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Milestone Solution Partner IT Infrastructure Components Certification Report

HUAWEI OceanStor 2800 V3

27-08-2015

2 HUAWEI OceanStor 2800 V3 - MTP Certification Performance Report

Table of Contents Executive Summary: .................................................................................................................................. 4

Abstract .................................................................................................................................................... 4

Certified Products................................................................................................................................... 4

Key Findings ........................................................................................................................................... 5

Topology .................................................................................................................................................. 5

Storage System Configuration ............................................................................................................. 6

Test Plan Summary: ................................................................................................................................ 11

Test Process ......................................................................................................................................... 11

Benchmark & Maximum Performance Scenarios ........................................................................... 12

Performance Results: .............................................................................................................................. 13

Scenario 1(Virtualization) Performance Tests: ................................................................................ 13

Scenario 2(IP SAN) Performance Tests:.......................................................................................... 18

Conclusion: ............................................................................................................................................... 23

Appendix A: ............................................................................................................................................... 24

Full Lab Equipment List ....................................................................................................................... 24


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Executive Summary:

Abstract This report highlights the performance results of certification tests performed on HUAWEI OceanStor 2800 V3 storage and expansion chassis. OceanStor 2800 V3 storage can provide two scenarios: Virtualization and IP SAN. During this certificate, IP SAN and Virtualization are both executed. In virtualization scenario, OceanStor 2800 V3 storage was used as recording server and storage location for high performance live database during this certification test. In IP SAN scenario, OceanStor 2800 V3 storage was used as storage location for high performance live database during this certification test, the recording servers were deployed in individual servers. A full scale test system was created to measure performance, with test results validated by the Milestone Technology Partner program. Certification of HUAWEI Storage solutions ensure that surveillance systems built using this product in combination with the Milestone XProtect components will be able to record an amount of video consistent with the recommendations of the Milestone Server and Storage Calculator.

Certified Products

HUAWEI OceanStor 2800 V3 and expansion chassis

Milestone XProtect Corporate 2014

o Listed products are certified for use with the entire XProtect product line.

Performance of the solution may vary if different XProtect products and/or system components not listed in the tests details are

included. For a complete list of all equipment used in the certification check Appendix B.


Key Findings Scenario 1 - (Virtualization): HUAWEI OceanStor 2800 V3 performs as a host for Recording Servers and as the live database video storage platform within the Milestone XProtect VMS system at a rate that is 50% higher than the level indicated by the Server and Storage Calculator. 4 recording servers were deployed in OceanStor 2800 V3, and the storage volume mapped to recording server through the inner channel. During performance tests, cameras listed in the following table were connected to recording server and recorded to local live video database.

Test Scenario (Virtualization)

Storage Solution

Number of Cameras

Live Database Read Latency (milliseconds)

Individual Video Stream Size (Mbps)

Maximum Disk I/O (MBps)

Benchmark (Video motion detection on):

OceanStor 2800 V3

160 (40 per server)

3 5.5 144 (36 MBps per server)

Maximum (Video motion detection on):

OceanStor 2800 V3

240 (60 per server)

4 5.5 208 (52 per server)

Maximum (Video motion detection off):

OceanStor 2800 V3

400 (100 per server)

15 4.2 248 (62 per server)

Scenario 2 - (IP SAN):

In this scenario, four recording servers were deployed on individual servers, and the storage volumes

were mapped to the recording servers through 10G Ethernet. During performance tests, cameras listed in the following table were connected to the recording servers and recorded to local live video database. HUAWEI OceanStor 2800 V3 performs as a host for the live video database in an IP SAN configuration at a rate that is 200% higher than the level indicated by the Server and Storage Calculator.

