- Video Surveillance NVR -
SHIELD | KEY R36 NVR

Hardware Accelerated Video Surveillance NVR
Certified For Milestone XProtect Video Surveillance

Hardware Accelerated Analytics
Breakthrough performance for Video Motion Detection and Video Analytics. 2X More Cameras
Hardware Accelerated Protection
Enterprise HDD's + Double drive failure protection and 2x throughput.
15 Minute Install
Easily deployable & instantly useable. Pre-loaded VMS & 15 Minute Install.
Key Advantages

Certified & Verified
Milestone XProtect Certified and Verified and part of the Milestone System Builder program with Pre-loaded XProtect. Verified & pre-loaded Avigilon or ONSSI VMS available.

GPU Hardware Acceleration
Hardware Accelerated Video Decoding delivers breakthrough performance. Supports Up To 250 HD Cameras @ 30fps with Video Motion Detection- 24/7 Video Recording with zero frame loss.

Investment Protection
Comprehensive 3 Year Advanced Parts Replacement, Next Business Day Warranty and white glove support eliminate support headaches.

Video Surveillance. Certified.
Shield | Key R36 is a 4U form factor, rack-mounted network video recorder (NVR). It is designed for high-performance video recording and includes a preloaded, NVR-optimized version of the XProtect® video management software. The Shield | Key R36 is ideal for installations that require live monitoring and long retention times, and it includes a number of features that facilitate rapid incident response and coordination including Interactive maps, mobile monitoring and alerts and much more.
With support for up to 250 cameras and a recording capacity of up to 432TB, the Arxys Shield | Key R36 is a powerful, all-in-one video surveillance system for when you need extended retention time and massive camera support with hardware accelerated protection.
Milestone XProtect Inside
Milestone channel partners and customers benefit from verified and certified hardware configurations from leading hardware manufacturers. With XProtect preloaded, the System Builder Program enables easy deployment of the Milestone video management software (VMS) with just a few clicks. On-site setup time is cut to mere minutes, so security technicians can get back out in the field faster.
Advanced video analytics and the Milestone XProtect Smart Search deliver the intelligent security and surveillance that modern organizations are demanding. Arxys has developed a unique tuning and optimization stack for their Shield | Key systems that delivers 30% higher performance.
Avigilon or ONSSI VMS configurations also available.


ONVIF Compliant
Just Connect Your IP Cameras And Have A Certified Video Surveillance System Up And Running In Minutes To Ensure Your operation rocks. Just connect any ONVIF compatible IP Camera on your network and it just works. We know video surveillance, and we’ve put all of our know-how into these units, so you get an NVR you can count on. You’re one step away from an all-in-one surveillance system.
Solve Your Video Surveillance Headaches
Top Capabilities


