that will help you create exciting and innovative solutions that specifically meet the needs of your customers.

This document is appropriate for:

• System integrators
• OEMs
• Channel resellers, system builders and VARs
• Ingredient suppliers

This document does NOT:

• Address pricing, costs or warranty issues
• Repeat the technical details of industry standards and specifications referenced herein
• Discuss supply chain optimization

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Table of Contents

Digital Security Surveillance Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-8

DSS Devices and Solution Components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

DSS Solution Design Considerations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10-12

Optimizing Your DSS Solutions Using Intel Technology . . . . . . . . . . 13-17

Intel® Digital Security Surveillance Platform. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18-19

Recommended Intel Processor Platforms. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20-21
Intel Platform Development Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22-23

DSS Platform Solution Recipes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24-27

Surveillance Software Application Performance Benchmark Data . . . . 28-29

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Intelligent Traffic Control

Digital Security & Surveillance –
An Overview

Demand for digital security and surveillance (DSS) solutions is growing at a CAGR of
12-15% 1, fueled in large part by security concerns and government spending. These
solutions differ from traditional surveillance systems in that digital technology now This video walks you through Intelligent
enables more complex applications and usage models. Whereas previous surveillance Traffic Control, proactively and reactively
solutions fed video to a bank of screens, digital systems enable multi-channel streaming, responding to traffic-related events.

real-time software-based analytics, event-triggered alerting, temporary site surveillance, Watch Now >>
and much more. Consider some of the many ways DSS solutions are being applied in our http://edc.intel.com/Video-Player.aspx?id=4593

global society today:

•T
 raditional building surveillance: Providing security for public and private
facilities continues to expand and now includes setting up site surveillance
temporarily.

• Mobile surveillance: Watching over the actions in and around vehicles and Business Intelligence
transportation systems, including police vehicles, emergency response equipment,
cars, buses, planes and trains.

• Intelligent traffic control: Proactively and reactively responding to traffic-

related events, devices such as highway onramp meters, toll collection systems,
red-light traffic cameras and other “intelligent” traffic control devices are part of a
growing usage model for DSS systems.

• Business intelligence: DSS systems can now intelligently gather and analyze
This video walks you through Business
business operational data as well anonymous information about customer traffic
Intelligence, how DSS systems intelligently
patterns, demographics, and sales conversion rates. gather and analyze business operational
data.
1
2010 IMS Research, “The World Market for CCTV and Video Surveillance Equipment.” Watch Now >>
http://edc.intel.com/Video-Player.aspx?id=4724

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Digital Security & Surveillance – An Overview cont’d

Depending on your customer’s type of business, their usage requirements for DSS solutions may vary. Almost every business can make use of DSS
for traditional solutions, such as site surveillance, intrusion detection, incident recording, and so forth. But some businesses and industries have
unique usage models or business requirements that can benefit from today’s more advanced DSS system capabilities. The following chart suggests
some of these usage models and applications, although this list is by no means complete:

Type of Business or Industry Possible Uses for DSS Systems

• Real-time vehicle location tracking

• Scheduling management and service optimization
Transportation • Incident alerting and auto-triggered emergency response
• Cost and service analysis

• Physical/site safety monitoring and loss prevention

• POS transaction data integration with video
• Analysis of customer shopping behavior, including:
Retail • Customer flow counting tagged with time and date
• In-store heat map analysis
• Correlation analysis between customer shopping behavior and sales-out data

• Physical/site safety monitoring

• Intrusion detection
Commercial & • Theft prevention
Enterprise

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Digital Security & Surveillance – An Overview cont’d

