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 […]
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 […]
2026 Security Technology Trends: The Shift Toward Predictive Intelligence
Security Needs Securing Security technology in 2026 is defined by the convergence of physical security and cybersecurity through AI-driven predictive analytics. Key trends include Zero Trust Architecture (ZTA), Generative AI for threat hunting, and Smart Sensor integration. These technologies move beyond reactive monitoring to provide real-time, automated risk mitigation across commercial and residential infrastructures. Top Security Technology Trends of 2026 […]
Cut Server Costs by 40%: The RAM Savings Secret Behind AMD EPYC Surveillance Servers
How 64MB of Cache Eliminates the Need for 64GB of RAM in Video Servers Why AMD EPYC 9135 Requires Less RAM Than Intel Xeon Silver 4516Y+ for Video Surveillance CPU Specifications Comparison AMD EPYC 9135 (Zen 5 Architecture) Intel Xeon Silver 4516Y+ (Emerald Rapids) How AMD’s Chiplet Architecture Reduces RAM Requirements 1. Superior Cache Hierarchy […]