Test Scenario (IP SAN)

Storage Solution

Number of Cameras

Live Database Read Latency (milliseconds)

Individual Video Stream Size (Mbps)

Maximum Disk I/O (MBps)

Benchmark OceanStor 2800 V3

180 (60 per server)

6.79 5.9 212 (74 MBps per server)

Maximum OceanStor 2800 V3

400 (100 per server)

7.81 5.9 370 (92.5 per server)

Integrators and end users designing, installing and operating surveillance systems which incorporate these solution components can have confidence that the system will record video reliably. Customers who wish to gain the maximum value and performance out of their surveillance system can also refer to the best practices and performance limitations outlined in this document to help design a system that exceeds the benchmark limitations for video recording which are followed by the Milestone Server and Storage Calculator.

Topology Scenario 1 - (Virtualization):


The system topology included one high performance server RH5885,1 Gigabit Ethernet switch and an OceanStor 2800 V3 system. Virtualization platform was installed in RH5885 and 5 virtual machines are deployed, running Microsoft Windows x64 based Server 2008 operating system hosting the Milestone XProtect Corporate Management Server, Management Client and Smart Client.

Server allocation：

4 – Recording Servers – up to 150 cameras per server 1 – Management Server – up to 600 camera configuration 4 – View Clients – grid of 25 playback per server – 100 view streams OceanStor 2800 V3 system provides SmartContainer platform where virtual servers could be deployed for specific utilization. In this certification test 4 virtual servers were deployed with Microsoft Windows x64 based Server 2008 operating system hosting the Milestone XProtect Corporate Recording Server. The back-end storage were configured into 4 RAID 6 arrays and logical volumes mapped to each recording server. Scenario 2 - (IP SAN): The system topology included five high performance servers RH5885, 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch and an OceanStor 2800 V3 system. 4 recording servers were installed in four RH5885 server and, 4 virtual machines are deployed in one RH5885 server, running Microsoft Windows x64 based Server 2008 operating system hosting the Milestone XProtect Smart Client.

Server allocation：

4 – Recording Servers – up to 150 cameras per server 1 – Management Server – up to 600 camera configuration 4 – Smart Clients – grid of 25 playbacks per server – 100 view streams In this certification test, OceanStor 2800 V3 system provides storage location as Live video database for Milestone XProtect Corporate Recording Server. The OceanStor 2800 V3 storage were configured into 4 RAID 6 arrays and logical volumes mapped to each recording server through 10G Ethernet. Four Recording Servers and four Smart Clients were deployed with Microsoft Windows x64 based Server 2008 operating system in individual servers.

Storage System Configuration Scenario 1 - (Virtualization): OceanStor 2800 V3 provides SmartContainer where up to 6 virtual servers can be deployed according to users’ specific requirements. In this certification test, 4 servers were chosen as the best practice.


Product storage management interface display indicating 4 virtual servers were deployed. Using the built in storage configuration tools available through the browser based interface and the CLI tools, four RAID6 disk arrays were configured. Each disk array utilized 12 hard disks, with low hot-spare policy. This single 15 Terabyte logical volume was made available from each disk array, and mapped to single recording server through 10G Ethernet.

Product storage management interface display indicating all active physical disks in the RAID 6 logical disk array.


Recording Server Disk Management display showing E: drive with 15355 GB of available storage.

The live database was used for all long-term video storage with the OceanStor 2800 V3 solution. In the test, a 15 Terabyte volume was configured to be live volume database for each recording server. According to video retention time, and video stream bandwidth, integrators and end-users can choose corresponding hard drives for OceanStor 2800 V3.

Live video database sizes of 15 terabyte were used to support an efficient testing process. Changing these sizes in operational video surveillance deployments will not negatively affect performance results.

The optimal configuration for performance with the OceanStor 2800 V3 solution is just to place the live database on the physical and logical disk volume. OceanStor 2800 V3 can support up to 6 virtual servers but 4 is the best choice for this test. These configurations provide the highest rate of IOps, or read/write performance. 240 5.5 Mbps recording streams with video motion detection and 60 playback streams, or 400 4Mbps recording streams without video motion detection and 72 playback streams are supported.


