Servers for VMS and video archives: high-capacity drive bays, 24/7 operation, redundant power. We calculate storage capacity for your cameras.
Calculate the storage capacity for your cameras — and you will immediately know which server to choose.
Calculation for H.265 with average activity in the frame. The exact volume depends on the scene and camera settings.
Selected based on specifications for this task. Prices in tenge, delivery across Kazakhstan.
1U · Intel Celeron, Intel Core i3, Intel Pentium, Intel Xeon
436 946 ₸
Request1U · Intel Celeron, Intel Core i3, Intel Pentium, Intel Xeon
557 107 ₸
RequestTower · Intel Xeon E3 · 4 cores
724 603 ₸
Request1U · Intel Celeron, Intel Core i3, Intel Pentium, Intel Xeon
819 274 ₸
Request1U · Intel Celeron, Intel Core i3, Intel Pentium, Intel Xeon
841 122 ₸
Request1U · Intel Celeron, Intel Core i3, Intel Pentium, Intel Xeon
841 122 ₸
RequestCalculated by total bitrate and analytics. Receiving and recording 32 cameras at 4 MP in H.265 is about 70–90 Mbps; an entry-level processor can handle this. The bottleneck is disks and video analytics: face or license plate recognition on 16+ streams requires a GPU or a powerful CPU. There is a calculator on the page above — enter your camera specs.
Specialized HDDs for video surveillance (WD Purple, Seagate SkyHawk) with 8–12 TB capacity: these are designed for 24/7 continuous recording. RAID5/6 will protect your archive from disk failure. SSDs in a video server are only needed for the OS and VMS database—writing streams to SSD is not cost-effective.
For pure recording — use a chassis: get a case for 8–12 3.5″ drives with expansion capability; a Xeon E/Bronze level processor is sufficient. If you plan to use analytics (motion, faces, license plates, hard hats) — include extra CPU headroom or a GPU slot immediately: buying a new server in a year is more expensive.
The formula is simple: camera bitrate × 0.45 TB per Mbps per month. 64 cameras at 4 MP require approximately 45 TB for 30 days, which means 7–8 drives of 8 TB each, accounting for RAID and redundancy. Our calculator above or our engineer can provide an exact calculation for your specific cameras.
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Single-processor server with 4–6 cores, 16 GB of memory, and two or three 8 TB drives: for example, Dell PowerEdge T150 or HPE MicroServer. Capable of handling a monthly archive; price in Kazakhstan — from 500,000–700,000 tenge.
2U platform with 8+ × 3.5″ drive bays, from 8 cores and 32 GB of RAM — Dell R550/R750xs or HPE DL380. GPU can be added for analytics. This server supports 64 × 4 MP cameras with a 30-day archive without performance degradation.
For 4–8 cameras, yes, but without RAID, hot-swappable drives, and redundant power, any failure means loss of the archive. A server doesn't cost much more and records for years without maintenance—that's why sites with 16+ cameras are built only on server-grade hardware.
Analytics (faces, license plates, hard hats, zones) are processed on CPU or GPU over the recording. For 16–32 analytics channels, use 12+ cores or an RTX/L4-level GPU — we have GPU servers available and can select the right one for your VMS: Macroscop, Trassir, Axxon, Milestone.
From 500,000 ₸ for a 16-camera platform to 2.5–4 million ₸ for a server supporting 100+ cameras with a large archive. Price depends mainly on the disks — send us the number of cameras and archive depth, and we will calculate the configuration for free.
Describe your workload — an A-LUX engineer will select the right server, calculate the price in ₸, and provide delivery timelines.
Supply and configuration across Kazakhstan.
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