Type of Business or Industry Possible Uses for DSS Systems

• Perimeter analysis for intrusion prevention

• Illegal loitering alert
Housing/
Residential • Parking monitor/illegal parking alert
• Fire/smoke detection/alerting and emergency response notification
• Site surveillance for public premises (e.g. city sidewalks, government buildings, public parks, etc.)
• Border perimeter intrusion prevention
Government • Airport and seaport surveillance
• Intelligent bio-metrics surveillance at immigration and customs checkpoints
• Remote education with live class video streaming
• Remote hands-on lab session
• Classroom behavioral analysis
Education
• Premise security/surveillance
• Intrusion detection
• Crowd density and safety monitoring at tourist destinations, theme parks, stadiums, etc.
• Fraud prevention at casino gaming tables and slot machines
Hospitality/
Casinos • Surveillance and security monitoring of shipping/receiving areas
• Monitoring of lobby/public areas for safety
• Hospital and care facility patient monitoring
Healthcare • Remote vision diagnosis
• At-home monitoring

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DSS Devices & Solution Components

Developing a comprehensive DSS solution requires the construction of multiple devices and the assembly of several components. The following
diagram shows the relevant products and typical topology of a DSS solution. The nearby table provides a more detailed description of each of these
product components.

Product Types Product Description

Interfaces with traditional analog CCTV camera in either SD or
Digital Video
HD resolution. Performs video encoding, video display, real-time
Recorder
video analytics, and local video storage.
Interfaces with both analog and IP cameras. Similar functions
Hybrid Digital
as DVR.
Video Recorder
(Hybrid DVR)

Interfaces with IP camera only. Primary focus on video decoding,

Network Video
display, video analytics and video storage function. NVR usually
Recorder (NVR)
has more storage capacity than DVR system.
DVR/NVR/IP Encoder/IP Camera offload data to the server Remote Site A Remote Site C
Video Analytics
which performs real-time and forensic video analytics
Server
processing of data. Center Management
Encodes analog video streams into digital IP streams with Analog
Office
IP Encoder / IP
selected video codec and streams over to NVR and video
Camera Internet
Hub
analytics server. Cloud
IP Decoder / Decodes IP video streams and sends display over to surveillance
Video Wall video wall.
Driver

Captures and digitizes video input stream, encodes with

IP Camera video codec, packetizes it and streams it over to NVR or video
analytics server.

NAS provides a remote networked centralized storage file

Network system for a smaller user pool. It helps offload the local storage
Attached Remote Site B
burden and ease network throughput for video file streaming in
Storage (NAS) a surveillance video network environment.

Storage Area SAN is designed for bigger corporate storage arrays that handle
Network (SAN) block-based video files for archiving and backup purposes.

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DSS Solution Design

Considerations

While it is a relatively straightforward process to develop a DSS A third option is to use 2nd generation Intel® Core™ processors that
platform, your choice of ingredients can have a profound effect on have this capability built into the integrated graphics processor – a
the overall performance and capability of the solution. Everything solution that delivers similar performance in video encode/decode as
matters, including processing performance and speed, power the hardware-based video capture card without the added cost.
consumption, network throughput, storage availability and platform
reliability. It can all affect how well the solution supports selected Network I/O Configuration and Throughput
DSS applications. An NVR will likely require more LAN ports with more robust
throughput capabilities than a DVR because of the incoming IP
CPU and GPU Processing Capabilities and Workload packets that carry encoded video information from the connected
For DSS systems, the workloads handled by the CPU and GPU are IP cameras. The more cameras that are connected, the more ports
massive. They must handle video color conversion, video encoding, required. In any solution, a good network throughput rate is desired,
video decoding, video scaling and display, storing video onto the and depends on the number of concurrent IP camera video streams
hard disk, video packetization for streaming, as well as running the being serviced by the device.
software video management GUI as the interface for live video
You should also have at least 2 Gigabit Ethernet ports on any
viewing, access control and data storage management. Therefore,
DVR and NVR platform. One of those ports will handle downstream
when choosing your processing platform for your DVR and/or
traffic, or all incoming IP video packets. The other port must be
NVR, you must be sure that it has the capability of supporting the
dedicated to upstream traffic, or video frames, clips or metadata
workloads of a DSS system.
information being sent to backend servers or a storage array.
Separating these two data streams helps balance the system and
Analog to Digital Conversion
network load as well as offering redundancy in the event that one
With a number of analog-based CCTV solutions currently deployed,
port fails.
it’s important to continue delivering solutions that enable conversion
of raw analog video to digital signals for handling by the processor.
One option is to use an analog-to-digital video capture card that
sends the raw digital signals to the CPU for video encoding. A more
robust DSP version of the video capture card takes care of the video
encoding on the card, thereby freeing the CPU for other important
tasks.

