OWS Client Application System Requirements

Web Client

When connecting to OWS through a web browser
(whether connecting to Live and Search via the OWS Video Player or Web Connect)

Minimum Requirements

  • 64-bit Windows ® 10 or 11, macOS
  • 6th Generation Intel ® Dual Core™ i3 processor (or equivalent)
  • 8 GB system memory
  • 1366 x 768 minimum display resolution
  • Latest versions of Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera, Mozilla Firefox or Edge
  • Broadband internet connection (25 Mb/s download, 5 Mb/s upload)

Recommended Requirements

  • 64-bit Windows ® 10 or 11, macOS
  • 6th Generation Intel ® Quad Core i7 (or better)
  • AMD Radeon RX590
  • 8 GB system memory
  • 1920 x 1080 (1080p) optimal display resolution
  • Latest versions of Google Chrome, Apple Safari, Opera or Edge
  • Broadband internet connection (25 Mb/s download, 8 Mb/s upload or better)

NOTE: 4K monitor resolutions are currently supported in the Web Client and Console if the hardware supports it.

Desktop Client
(Command Station)

Minimum Requirements (up to 1 monitor)

  • 9th Generation Intel Dual Core i3 processor (or equivalent Xeon ®)
  • 8 GB system memory
  • Video decoding: Intel UHD graphics 630 onboard (1 GB video memory)
  • Network connection (gigabit or 300mbps or greater WiFi required for megapixel)
  • 64-bit Windows ® 10 or 11 with DirectX support
  • 1366 x 768 minimum display resolution
  • 1 GB of available disk space

Recommended Requirements (up to 4 monitors)

  • 12th Generation Intel Octa Core i7 processor (or equivalent Xeon ®)
  • 16 GB system memory
  • For quad monitor: NVIDIA Geforce RTX 3060 (2 GB+ video memory)
  • Network connection (gigabit required for megapixel)
  • 64-bit Windows ® 10 or 11 with DirectX support
  • 1920 x 1080 (1080p) optimal display resolution
  • 1 GB+ of available disk space

Server Software
(Apex)

Operating System Requirements

  • Windows ® 10 Professional 64-bit
  • Windows ® Server 2012/2016/2019 64-bit

Hardware Configuration Based on Channel Count

Channel Count CPU Memory Multi-Drive Storage Throughput
1-24 i3 4 GB Single Drive 100 Mbps
25-64 i5 8 GB JBOD 300 Mbps
65-80 i5 16 GB JBOD 300 Mbps
81-96 i7 16 GB JBOD 300 Mbps
97-128 i7 16 GB RAID 5 400 Mbps

Virtual Machine Requirements

Recommended Requirements

(up to 400 Mbps throughput)

  • VMWare ESXi 7.0+ or Hyper-V 6 (Windows ® Server 2016)
  • Intel ® Xeon ® Silver or higher
  • 4 cores with an additional core for every 16 channels
  • 16 GB virtual RAM
  • 1 GbE network connection
  • RAID5+ iSCSI/SAS attached
  • Windows ® 10 64-bit or newer or Windows ® Server 2012/2016/2019 64-bit
  • SSD

Hardware Requirements

I/O Throughput for Apex

  • Single-drive 100 Mbps
  • Multi-drive JBOD 300 Mbps
  • 400 Mbps with appropriate RAID card
  • IP audio supporting G.711 codec at 64 Kbits and AAC codec based on camera configuration

Spot Monitor System

Minimum Requirements

  • 6th Generation Intel ® Quad Core i5 processor (or equivalent Xeon®)
  • 4 GB system memory
  • Video decoding: Intel HD 530 graphics (1GB video memory)
  • Network connection (gigabit required for megapixel)
  • 64-bit Windows ® 8.1 or 10 with DirectX support
  • 1366 x 768 minimum display resolution
  • 200 MB of available disk space

Recommended Requirements

  • 7th Generation Intel ® Quad Core i7 processor (or equivalent Xeon ®)
  • 8 GB system memory
  • Video decoding: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (2 GB video memory)
  • Network connection (gigabit required for megapixel)
  • 64-bit Windows ® 8.1 or 10 with DirectX support
  • 1920 x 1080 (1080p) optimal display resolution (or up to 4K)
  • 200 MB+ of available disk space