Highest Performance
Purpose built for high performance video recording the Shield | Key R36 offers a guaranteed 2.6Gb/s recording rate and 11,540 frames per second with ZERO frame loss.
Enterprise Class Protection
The Western Digital UltraStar Enterprise Class hard drives easily handle extreme heat fluctuations, equipment vibrations and 24/7 writes. 10x lower error rate, 2.5x higher MTBF hours, 3x higher duty cycle and Secure Erase (SE) technology.
Lowest Operating Costs
The Shield | key features a highly optimized hardware design that results in dramatically lower power consumption. (as much as 30% lower watts per TB) This translates into concrete savings over the installation’s lifetime.
15 Minute Installs
Rather than spending time testing hardware requirements for your surveillance system, we’ve done the heavy lifting for you, saving you the guesswork of building your own server to work optimally with the video management software. Deploy faster with pre-loaded: Milestone XProtect Windows 10 Pro or Server Microsoft SQL Server Express
Hardware Accelerated Video
Built-in video motion detection (VMD) is already a means for organizations to lower their total cost of ownership by making the best use of available storage and reducing wear and tear on the recording disk. With hardware accelerated VMD, we shift video decoding from the software CPU to the hardware GPU*. Customers can have twice as many cameras on the same server with the same CPU load, or experience up to 90% reduction in CPU load with the same number of cameras on the server
Hardware Accelerated Protection
Forensic-grade zero frame loss 24/7 video recording 3X Higher stress tolerance for continuous writes 10x lower error rate + 2.5x higher MTBF hours 2x better data protection - Double parity protection Hardware Accelerated XOR, Online Capacity Expansion (OCE), Check Consistency, Load Balancing and Patrol Read Repairs. Enterprise Level Data Protection At Working Class Prices
High Performance at Low Prices
Starting at only $15,553
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Specifications
Specifications | Shield Key X4 Rugged | Shield Key T4 | Shield Key T8 | Shield Key R12 | Shield Key R24 | Shield Key R36 |
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Part Number | ASK-RMX4 | ASK-LT04 | ASK-LT08 | ASK-R212 | ASK-R424 | ASK-R436 |
NVR Class - Maximum number of cameras | 32 | 32 | 100 | 160 | 384 | 512 |
Form factor | Rugged Mobile Cube | Mini-Cube | Mid Tower | 2U rack-mount | 4U rack-mount | 4U rack-mount |
All-in-one single unit | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Multi-unit | Single Unit | Single Unit | Single Unit | Centrally managed, multi-server, Unlimited units | Centrally managed, multi-server, Unlimited units | Centrally managed, multi-server, Unlimited units |
Milestone Version Included | XProtect 2018 R3+ (Security Dealer licenses system | XProtect 2018 R3+ (Security Dealer licenses system | XProtect 2018 R3+ (Security Dealer licenses system | XProtect 2018 R3+ (Security Dealer licenses system | XProtect 2018 R3+ (Security Dealer licenses system | XProtect 2018 R3+ (Security Dealer licenses system |
Hot-Swap Redundant Power | — | — | — | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Specifications | Shield Key X4 Rugged | Shield Key T4 | Shield Key T8 | Shield Key R12 | Shield Key R24 | Shield Key R36 |
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Compute system | ||||||
CPU | i3-6300 3.0Ghz 6M Cache | i3-8300 3.7Ghz 9M Cache | i3-8300 3.7Ghz 9M Cache | i5-8600 4.3Ghz 9M Cache | i7-8700 4.6Ghz 12M Cache | i7-8700 4.6Ghz 12M Cache |
Cores | 4 Cores | 4 Cores | 4 Cores | 6 Cores | 6 Cores / 12 Threads | 6 Cores / 12 Threads |
CPU passmark | 7530 | 8823 | 8823 | 12454 | 15976 | 15976 |
Operating system (OS) | Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit | Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit | Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit | Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit (optional Server 2016) | Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit (optional Server 2016) | Windows 10 Enterprise 64 bit (optional Server 2016) |
Hardware accelerated decoding for local viewing and playback | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
RAM | 16GB | 16GB | 16GB | 16GB (optional upgrade to 32GB) | 32GB | 32GB |
GPU | Intel UHD630 QuickSync | Intel UHD630 QuickSync | Intel UHD630 QuickSync | Intel UHD630 QuickSync (Optional Nvidia Quadro) | Intel UHD630 QuickSync (Optional Nvidia Quadro) | Intel UHD630 QuickSync (Optional Nvidia Quadro) |