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Storage Considerations
Storage can be one of the biggest challenges when developing both
DVR and NVR platforms. While capacity is important, so is the number
of disks available to enable load balancing when writing multiple large
encoded video files concurrently to the storage system.

Entry level products should ideally have at least two hard disks, medium
range products at least four disks, and higher end systems should
consider offering at least eight hard disks. Very large DSS solutions
would have an external storage array system such as a network
attached storage (NAS) array which uses file-based transfer, or a
storage area network (SAN) which uses block-based transfer.

It’s also important to consider data protection in your storage plans.

Using a redundant array of independent disks (RAID), you can provide
redundant storage of all video files, ensuring that most of this data is
recoverable in the event that one or more disks fails.

At all RAID levels, Intel® RAID Controllers

lower total cost of ownership and
provide your system with simple, high
performance data protection.

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Intel Technology
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Optimizing Your DSS Solutions
Using Intel Technology
By choosing Intel platforms for your DSS solutions, you can
effectively lower your development cost and speed time to market
while delivering a highly capable system.
Intel delivers a fully integrated platform that lowers the complexity
of design and accelerates product delivery. Platform scalability lends
itself to the design of multiple product solutions based on a single
software development effort. What’s more, advanced technologies
built into Intel silicon enables the platform to perform at optimum
levels and take advantage of key software capabilities.
All Intel processors today use a multi-core architecture and offer
a common language environment enabling developers to easily
integrate systems with existing infrastructure – leading to a
complete solution with little design hassle. And Intel’s proven
industry-leading performance ensures that the systems deliver at
the optimum level for the solution.
Fully Integrated Platform
Complete DSS solutions are often comprised of many different
hardware and software components. Enabling all of these different
parts to work together seamlessly and communicate without fail can
be challenging for developers. This complexity adds on to the overall
system development time and cost.
Intel platforms arrive highly integrated with all the essential elements
to form a great security and surveillance platform. Features that are
integrated into Intel’s DSS-ready platforms include:
• Real-time HD video encoding and video decoding engines
• SATA 3.0 and SATA 2.0 controllers to support up to 6
terabytes of local video storage capacity.
• Multi-channel, dual-display video graphics controllers
•Industry leading, multi-core/multi-tasking processing
capability
Hardware and Software Platform Scalability
One of the biggest benefits of using Intel® architecture-based
platforms is the single code base development environment. This
enables your programs and applications to run on any Intel processor
– scaling all the way up from entry level performance and features to
the highest performing Intel® Xeon™ processor. The time and money
saved in development of different systems can be significant.
Many of Intel’s chipsets also support multiple processors – another
benefit of scalability. Developers can maximize platform usability and
flexibility by scaling the performance of a design simply by “plugging
in” a different processor.
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Technology cont’d
Industry-Leading Performance
Perhaps of greatest importance to developers and users alike is platform
performance capability. This feature is essential to proper video display and
viewing capability, video encoding and decoding capability, video analytics
accuracy and performance, as well as storage and networking throughput.
The whole system needs a highly capable, reliable and strong-performing
platform to ensure proper functioning.

Graphics processing is equally important in DSS solutions, and 2nd generation

Intel Core processors have an integrated graphics processor that gives the
platform the extra thrust needed for video encoding, video decoding, video
analytics, video display, network and storage throughput, not to mention
multi-tasking capability. This extra performance greatly helps the dynamic
frequency turbo boost operation between the processor core and graphics
core – both of which the Intel chip can support without higher power
consumption.

