QNAP VSM-4000U-RP
4-bay / Central Management System / 1U Rackmount Network Video Recorder

Overview:

QNAP VioStor CMS is a Linux-embedded turnkey solution to centrally monitor, manage, and configure distributed NVRs, cameras, and events at multiple locations. A truly unified platform for projects of various sizes, it is designed to help those with the following roles to manage projects easily and efficiently:

• Control center operators or managers can maintain overall control of areas for which they are responsible, receive event notifications, and respond in a correct, timely manner when events occur
• Event examiners can retrieve video footage of events efficiently
• Project installers can configure the system quickly and intuitively, with less time for setup

Why QNAP NVR?

QNAP VioStor NVR (Network Video Recorder) is designed for high quality megapixel recording, and high performance real-time monitoring. It is a reliable standalone NVR with powerful surveillance features and mass storage capacity. Based on Linux OS, the NVR supports H.264, MPEG-4, M-JPEG and MxPEG recording from over 1,100 network camera models from popular brands. With QNAP's unique multi-server monitoring feature, multiple VioStor NVRs can be cascaded together for central monitoring of up to 128 channels of video surveillance. The VioStor NVR is an ideal solution for small, medium, and large facilities that integrate IP cameras, advanced intelligent video analytics and RAID storage technologies to help companies provide a safe environment for employees and protect company assets.

1. Supports a Broad Range of IP Cameras
   The VioStor NVR supports H.264, MPEG-4, M-JPEG, and MxPEG recording from over 1,000 network camera models of many popular brands.
2. PC-less Network Surveillance by HD Local Display
   The VioStor NVR supports PC-less system configuration, monitoring of IP cameras over the network, and video playback by a monitor or high-definiton TV, a USB mouse, and a USB keyboard.
3. Multi-server Monitoring
   You can connect to the VioStor NVR and add other QNAP NVR servers to monitor up to 128 channels on a PC over LAN or WAN.
4. Intelligent Video Analytics (IVA) for Fast Video Retrieval
   The VioStor NVR supports intelligent video analytics (IVA), such as motion detection, missing object, foreign object, out of focus, and camera occlusion to provide fast video retrieval.
5. Advanced Event Management
   The compatibility between the NVR and the surveillance devices are strengthened to provide more event handling options when events are detected or alarms are triggered on the IP cameras.
6. Live View on Mobile Devices by VMobile
   With VMobile installed on your Android phone, iPad, iPhone, iPod touch, or Windows PDA phone, you can monitor your home and office and receive instant event alert anytime, anywhere.
7. RAID Data Protection
   The VioStor NVR supports RAID 1, 5, 6, 5+hot spare, 6+hot spare to protect the recording data against hard drive failure. Single disk, JBOD, and RAID 0 are also offered**.
8. Convenient Video Backup to External USB Storage
   You can press the one-touch-auto-video-backup button on the front of the NVR to copy the data from the NVR to an external storage device.
9. Linux-embedded System
   The VioStor NVR is a Linux-embedded system which is more powersaving and less vulnerable to virus attack compared to PC-based surveillance solutions.

QNAP Unique Utilities

QNAP Finder The QNAP Finder is a value-added utility developed to help you quickly search all the VioStor NVR servers and all major brands of IP-based cameras and network video servers.	VioStor Player The VioStor Player allows you to play the recording files on your Windows computer or the VioStor NVR servers.
Watermark Proof (Installed with VioStor Player) You can select to add digital watermark on the exported videos and snapshots. The Watermark Proof allows you to check if the exported files were modified.	V-Mobile (for Windows PDA Phone, iPad, iPhone, iPod) The V-Mobile is a mobile video surveillance utility for you to monitor the network cameras on the VioStor NVR. With V-Mobile installed on Windows PDA phone, iPad, iPhone, and iPod, you can monitor your home and office, check the safety of the children at home and be alerted by the intrusion alarm anytime, anywhere.

* For VioStor Pro series NVR only. ** The RAID levels supported depend on the number of hard drives installed.

Key Features:

Turnkey Solution

QNAP CMS server is a Linux-embedded turnkey solution, with other needed services built-in, such as database SQL server. This makes the installation of the QNAP VioStor CMS easily and intuitively - just run the CMS server Quick Configuration, install the CMS client software on a PC, then it's ready to log into CMS server from the CMS client. QNAP develops both the hardware and software solution in house, tuning the collaboration between hardware and software to the finest point, thus brining the optimal performance of the CMS system.

Centralized Event Management

At big sites, a large number of cameras, devices, recording servers, etc. are usually distributed widely at great intervals. This can be a challenge for control center operators to monitor the status of all devices, especially when an event occurs.

