Milestone Hardware Accelerated VMD Tested

Author: Ethan Ace, Published on Apr 28, 2017

In their 2017 XProtect release, Milestone announced support for hardware accelerated video motion detection, touting a 2X increase in server capabilities (and the "Worlds Fastest Recording Server").

We tested this feature in multiple configurations to see what impact it really had, how much server load was reduced or not and what impact it had on VMD accuracy:

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Comments (19)

Donald Gordon

IPVMU Certified | 04/28/17 03:49pm

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Undisclosed Integrator #1

In reply to Donald Gordon | 04/28/17 05:16pm

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Undisclosed Manufacturer #2

In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 04/28/17 08:37pm

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Joshua Hendricks

Milestone Systems | In reply to Undisclosed Integrator #1 | 04/30/17 06:24am

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ralph azzi

In reply to Donald Gordon | 05/03/17 02:37am

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Mike Dotson

Seneca | IPVMU Certified | 04/28/17 05:27pm

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Mike Dotson

Seneca | IPVMU Certified | In reply to Mike Dotson | 05/01/17 12:31pm

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Undisclosed #3

04/28/17 09:40pm

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | 05/01/17 01:06pm

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Undisclosed #3

In reply to Ethan Ace | 05/01/17 03:04pm

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Vincent Tong

05/01/17 04:16pm

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Undisclosed #3

In reply to Vincent Tong | 05/01/17 04:53pm

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Vincent Tong

In reply to Undisclosed #3 | 05/01/17 05:18pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Vincent Tong | 05/01/17 05:22pm

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Vincent Tong

In reply to John Honovich | 05/01/17 06:26pm

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Undisclosed #3

In reply to Vincent Tong | 05/02/17 03:50am

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Dave Arnould

In reply to Vincent Tong | 05/01/17 05:19pm

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Joshua Hendricks

Milestone Systems | In reply to Vincent Tong | 05/01/17 10:49pm

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Marcelo Martinez

SATIS - Seguridad de Misión Crítica | 07/19/17 08:27pm

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