Advanced Technologies Built In

Many of Intel’s newest processors have integrated advanced technologies
that boost the performance and user experience for security and surveillance
applications. Built right into Intel’s silicon design, these technologies can
enhance the features of DSS systems.

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Technology cont’d
Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 dynamically boosts the
performance of the processing core when there is a rapid or sudden
increase in the workload or peak processing request. Using turbo
mode, the processor operates outside of its normal frequency range
to deliver exceptional heavy load processing without sacrificing
system performance or slowing down. This feature creates a smooth
user experience even when the system is experience peak workload
demand from video analytics processing. Currently, 2nd generation
Intel Core™ i5/i7 processors come integrated with Intel Turbo Boost
Technology 2.0.
Intel® Quick Synch Video delivers video encoding hardware
acceleration in H.264 video codec for fast video recording and
archiving without significant overhead. Currently, 2nd generation Intel
Core i3/i5/i7 processors come integrated with Intel Quick Synch Video.
Intel® Clear Video HD Technology enables multiple simultaneous
HD video decoding hardware acceleration in H.264 video codec with
enhanced video playback HD quality. Currently, 2nd generation Intel
Core i3/i5/i7 processors come integrated with Intel Clear Video HD
Technology.
Intel® HD Graphics 2000/3000 gives you the ultimate HD and
smooth video display and playback quality for viewing live video feeds
directly from a camera into the DVR/NVR system. It further enables
dual independent HD display for constructing an HD video wall for
more HD video channels to be monitored simultaneously.
This feature gives surveillance specialists and security guards a
clearer and holistic view of all video activities under the surveillance
zones. Currently, Intel® Atom™ processors and 2nd generation
Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors come integrated with Intel HD Graphics
2000/3000.
Intel® Advance Vector Extension, also known as Intel® AVX, is
the new instruction set that enables 256-bit floating point operation
to accelerate the processing of floating point operations. It supports
dramatically faster video analytics operations to identify objects,
colors, scene changes, and more. It will further benefit the user if the
whole application stack is coded in floating operations. Currently, 2nd
generation Intel Core i3/i5/i7 processors come integrated with Intel
AVX.
Intel® Trusted Execution Technology delivers the safe and
trusted computing environment needed to ensure the integrity of
surveillance systems and provide a platform for full end-to-end video
data protection. Intel Trusted Execution Technology can prevent access
from un-trusted applications and malware, thereby protecting stored
video data. Currently, 2nd generation Intel Core i5/i7 processors come
integrated with Intel Trusted Execution Technology.
Intel® processors integrate advanced
technologies that boost the performance
and user experience of security and
surveillance applications.
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Technology cont’d
Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology doubles the number of parallel
threads running on a single processor core. Multi-core processors
further compound this performance boost, enabling as many as 8
independent threads to run simultaneously on a single chip. Each
thread can support different applications if desired, or the workload
of a single application can be divided. Multiple video streams can be
processed quickly and efficiently with this load balancing technique,
enabling the system to run more efficiently and at higher system
performance without a corresponding increase in power consumption.
Currently, Intel Atom processors and 2nd generation Intel Core i3/i7
processors support Intel Hyper-Threading Technology.

Intel® Rapid Storage Technology brings the capability of software

RAID to the platform level. Built-in hardware-based RAID functions
are essential for protecting the data captured and stored in a video
surveillance and storage system. Currently, Intel Rapid Storage
Technology is available on the Intel Core i7 processor series, Intel Core
i5 processors and Intel Core i3 processors when coupled with the
Intel® H57 Express Chipset.

Intel® Active Management Technology enables out-of-band

remote management of the DSS system. This enables remote system
provisioning, reboot, hardware-KVM capability and firmware update
– even if the system is powered down or the operating system is
not functioning. This feature greatly reduces the on-site service
calls needed to support remote systems and lowers operating and
maintenance costs. It also provides a service revenue opportunity.
Currently, 2nd generation Intel Core i5/i7 processors support Intel
Active Management Technology.