The certification has verified that this is the optimal configuration for video recording and storage performance. Scenario 2 - (IP SAN): Using the built in storage configuration tools available through the browser based interface and the CLI tools, four RAID6 disk arrays were configured. Each disk array utilized 12 hard disks, with low hot-spare policy. This single 2 Terabyte logical volume was made available from each disk array, and mapped to a single recording server through 10G Ethernet.

Product storage management interface display indicating all active physical disks in the RAID 6 logical disk array.

Product storage management interface display indicating storage pool properties in the RAID 6 .


Product storage management interface display indicating four 2 Terabyte logical volume in the RAID 6 .

Recording Server Disk Management display showing G: drive with 2048 GB of available storage.

The live database was used for all long-term video storage with the OceanStor 2800 V3 solution. In the test, a 2 Terabyte volume was configured to be live volume database for each recording server. According to video retention time, and video stream bandwidth, integrators and end-users can choose corresponding hard drives for OceanStor 2800 V3.


Live video database sizes of 2 terabyte were used to support an efficient testing process. Changing these sizes in operational video surveillance deployments will not negatively affect performance results.

The optimal configuration for performance with the OceanStor 2800 V3 solution is to place the live database on each recording server. The OceanStor 2800 V3 also provided 60 playback streams, 20 each from 3 view clients and 100 playback streams, 25 each from 4 view clients. This configuration uses direct write to RAID 6 to provide the highest rate read/write performance with no additional data migration overhead. The certification has verified that this is the optimal configuration for video recording and storage performance.

Test Plan Summary:

Test Process After installation and configuration of all required system components, the first step in the test was to establish a benchmark performance level against which to measure the performance of the system under more data-intensive levels of video recording. Once the benchmark was established, the system would remain in operation at this level long enough to completely fill the live video database. At this point the test process calls for increasing the parameters of the video streams to add more data to each stream and each recording server, including the number of cameras, the video codec format, resolution, frames-per-second, and compression levels. The process of increasing the parameters involved adding simulated cameras to the Recording Server. This process used 1 megapixel resolution streams, with compression of 30% and frame rate of 15 frames per second (FPS). As far as codec options: H.264 was chosen as the only codec with which all tests would be performed due to the overwhelming utilization of this codec in new IP video surveillance installations.


The performance of the array was monitored as the number of cameras was increased until we reached an unacceptable level of write latency, CPU consumption, archive event duration, or video frame loss. At that point the data load was reduced, and the performance was monitored again. If the system operates at the reduced level of data load within acceptable parameters, then a full data capture takes place and the maximum performance of the storage array is defined to be at the observed levels of data and video stream parameters. Acceptable levels of operation are defined according to the following statistics:

Less than 0.1% video frame loss

CPU values under 70% average

Archive event duration equal to live database retention (1 hour)

Write latency values under 200 ms

In the virtuliazition scenarios discussed in this document the XProtect Recording Server, which was recording video to databases located on the OceanStor 2800 V3 storage solution, was configured to record between 160 and 240 simulated cameras with video motion detection and 400 simulated cameras without video motion detection; and these cameras were all configured to record video continuously. In each of the tests we also had four XProtect Smart Client applications running, displaying recorded video. The number of streams being played back simultaneously was 60 in the video motion detection scenario test, and 72 in video motion detection off scenario test. In the IP SAN scenarios discussed in this document the XProtect Recording Server, which was recording video to databases located on the OceanStor 2800 V3 storage solution, was configured to record between 180 and 400 simulated cameras; and these cameras were all configured to record video continuously. In each of the tests we also had four XProtect Smart Client applications running, displaying recorded video. The number of streams being played back simultaneously was 60 in benchmark test and 100 in maximum test.

