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Hardware recommendations


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Form factor

Option

Use

Number of channels

Proposed configuration

More information

1

Micro-router

GL.iNET Mango — GL-MT300N-V2

Gateway

8

128 MB RAM, 16 MB flash, two 10/100 Mbps Ethernet ports and Uplink package. Includes a USB power-adapter allowance. (GL.iNET)

GL.iNET pricing

2

Compact router

MikroTik hEX — RB750Gr3

Gateway

16

Dual-core 880 MHz processor, 256 MB RAM, five Gigabit Ethernet ports and power adapter. OpenWrt with the Uplink package. (MikroTik)

MikroTik pricing

3.1

Micro-PC; optional rack shelf

Beelink MINI S12

Gateway

80–120*

Intel N95, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB OS SSD. No video storage.

Beelink Direct pricing

3.2

Micro-PC; optional rack shelf

Beelink MINI S12 with internal storage

Hybrid

20

Intel N95, 16 GB RAM. Planned 2 × 2 TB internal SSDs, with the OS on a separate partition of one SSD. Exact storage interfaces and hardware revision require confirmation.

Beelink Direct pricing

3.3

Micro-PC plus desktop NAS

Beelink MINI S12 with external storage

Hybrid

20

Intel N95, 16 GB RAM, 256 GB OS SSD, plus QNAP TS-216G two-bay NAS. Hybrid VMS runs on the Beelink; video storage is external.

Beelink pricing · QNAP pricing

4.1

1U rackmount

Supermicro SYS-5019C-L

Gateway

100–140*

Quad-core Xeon E-2124G, 8 GB ECC RAM, 128–256 GB M.2 OS SSD. No video storage. Include mounting provisions for two future 3.5-inch HDDs. (Supermicro specifications)

Computerlink platform pricing / quotation

4.2

1U rackmount

Supermicro SYS-5019C-L

Hybrid

50

Same Xeon E-2124G processor, 32 GB ECC RAM, 128–256 GB M.2 OS SSD, plus two internal 3.5-inch recording HDDs. Requires the appropriate HDD mounting configuration.

Computerlink platform pricing / quotation

*Concurrent 4 Mbps streams

Micro-PC: The internal-storage options use both proposed drive positions, so the OS shares one SSD; usable video capacity is lower than the combined nominal capacity. Exact SSD models and hardware revisions require qualification. Allow some extra budget for a rack shelf and securing accessories. An external NAS requires additional space. The alternative brands for mini-PC are ASUS NUC, Now Micro and others.

1U rackmount: The alternative brands are ASRock, Dell and others. The server must include the processor, RAM, cooling, OS SSD and drive-mounting hardware.

Validation: All Hybrid configurations remain subject to validation before assigning channel counts.