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Platform
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Intel® Digital Security

Surveillance Platform

The Intel® Digital Security and Surveillance platform solution stack The Intel® Digital Security & Surveillance Platform Solution Stack
identifies all of the components required for a complete DSS solution
(see chart nearby.) Included are suggested elements that you will
Application • Third-party surveillance and video analytics software
need to build any DSS solution, including: hardware components and
platforms, necessary platform structure, development library and
tools, networking provisions, security components and recommended
System & Data • Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
applications. Security • MacAfee® Application Control

Within the solution stack are multiple recommended Intel

components that will be important to your designs. They include: Network
• Intel® Manageability Reference Console
Manageability
• Intel processor platforms and desktop boards
• McAfee® Application Control
• Intel® Media Software Development Kit 3.0
• Intel development tools Development SDK
• Integrated performance primitives library
and Library
• Intel® Parallel Studio XE Tool Suite

Low Level • Integrated performance primitives library

Algorithm • OpenCV - Video Analytics sample applications

Gigabit Ethernet • Dual-port GbE connection

• DSS reference design platforms from Intel

Board and System • Intel® desktop board solutions
Evaluation • Third-party DSS reference design platforms based
on Intel® technology

CPU, GPU Hardware • 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ platforms

Video Encoder & Decoder • Intel® Atom Processors

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Recommended Intel
Processor Platforms

2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processors H.264 Media Performance Guide

Formerly codenamed “Sandy Bridge,” the 2nd Generation Intel®
Core™ processors are based on 32nm process technology Encode
incorporating second generation high-K metal gate transistors. 32 Channels Intel® Core™ i7 D1 Encode

When paired with compatible Intel® chipsets, the new Intel Intel® Core™ i5 D1 Encode
16 Channels Intel® Core™ i7 720p Encode
Core i3/i5/i7 processors deliver the performance required for Intel® Core™ i3 D1 Encode

most DSS systems and especially systems that must supposed 8 Channels Intel® Core™ i7 1080p Encode
Intel® Core™ i5 720p Encode

demanding media processing workloads such as H.264 Intel® Core™ i3 720p Encode

encode/decode. 4 Channels
Intel® Core™ i5 1080p Encode
Intel® Core™ i3 1080p Encode
The integrated graphics processing core available on the 2nd
generation Intel Core processor delivers full HD video encoding Decode
capabilities to encode eight full HD video streams simultaneously. Intel® Core™ i7 D1 Decode
Intel® Core™ i7 720p Decode
Plus the full HD video decoding capabilities easily handles 32 Channels Intel® Core™ i5 D1 Decode
16 to 32 channel video decoding with double the performance on Intel® Core™ i5 720p Decode Intel® Core™ i3 D1 Decode
3D rendering – an important feature video playback and display. Intel® Core™ i7 1080p Decode
16 Channels Intel® Core™ i3 1080p Decode Intel® Core™ i5 720p Encode
Meanwhile, throughput performance on these platforms is Intel® Core™ i3 1080p Decode
delivered through the integrated PCI Express 3.0 controller and
SATA 3.0 controller. Together they increase throughput of the Specific processors recommended for the H.264 media encode/decode workloads include:
platform to handle multiple, real-time video streams simultaneously.
1080p Video Resolution 720p Video Resolution D1 Video Resolution
The nearby platform configuration matrix suggests the appropriate
Intel Core processor to use based on the required channel density
for the system. The channel density recommendations stated
may vary depending on hardware accelerated codec/software
codec, codec parameters such as bitrates, frame-per-second,
group-of-picture structures, raw video source format and software
optimization.

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Recommended Intel Processor Platforms cont’d

Intel® AtomTM Processors
Intel® Atom Processor D2700, N2800 and N2600 paired with Intel®
NM10 Express Chipset provides great capability in delivering dual real
time 1080p video decoding through its internal hardware acceleration
engine and great processing capability with processor core frequency
up to 2.13 GHz.

