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’s the standard Arxys builds to on […]
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 […]
High-Resilience Surveillance: Engineering Security for Jails and Corrections
Modern jails and corrections security requires a high-resilience infrastructure capable of managing the extreme environmental and data demands of prisons and detention centers. Arxys VideoX solutions provide the rock-solid reliability needed for 24/7 video surveillance, delivering a high-performance backbone that is fully validated for major VMS platforms. By supporting up to 50% more IP camera streams per appliance than […]
Solving the Metadata Bottleneck: Optimizing NVR Hardware for Edge AI Environments
Why Your NVR is Choking: Calculating Hardware Overhead for “Edge AI + Server-Side” Hybrid Processing For years, the “spec sheet” for a video surveillance server was simple: storage capacity and basic throughput. However, as we move through 2026, the industry-wide shift from passive recording to active AI monitoring has fundamentally changed the hardware requirements for the backend. […]
The Future of K-12 Safety: Unified Security Platforms and Predictive School Protection
Modern K-12 school security in 2026 centers on Unified Security Platforms that integrate IP-video surveillance, smart access control, and environmental sensors into a single interface. By transitioning from siloed systems to unified digital environments, districts achieve real-time situational awareness, rapid incident resolution, and automated lockdown procedures, significantly reducing emergency response times and administrative burden. The Shift from […]