Benchmark & Maximum Performance Scenarios Scenario 1 - (Virtualization): Milestone’s server and storage calculator was used to determine the benchmark value for the storage solution, with 48 total disks at 7,200 RPM spindle speed set in a RAID 6 configuration, and with the live database located in the disk array. With video motion detection on in our scenario, the calculator indicated that the system should support 160 cameras at the chosen settings during the benchmark test. For the video motion detection off scenario, the maximum performance is tested and the video stream profile used for the calculator included H.264 as the codec, a resolution of one megapixel, 10 frames per second, 30 percent compression. Scenario 2 - (IP SAN): The disk configuration was the same in the IPSAN scenario, and the Milestone server and storage calculator indicated that the system should support 180 cameras at the chosen settings during the benchmark test. The video stream profile used for the calculator included H.264 as the codec, a resolution of one megapixel, 15 frames per second, and 30 percent compression. We reduced the total number of cameras used in the maximum test scenario to 400 total cameras in order to ensure that the system would be operating under a predictable and easily maintained data load. This would allow the analysis of the measured data to focus on the changes brought about by the failure event, and not any stress applied to the system when under the maximum level of video recording possible.


Performance Results:

Scenario 1 (Virtualization) Performance Tests: The data load used in the benchmark test scenario included the following parameters:

Benchmark Test （Video Motion Detection on）:

160 cameras

1 megapixel resolution (1280x720)

H.264 video codec

30% compression

15frames per second

30% Video Motion Duration

100% recording

Live RAID 6 using 48x 7,200 RPM disks (2000 GB database) Product Benchmark test results:

Average Live Database Write Throughput 110 MBps

Average Individual Camera Stream Size 5.5 Mbps

Average Recording Server CPU Utilization 27.69%

% Frames Lost 0.0%

Average Live DB Read Latency 3 ms

When video motion detection was turned on, each recording server live database average Write bandwidth was about 28.38 MBps. 15 playback streams for each recording server resulted in about 10MBps average live database read bandwidth. So the total average Read and Write bandwidth for OceanStor 2800 V3 were about: 110MBps and 40MBps. The OceanStor 2800 V3 CPU utilization was always under 50% and the read and write latency were always under 10 ms.

Product storage management interface display indicating the storage Write/Read latency.


Product storage management interface display indicating the storage Write/Read bandwidth

Product storage management interface display indicating the storage CPU utilization

Product Maximum Performance Test（Video Motion Detection on）:

240 cameras


H.264 video codec

30% compression

15frames per second

30% Video Motion Duration

100% recording

Live RAID 6 using 48x 7,200 RPM disks (2000 GB database) Product Maximum Performance Test results:





% Frames Lost 0.0%


When video motion detection was turned on, each recording server live database average Write bandwidth was about 42.08 MBps. 15 playback streams for each recording server resulted in about 10MBps average live database read bandwidth. So the total average Read and Write bandwidth for OceanStor 2800 V3 were about: 165 MBps and 40 MBps. The OceanStor 2800 V3 average CPU utilization was under 60% and the read and write latency were under 10 ms.





The maximum performance test showed that the primary limiting factor in the performance of the Product was the system CPU ability. Video motion detection results in about 20% CPU overhead. There were no problems with frame loss, video latency or CPU utilization caused by the hardware or software integration.

Product Maximum Performance Test（Video Motion Detection off）:

400 cameras


H.264 video codec

30% compression

10frames per second

100% recording

Live RAID 6 using 48x 7,200 RPM disks (2000 GB database)

Product Maximum Performance Test results（Video Motion Detection off）:




% Frames Lost 0.0%


When video motion detection was turned off, each recording server live database average Write bandwidth was about 54.72 MBps. 72 playback streams for each recording server resulted in about 13MBps average live database read bandwidth. So the total average Read and Write bandwidth for OceanStor 2800 V3 were about: 210 MBps and 52 MBps. The OceanStor 2800 V3 average CPU utilization was under 50% and the read and write latency were always under 20 ms.



Scenario 2 - (IP SAN) Performance Tests: The data load used in the benchmark test scenario included the following parameters: Benchmark Test:

180 cameras


H.264 video codec

30% compression

15 frames per second

100% recording

Live RAID 6 using 48x 7,200 RPM disks (2000 GB database) Product Benchmark test results:




% Frames Lost 0.0%

Average Live DB Read Latency 6.79 ms

Each recording server live database average Write bandwidth was about 59.20 MBps. 20 playback streams for each recording server resulted in about 14.71MBps average live database read bandwidth. So the total average Read and Write bandwidth for OceanStor 2800 V3 were about: 180 MBps and 44.13MBps. The OceanStor 2800 V3 CPU utilization was always under 15% and the read and write latency were always under 10 ms.