Intel® Atom Processors 400 and 500 series paired with the Intel®
82801HM I/O Controller provides an integrated graphics and memory
controller as well as built-in Intel® Hyper-Threading Technology to
increase system responsiveness in multi-tasking environments.

Intel® Atom Processor E6xx series utilizes the open PCI-Express*

standard to deliver I/O flexibility. These chips feature an integrated
graphics engine, which provides hardware-accelerated video encode
and decode capabilities. Intel Hyper-Threading Technology is also
included to increase performance and support for multi-threaded
applications.

Intel® Atom Platforms are well position for low channel density IP
decoders or IP encoders in DSS.

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Intel Platform
Development Tools

Intel® Parallel Studio XE Tool Suite
DSS workloads are known for concurrent flow of many video data
streams. This predictive workload requires platforms that support
parallel processing. DSS applications can be optimized for perfor-
mance and response time using appropriate coding and resource
allocation tuned specifically for parallel processing. The multi-core
architecture and parallel processing capabilities of the Intel® Core™
processor is ideal for such applications. And the Intel® Parallel Studio
XE tool suite can ease application development and help deliver the
desired performance.
Comprised of Intel® Parallel Advisor, Intel® Parallel Composer, Intel®
Parallel Inspector, and Intel® Parallel Amplifier, this tool suite enables
software developers to design, build and debug, verify, and tune
legacy serial code to take advantage of multi-core parallel processing.
This toolkit offers multiple ways to exploit threading in compilers and
libraries, giving developers the flexibility to choose how to implement
robust parallelism.
Intel® Media Software Development Kit
The primary workloads for DVR, NVR and Hybrid DVR product types
are to perform media encode, decode and pre-processing. The entire
platform performs better if these media codec workloads are offloaded
away from the CPU to a media hardware acceleration platform. The 2nd
Generation Intel Core processor family has optimized this workload by
providing built-in acceleration for specific media codecs. The Intel Media
Software Development Kit (Intel® Media SDK) helps developers access
these hardware accelerators. Intel® Media SDK 2.0 supports video
encoders for H.264 and MPEG-2, video decoders for H.264, MPEG-2
and VC-1, and pre-processing filters on Microsoft Windows* Vista (32
and 64-bit) and Microsoft Windows* 7 (32 and 64-bit).

By analyzing legacy serial applications to determine hotspots, DSS workloads need platforms that
these tools can help developers see which functions take the
support parallel processing.
most time and identify compute-intensive loops within hotspots.
Intel Parallel Studio XE also enables developers to optimize the
parallel processing allocation by workload, and verify threading and
parallelism correctness to avoid data races. Developers can measure
the speed gain provided through parallelization to further quantify
the efficiency and performance gain.

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Intel Platform Development Tools cont’d

Intel® Manageability Reference Console High Level API Program Stack
Digital technology is enabling convergence between traditional
CCTV networks (physical security networks) and the enterprise
IT network. This transformation requires solutions for managing
surveillance premises using remote systems. For surveillance COM
Application Layer Application
service providers that are managing hundreds and thousands of Application
surveillance system at different premises around the clock, they
need an extensible, flexible, scalable and simple management
platform to handle everyday surveillance system events challenges.

Intel Manageability Reference Console (Intel® MRC) is a developer-

friendly GUI reference console that applies high level API (HLAPI) HLAPI Interface
High Level API And Implementation
on top of Intel® Active Management Technology based SDK that
allow fast application and use cases integration through HLAPI
plug-in that incorporated key feature sets like hardware asset
provisioning, system redirection and boot option, system defense,
remote hardware KVM administration, power operations, and agent
presence.
Redirection C# CIM
SOAP - EOI
With Intel MRC, developers and surveillance services providers Intel Active Library Framework
can save time and cost in developing and deploying out-of-band Management
manageability on 2nd Generation Intel Core platforms with Intel® Technology SDK
vPro™ technology. In addition, the remote manageability features
enabled through Intel Active Management Technology gives WSMan
surveillance service providers the ability to optimize their service Client
and maintenance programs by minimizing site visits and servicing
systems remotely.