VioStor CMS helps overcome the challenge by providing several features such as E-map based event alert: When an event occurs, there will be red indicators on e-map to show the event location, and by double-clicking the camera icon, live video of the event will pop out.

The e-map layers are unlimited, and e-map links are multi-directional.

Centralized Device Management

One of the most challenging tasks in a large project is the configuration of numerous NVRs and cameras. VioStor CMS helps the project installer to monitor and configure the devices in the system easily from a central location. This significantly reduces set-up time and enhances efficiency.

Flexible Central Monitoring for fast focusing

In a large-scale project, a great number of camera channels need to be displayed on several monitors. Control center operators need a flexible, customizable tool to help them monitor these many channels, and quickly focus on the specific channels.

VioStor CMS has a customizable monitoring layout, which allows the users to freely mix and match e-map and camera videos in different slots of a view. Each slot can include multiple camera videos to form a sequence. By doing so, the non-critical channels can all be displayed in sequential mode, while keep the critical channels always displayed.

Online License Scalability

VioStor CMS is compatible with QNAP NVRs with firmware version 4.1.0 or above. The number of channel licenses can be increased online as the project grows. This provides more flexibility to the project designers and installers.

Specifications:

VSM-4000U-RP Specifications
Number of license	Base: 64, Maximum:1,024
CPU	Intel Dual-core Processor
HDD Capacity	4 x Hot-swappable HDD and lockable tray (2.5'' or 3.5'') Maximum 4TB per HDD
Operating System	Linux Embedded
LAN Port	2 x Gigabit RJ-45 Ethernet port
Voltage	110~240V
Form Factor	Tower
Dimensions	44 (H) x 439 (W) x 499 (D) mm  1.73 (H) x 17.28 (W) x 19.65 (D) inch
Weight	Net weight: 7.63 kg (16.82 lbs)  Gross weight: 9.55 kg (21.05 lbs)
Temperature	0~40˚C / 32~104˚F
Relative Humidity	5~95% RH non-condensing, wet bulb: 27˚C.
Power Consumption (W)	52W
Package Contents	VSM-4000U-RP CD-ROM Ethernet cable x 2 Power cord Flat head screw x 16 (for 3.5" HDD) Flat head screw x 12 (for 2.5" HDD) Screw x 8 Handle x 2 Mount kit x 2 Quick Installation Guide Hard Disk Lock

Software Specifications:

