NVR Dropping Frames? The Warning Signs That Come First
An NVR that’s dropping frames has usually been failing quietly for months. It gets slow in small, deniable ways, and nobody files a ticket for slow. Then someone pulls footage of an incident and finds a gap. The symptoms below show up long before that, and they’re all visible without special tooling. How to Tell […]
Milestone Husky Server Shortage: What It Means If You’re Speccing XProtect, BriefCam, or Arcules
Milestone notified its partner channel this month that several Husky rack server models are now supply-constrained. If you’re mid-project or mid-quote on an XProtect, BriefCam, or Arcules deployment, this affects your timeline. The underlying cause isn’t specific to Milestone. It’s a Dell capacity problem landing on every VMS vendor building on Dell hardware, and Genetec […]
Federal Rule of Evidence 707 and Surveillance Video: What To Know Now
Status as of August 19, 2026 Posts circulating in the security industry claim a new federal rule will make your video evidence inadmissible starting December 1, 2027. That claim is out of date. Short answers below, with the current status of the rulemaking. Is Federal Rule of Evidence 707 in effect? No. It’s a proposal. […]
RAID 6 vs. RAID 60 for NVR Servers: How Many Drives Should Be in One Array?
For most surveillance servers, the answer is no more than 12 drives per RAID 6 set. Past 12 bays, the right build is RAID 60: two or three separate 12-drive RAID 6 sets striped together into one array, instead of one array spanning every drive in the chassis. That is the standard Arxys builds to […]
H.265 and GPUs on Video Surveillance Servers: What Actually Slows You Down
H.265 has a reputation problem. For years, turning it on meant losing a chunk of the cameras a server could run, so plenty of integrators still leave it off by default. That reputation is only half true anymore. The camera-count hit is real on 6th Gen Intel Xeon hardware, where H.265’s heavier math still bogs […]
What Rising HDD Prices Mean for Your Next Surveillance Project
AI and the hyperscalers are consuming the world’s supply of HDDs, RAM, and CPUs, lead times are stretching, and prices keep climbing with nothing in the current data suggesting a reversal this year. At the same time, surveillance keeps asking for more, with 5 to 8MP now standard and 15 FPS still the baseline most […]
Legacy vs. Modern ACM: When Should You Upgrade Your Server Hardware?
Is your security system lagging? In the world of Access Control Management (ACM), a three-second delay at the door isn’t just a nuisance—it’s a sign of hardware exhaustion. As security demands evolve from simple “card swipes” to encrypted mobile credentials and real-time video integration, legacy servers are becoming a primary point of failure. The Warning […]
Access Control Manager Server Hardware Requirements: What Actually Matters
Security integrators spend a lot of time spec’ing controllers, readers, and panels. The server often gets picked last — a leftover budget line, a repurposed workstation, or whatever the IT department had on the shelf. That’s the wrong approach, and the field proves it repeatedly: slow door grant times under concurrent operator load, event queues […]
Cybersecurity Guide for Video Security Integrators (2026
Video Surveillance Cybersecurity: 3 Critical Areas for Security Integrators 2026 Video Surveillance Cybersecurity: 3 Critical Areas Security Integrators Must Master in 2026 March 24, 2026 | Security Integration Best Practices | 8 min read Key Takeaways for Security Integrators Edge device security: Eliminate default passwords, maintain firmware, encrypt transmission, standardize configurations Network defense: Segment surveillance […]
Scaling Public Safety: The Technical Advantage of AI-Driven City Surveillance
Modern city surveillance programs for state and local government require a robust, high-performance infrastructure capable of managing thousands of distributed IP cameras across expansive counties and urban centers. Arxys VideoX and AiX servers provide the mission-critical backbone for these deployments, utilizing proprietary hardware acceleration to support 50% more camera streams than standard general-purpose servers. This architecture ensures forensic-grade, zero-frame-loss recording, which […]