WinCC OA Video Server

[ilyas_ahmed]

Hi Experts,

I need some guidance on cameras/video interface with one WinCC OA.

I have one DRS configuration and I need to interface approx 500 video IP cameras.
I want to associate these cameras with certain alarms. So in case of a particular alarm its associated camera stream should be displayed on desktop UI.

Here are my questions

1 - How many cameras can be interfaced with DRS configuration.?
2 - How many video servers i will be needing for 500 cameras.?
3 - Do I need physical machines for each video server or I can put all video servers on a virtual host as VMs.
4 - What is the recommended specifications for a OA Video Server?
5 - Do WinCC OA video server supports linux?

Best Regards,

ilyas.

[jstein]

Hi,
we cannot give you a general advice on how to chose your server configurations. The video system's requirements depend on multiple factors like CPU, RAM, Networks, GPU...! However, this does not affect wether it's a DRS system or not.
The online help provides lots of information regarding server's HW and system architecture. Please have a look at this first to get a feeling of what could be needed in your environment.

To give you some answers to your questions:
1) 500 could also work with 1 video server only, depening on
-) if all cameras are active simultaneously
-) video resolution
-) server HW
-) if the recording is activated
-) ...
2) Depends on your architecture and the server's HW, see above
3) The video server is able to run on VM's as well. The client should be on a native system (better graphical representation)
4) All HW settings and recommandations can be found in the help
5) Server NO, Client YES
I think in the next patches (or at least for the next version 3.16) Linux will be supported for the server as well.

br,
Jochen

[Gertjan van Schijndel]

With this number of cameras and possibly this many simultaneously streams the network configuration should be capable to handle the required bandwidth.

[ilyas_ahmed]

Thanks for the help.
System Planner in WinCC OA help file explain it well in detail.