Server Configuration
Operating System	Linux Embedded
Interface	Web browser: IE, Google chrome, Firefox
System Administration
General Settings	System Administration: Set the CMS Server Name and System Port, Enable Secure Connection (SSL): when SSL is enabled, the users can only connect to the CMS via the https connection Date and Time: Setup Time Zone, Date Format, Time Setting: Manual Setting, Synchronize with an Internet Time Server (NTP) automatically, Set the server time the same as the computer time Daylight Saving Time: Adjust system clock automatically for daylight saving time Enable customized daylight saving time table
Network	TCP/IP: Use static IP address Obtain IP address automatically from DHCP server Enable CMS server as the DHCP server DDNS: Select the DDNS server Enter the username/password/domain name to register with the DDNS provider
Power Management	Restart, Shutdown  Power-on the CMS server automatically after the AC power resumption, or to remain power-off after the power resumption
Backup / Restore / Reset Settings	Support
System Logs	System event logs, System connection logs, On-line users
Firmware Update	Support
Disk Management
RAID Management	VSM-2000 (2 bays): RAID 0, 1  VSM-4000U-RP (4 bays): RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10 Online RAID Level Migration without turning off the CMS server RAID Recovery without turning off the CMS server
HDD Smart	Bad Block Scan & Hard Drive S.M.A.R.T.
System Status
System Information	Check the Server Name, Firmware Version, System Up Time, Serial Number
Resource Monitor	Check the CPU Usage, Memory Usage, Disk Usage, Bandwidth Transfer, Process
Client Configuration
Operating System	Windows 7 (64 bits preferred)
Interface	QNAP CMS client software
Dashboard	Alarm: alarm input, motion alarm User account: login error, never login  Hardware status: NVR disconnection, camera disconnection, HDD failure, fan failure
License	Activate license online  Activate license offline
Server	Centrally configure up to 128 NVRs  Available configurations made on NVRs:  * Shutdown, Reboot, Update firmware, Synchronize settings with NVR,  * Edit IP: assign static IP manually  * Edit system time: manually set the time zone, automatically synchronize with an Internet time server  * Edit alert notification: E-mail, SMS settings  The above configurations can be synchronized by grouping devices of the same NVR model.
Camera	Centrally configure up to 1,024 cameras Available configurations made on cameras: * Edit recording parameters (codec, resolution, FPS), quality  * Enable audio recording, manual recording  * Set recording schedule  The above configurations can be synchronized by grouping devices of the same camera model.
Event Management	Centrally receive events from multiple NVRs  Event from camera: motion detection, camera I/O  Event from hardware: NVR disconnection, camera disconnection, fan failure, HDD failure
View	Centrally configure the view from multiple NVRs View layout: 1, 2X2, 3X3, 4X4, 5X5, 6X6, 7X7, 8X8, 1+1+4, 1+5, 1+7, 2+8, 1+11, 1+12, 12+1 View can be managed by creating video group for security guard's easier monitoring Sequential mode: Each slot can be composed of multiple camera channels to form a sequential mode The interval between each camera video's display is adjustable
E-map	Centrally setup E-maps for multiple NVRs  Available E-map format: JPEG, PNG, BMP Device indicators on E-map: NVR, camera, link to other E-maps Unlimited E-map layers Flexible and easy editing of E-map links for multi-directional E-map management
User Managemen	Users can be created and assigned to different user group. Each user group can have different permission of: Feature access: * Administrator: System operation, User Management, View Management, E-map Management, Log Out * Client Live View: Information, Camera control, Bookmark, Snapshot, Event log * Client Playback: Export, Bookmark, Snapshot Device access: NVR, camera View access E-map access
Server Log	Sever, System event, NVR event, On-line users
CMS Server Configuration	Configure SMTP server, SMS server
Live View
Quad-monitor Mode	1, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12 or 16-channel display
Central Monitor	Connect up to 1,024 camera channels from up to 128 NVRs  Display up to 64 camera channels per monitor  Display up to 256 camera channels per CMS client PC (depending on PC specification)
View Layout	1, 2X2, 3X34, 4X, 5X5, 6X6, 7X7, 8X8, 1+1+4, 1+5, 1+7, 2+8, 1+11, 1+12, 12+1
Content List	View, E-map, NVR (camera)  The content list window can be auto hidden, leaving more room to display the camera video
View Content	Flexible view content of mixed camera videos and E-maps
Camera Control	Connect to the camera webpage,  Snapshot, Enable manual recording,  Enable digital zoom,  Zoom in, Zoom out, Enable audio input,  Enable audio output, Focus near,  Focus far,  Fit image to window, Keep aspect ratio, PTZ panel The camera control panel can be auto hidden, leaving more room to display the camera video.
E-map	When event occurs, the camera icon will turn into red indicator to show the event location. When double-click the camera icon, the live view video will pop up to show the instant status.  Unlimited E-map layers  Multi-directional E-map links
Alarm Mode	When event happens, the alarm indicator will flash and can be clicked to enter the alarm mode.  When enabling the alarm mode:  1) The snapshot of the alarm will be shown on the Alarm List  Maximum number of snap shot kept on the Alarm List: 15 2) The log of the alarm will be shown on the Event Log  Maximum number of log shown on the Event Log: 150  Based on each alarm snapshot and the alarm log, the operators have 4 types of event instant handling options: 1) Open live view,  2) Open event playback (30 seconds before and after the event),  3) Go to live view layout,  4) Go to e-map layer,
Bookmark	For the easier event tracking:  Click Quick Bookmark to place a vertical thin bar on video footage.  Click Detailed Bookmark to place a vertical thin bar on video footage, and text details accordingly.
Sequential Mode	Each slot can be composed of multiple camera channels to form a sequential mode.  Sequential mode can take place only in the selected slots.  The interval between each camera video’s display is adjustable.  Sequential mode can be easily enabled or paused on live view page.
Shortcut	Up to 5 most used view layout or E-map can be dragged onto the top of the window for quicker access
Playback
Central Playback	Up to 16 channels from 16 NVRs
View Layout	1, 2X2, 3X3, 4X4
Video Time Frame	Maximum time length is 24 hours, and can be cross the other day.
Content List	NVR (camera)  The content list window can be auto hidden, leaving more room to display the camera video.
Video Operation	Play, Pause, Stop, Play rewind, Speed up, Speed down, Play the next frame, Play the previous frame, Enable audio output, Place quick bookmark, Place detailed bookmark, Export video (AVI format), Enable digital PTZ, Zoom in, Zoom out, Fit image to window, Keep aspect ratio, Sync playback, Non-sync playback Sync playback:  All channels are displayed based on the identical timeslot.  Non-sync playback: Each channel can be assigned to display different timeslot.
Information of each channel	On slot bar: Camera name, OSD: Date, time
Timeline	Timeline can be stretched wider for easier video searching
Miscellaneous
Number of CMS Client Installation	Unlimited
Supporting QNAP VioStor NVR	NVR Hardware platform: VS-x1xx  NVR Firmware version: v. 4.1.0

Product Views:

Front View	Right View	Left View	Right Angle View
Left Angle View

Documentation:

Download the QNAP VioStor CMS Datasheet (PDF).