Typical Power Consumption (Fully loaded HDDs, under typical load) | 1.58A @ 118V, 184Watts, 185V/A | 2.75A @ 118V, 324Watts, 325V/A | 3.31A @ 118V, 395Watts, 395V/A | |||
Maximum power consumption | DC: 36V. AC: 250W (160W standard) | 250W | 600W | 1100W | 1600W | 1800W |
Dual network interface | Yes, 2x1GbE, RJ45 | Yes, 2x1GbE, RJ45 | Yes, 2x1GbE, RJ45 | Yes, 2x1GbE, RJ45 | Yes, 2x1GbE, RJ45 | Yes, 2x1GbE, RJ45 |
Dimensions | 172mm x 250mm x 210mm (6.8″ x 9.8″ x 8.3″) | 310 x 200 x 270(mm) , 12.2″ x 7.87″ x10.63″ | 215.3mm (W) x 426.5mm (H) x 487.5mm (D) | 444mm(W) x 87.6mm(H) x 670(D) | 444mm(W) x 177mm(H) x 670(D) | 444mm(W) x 177mm(H) x 670(D) |
Storage system | ||||||
Maximum recording rate | Up to 350 Mbit/s | Up to 350 Mbit/s | Up to 750 Mbit/s | Up to 1,048 Mbit/s | Up to 1,702 Mbit/s | Up to 2,670 Mbit/s |
Total Video Frames Per Second | 2040 | 2040 | 2980 | 3840 | 7680 | 11520 |
Video storage | 12TB (RAW) 4SSD bays, SATA3 | 48TB (RAW) 4HDD bays, SATA3 | 96TB (RAW) 8HDD bays, SATA3 | 144TB (RAW) 12HDD bays, SATA3 | 288TB (RAW) 24HDD bays, SATA3 | 432TB (RAW) 36HDD bays, SATA3 |
HW Accelerated RAID storage | RAID 5 – Single Drive Failure Protection | RAID 5 – Single Drive Failure Protection | RAID 5 – Single Drive Failure Protection | RAID 6 – Double Drive Failure Protection | RAID 6 – Double Drive Failure Protection | RAID 6 – Double Drive Failure Protection |
Hot plug disk drives | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Drive type | SSD Video Surveillance Optimized, Write-intensive ruggedized, SATA 6Gb/s 2.5” | Western Digital UltraStar Enterprise HelioSeal, Video Surveillance & AI optimized, 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6Gb/s 3.5” 2.5 MTBF hours | Western Digital UltraStar Enterprise HelioSeal, Video Surveillance & AI optimized, 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6Gb/s 3.5” 2.5 MTBF hours | Western Digital UltraStar Enterprise HelioSeal, Video Surveillance & AI optimized, 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6Gb/s 3.5” 2.5 MTBF hours | Western Digital UltraStar Enterprise HelioSeal, Video Surveillance & AI optimized, 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6Gb/s 3.5” 2.5 MTBF hours | Western Digital UltraStar Enterprise HelioSeal, Video Surveillance & AI optimized, 7200 RPM 256MB Cache SATA 6Gb/s 3.5” 2.5 MTBF hours |
VMS/OS storage | 240GB SATA SSD (optional Mirrored SSDs) | 240GB SATA SSD (optional Mirrored SSDs) | 240GB SATA SSD (optional Mirrored SSDs) | 240GB SATA SSD (optional Mirrored SSDs) | 2x 240GB SATA SSD Mirrored | 2x 240GB SATA SSD Mirrored |
Software recovery image | No | No | No | Optional | Supported | Supported |
Support System | ||||||
Hardware warranty | 3 years included | 3 years included | 3 years included | 3 years included | 3 years included | 3 years included |
Updates to newer VMS versions | Included w/ Care Plus | Included w/ Care Plus | Included w/ Care Plus | Included w/ Care Plus | Included w/ Care Plus | Included w/ Care Plus |
VMS software upgrades | Included w/ Care Plus | Included w/ Care Plus | Included w/ Care Plus | Included w/ Care Plus | Included w/ Care Plus | Included w/ Care Plus |
Customer Dashboard and Connected Services | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported | Supported |
Configuration wizards for aided system setup | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Device scanning with device model detection | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Pre-Loaded, NVR Optimized VMS | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
VMS and camera | ||||||
Supports ONVIF cameras | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Codecs supported | H.265, H.264, MPEG-4,M-JPEG | H.265, H.264, MPEG-4,M-JPEG | H.265, H.264, MPEG-4,M-JPEG | H.265, H.264, MPEG-4,M-JPEG | H.265, H.264, MPEG-4,M-JPEG | H.265, H.264, MPEG-4, M-JPEG |
Pan-tilt-zoom (PTZ) support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Audio support | 2-way | 2-way | 2-way | 2-way | 2-way | 2-way |
Video management system – Clients | ||||||
Maximum number of concurrent users | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited | Unlimited |
Hardware accelerated decoding in XProtect Smart Client | Yes Intel Quick Sync Video | Yes Intel Quick Sync Video | Yes Intel Quick Sync Video | Yes Intel Quick Sync Video | Yes Intel Quick Sync Video | Yes Intel Quick Sync Video |
Smart Search | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, motion metadata based | Yes, motion metadata based |
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