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DSS Platform Solution Recipes

To enable you to begin putting together your own DSS solutions, we have configured and tested a few DVR and NVR platform recipes.
Included are the recommended configuration and list of components needed to develop:
• 16 channel of 1080p 400 frame per second NVR
• 32 channel of D1 960 frame per second DVR or Hybrid DVR
• 8 channel D1 240 frame per second DVR or Hybrid DVR for the security and surveillance market

16 channel 1080p 400 FPS NVR

Processor Intel® Core™ i7 2600 Processor

Motherboard Intel® Desktop Board DQ67SW
Gigabit Ethernet One GbE port on the motherboard, plus
a single port gigabit Ethernet LAN card
System Memory Minimum: 2 x 2GB DDR3 memory
Performance: 2 x 4GB DDR memory
Hard Disk/Storage 6TB for 1 week storage with H.264
Codec for 25/30 fps recording per
channel
12TB for 2 weeks storage with H.264
Codec for 25/30 fps recording per
channel
IP Camera 1080p resolution and 30fps recording
(choice of camera will be related to the Multi-stream capability
software application selected)
Multi video codecs supported – H.264,
MPEG4, MJPEG
Auto White Balanced, Auto Focus
VMS Software Milestones* XProtect* Essential*

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DSS Platform Solution Recipes cont’d
32 Channel D1 960 FPS Embedded DVR/Hybrid DVR
Using Embedded
Motherboard
Processor Intel® Core™ i7 2600 Processor
Motherboard huperVision 4000 DSS Server
Board Vento2* 516Q/532Q
Series
Gigabit Ethernet Dual-port GbE built into the
motherboard
Memory Minimum: 2 x 2GB DDR3
memory
Performance: 2 x 4GB DDR
memory
Hard Disk/Storage 6TB for 1 week storage with
H.264 Codec for 25/30 fps
recording per channel
12TB for 2 weeks storage with
H.264 Codec for 25/30 fps
recording per channel
1 Video Capture Card Designed on board
Analog Camera Either bullet type or dome type
1/3” Image Sensor is common
choice
Infra-red built-in for low light
event
2 DVR Software Huperlab HuperVision 1.56
1 Analog video capture device for connecting analog CCTV camera.
Using Intel Motherboard
Video capture card should have BNC connectors. Usually single video
Intel® Core™ i7 2600 Processor capture card able to process 8 to 16 D1 real time video channels.
Intel® Desktop Board DQ67EP
E.g.:GeoVision* GV-1016 x 2
One port GbE LAN port avail-
2 DVR software acts as the main application for handling video inputs
able on the motherboard, plus a
single-port GbE LAN card from analog CCTV cameras and IP cameras, performing video display
Minimum: 2 x 2GB DDR3 and playback, video recording, video analytics, I/O alarm management,
memory supports maximum numbers of web clients, video output format
Performance: 2 x 4GB DDR conversion, 3rd party application integration, map function, event
memory rules definition and management, and system failover capabilities.
6TB for 1 week storage with
H.264 Codec for 25/30 fps
recording per channel
12TB for 2 weeks storage with
H.264 Codec for 25/30 fps
recording per channel
GeoVision* GV-1016 x 2
HuperLab* 4716q-480 Hybrid
DVR cardsx 2
Either bullet type or dome type
1/3” Image Sensor is common
choice
Infra-red built-in for low light
event
GeoVision GV-Hybrid DVR 8.5
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8 channel D1 240 FPS DVR/Hybrid DVR