Product storage management interface display indicating the storage controller CPU utilization

Product Maximum Performance Test:

400 cameras


H.264 video codec

30% compression

15 frames per second

Live RAID 6 using 48x 7,200 RPM disks (2000 GB database) Product Maximum Performance Test results:

Average Live Database Write Throughput 295.96 MBps



% Frames Lost 0.0%

Average Live DB Read Latency 7.81 ms

Each recording server live database average Write bandwidth was about 73.99 MBps. 25 playback streams for each recording server resulted in about 18.55MBps average live database read bandwidth. So the total average Read and Write bandwidth for OceanStor 2800 V3 were about: 295.96 MBps and 74.2MBps. The OceanStor 2800 V3 average CPU utilization was under 20% and the read and write latency were under 30 ms.


Product storage management interface display indicating the storage controller Write/Read latency.

Product storage management interface display indicating the storage pool Write/Read bandwidth


Product storage management interface display indicating the storage controller Write/Read bandwidth

Product storage management interface display indicating the storage controller CPU utilization

The maximum performance test showed that the primary limiting factor in the performance of the Product was the system CPU ability. The results in about 20% CPU overhead. There were no problems with frame loss, video latency or CPU utilization caused by the hardware or software integration.


Conclusion: OceanStor 2800 V3 is a certified storage platform for use with the Milestone XProtect VMS. With the chosen hard disk configuration used in the test, the OceanStor 2800 V3 easily supported the benchmark levels of performance. In virtualization scenario, the calculator indicates that the solution should support 160 cameras with Video-Motion-Dection on, at the benchmark level, and it was able to support a maximum of 240 cameras with Video-Motion-Dection on, and 400 cameras with Video-Motion-Detection off. The performance testing determined that the OceanStor 2800 V3 storage solution can support at least 50% more total video as recommended by the calculator. These test results included the use of the 1Gbps iSCSI storage controller. All of the other storage controllers available for the product should provide the same, or higher, levels of performance. In the IP SAN scenario, the calculator indicates that the solution should support 180 cameras at the benchmark level, and it was able to support a maximum of 400 cameras. The performance testing determined that the OceanStor 2800 V3 storage solution can support twice as much total video as recommended by the calculator. These test results included the use of the 10Gbps iSCSI storage controller. All of the other storage controllers available for the product should provide the same, or higher, levels of performance. Integrators and end users should have confidence when building video security and surveillance systems which include the XProtect VMS and the OceanStor 2800 V3 storage solution. In virtualization scenario, these solutions are certified, and can be used to support XProtect Recording Servers which are recording between 1 and 240 cameras at megapixel resolution when video motion detection is turned on and between 1 and 400 cameras when video motion detection is turned off. In IP SAN scenario, the calculator indicates that the solution should support 180 cameras at the benchmark level, and it was able to support a maximum of 400 cameras.Larger systems could be built using multiple storage solutions, alternative disk configurations, and multiple Recording Servers. The XProtect and OceanStor 2800 V3 integrated system is highly scalable with several excellent storage controller interface options, and multiple available redundancy methods to create reliable high performance surveillance and security solutions for mission critical applications.


Appendix A:

Full Lab Equipment List

Network: o 1x HUAWEI S5700 1 Gbit Ethernet Switch o 1xHUAWEI CE6850 10 Gbit Ethernet Switch

Servers: o 1x HUAWEI RH5885 (Running Vsphere5.5, 5 virtual machines are deployed which runs

Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 operating system)

Storage: o 1x HUAWEI OceanStor 2800 V3 (Running 4 virtual servers as recording server which

runs Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 operating system) o 2x expansion units

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