Milestone Migrating from XProtect Enterprise to XProtect Advanced VMS - Manual (Page 6)

Migrating from XProtect® Enterprise
to XProtect® Advanced VMS
System Migration Guide
www.milestonesys.com 6 Product overview
Product overview
This system is a fully distributed solution, designed for large multi-site and multiple server installations
requiring 24/7 surveillance, with support for devices from different vendors. The solution offers
centralized management of all devices, servers, and users, and empowers an extremely flexible rule
system driven by schedules and events.
Your system consists of the following main elements:
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The management server - the center of your installation
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One or more recording servers
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One or more Management Clients, which are unlicensed and can be downloaded and
installed for free (as many times as needed).
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A Download Manager
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One or more XProtect ® Smart Clients, which are unlicensed and can be downloaded and
installed for free (as many times as needed). Possibly also one or more XProtect Web Clients
and/or Milestone Mobile clients, which are also free of charge.
Your system also includes fully integrated Matrix functionality for distributed viewing of video from any
camera on your surveillance system to any computer with XProtect Smart Client installed.
The system also offers the possibility of including the standalone XProtect ® Smart Client – Player
when you export video evidence from the XProtect Smart Client. XProtect Smart Client – Player allows
recipients of video evidence (such as police officers, internal or external investigators, etc.) to browse
and play back the exported recordings without having to install any software on their computers.
Finally, your system handles an unlimited number of cameras, servers, and users —across multiple
sites if required. Your system can handle IPv4 as well as IPv6.
A typical system setup
Example of a system setup. The number of cameras and recording servers, as well as the number of connected clients, can be
as high as you require.
Legend:
1. Management Client(s)
2. Event server
3. Microsoft cluster
4. Management server