Processor Intel® Atom™ Processor D2700

Motherboard
Gigabit Ethernet
Memory
Hard Disk/Storage
Video Capture Card
Intel® Desktop Board D2700MUD
Single-port GbE built into the
motherboard
Minimum: 2 x 1GB DDR3 memory
Performance: 2 x 2GB DDR memory
1.5TB for 1 week storage with H.264
Codec for 25/30 fps recording per
channel
3TB for 2 weeks storage with H.264
Codec for 25/30 fps recording per
channel
GeoVision* GV-1008

OR

HuperLab* 4708q-240
Analog Camera Either bullet type or dome type
1/3” Image Sensor is common choice
Infra-red built-in for low light event
DVR Software GeoVision GV-Hybrid DVR V8.5

OR

HuperLab HuperVision 1.56

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Performance Benchmark Data

HuperLab and Minestone System have provided benchmark Benchmark Configuration

performance data using different applications and products running on
2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor (D1
platforms based on 2nd generation Intel Core processors. HuperLab‘s
stepping) 3.40GHz
performance benchmark data specifies a DVR application, whereas
Intel® Core™ i5-2500K Processor (D1
Minestone System’s data is for an NVR product. stepping) 3.30GHz
Intel® Core™ i3-2120 Processor (D2
HuperLab Performance Benchmark Data
stepping) 3.30GHz
HuperLab performed tests using two different configurations in
Platform HuperLab* huperVision 4000 DSS
video resolution and number of video channels. Both tests used the
Server Board Vento2 516/32Q Series
HuperVision 1.56 DVR software application.
System Memory Installed 2GB DDR3-1333 x 1
Drivers Intel® Windows* 7 32-bit Graphics
Test #1: D1 resolution (720x480) with H.264 video codec. Performance
Driver
was measured executing 8/16/32 parallel D1 video streams running
Intel® Chipset Device Software
at 30 frames per second per channel with performing video encoding v9.2.0.1025
using H.264 codec as well as displaying the video real time.
Software Operating System: Windows* 7
Enterprise 32-bit
Performance Codecs Processor SKU huperLab* huperVision* v1.55
32ch D1 960fps Intel® Core™ i7 2600K (HV155B110622)
H.264 Encoding + Processor
Video Display Benchmark configuration and performance data provided by HuperLab

16ch D1 480fps Intel® Core™ i5 2500K

H.264 Encoding + Processor
huperLab S/W video codec
Video Display
8ch D1 240fps H.264 Intel® Core™ i3 2120
Encoding + Video Processor
Display

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Surveillance Software Data
Application
Performance Benchmark Data cont’d
HuperLab Performance Benchmark Data Benchmark Configuration
Test #2: Full HD 1080p30 on Intel® Core™ i7 2600K Processor. 2nd Generation Intel® Core™ Processor Intel® Core™ i7-2600K Processor (D1
Performance was measured executing 8 parallel Full HD video streams stepping) 3.40GHz
running at 30 frames per second per channel with performing video Platform HuperLab* huperVision 4000 DSS
encoding and video decoding using H.264 codec as well as displaying Server Board Vento2 516/32Q Series
the video real time. HD-SDI Video Capture Card 2GB DDR3-1333 x 1
System Memory Installed 2GB DDR3-1333 x 2
Performance Codecs CPU Consumption Drivers Intel® Windows* 7 64-bit Graphics
8ch 1080p 240fps Intel hardware-accelerated 15% Driver v15.22.2.64.2372
H.264 Decoding + video codecs Intel® Chipset Device Software
DisplayH.264 v9.2.0.1025
huperLab S/W video codec 20%
Software Operating System: Windows* 7
8ch 1080p 240fps Intel hardware-accelerated 60% Enterprise 64-bit
H.264 Encoding + video codecs + huperLab S/W huperLab* huperVision* v1.55
Display video codec (HV155B110603)
8ch 1080p 240fps huperLab S/W video codec 75%
H.264 Encoding + Benchmark configuration and performance data provided by HuperLab
Decoding + Display

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