About IRIS+ Edge Devices

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An appliance or virtual appliance, running Irisity’s video analytics pipeline. Connects to any ONVIF/RTSP-supporting IP camera, multiple cameras can be connected to each IRIS+ Edge. IRIS+ Edge processes the video locally and communicates with IRIS+ Core.

Different types of Edge devices

Irisity Central Monitoring offers 3 types of Edge devices. These three edge devices have their subsets of requirements. Please read below to learn more:

Irisity Edge 10

A pre-configured appliance that is typically co-deployed with a camera system at the surveillance site and can handle 5-21 video streams per device, depending on the stream profile.

Edge™ 10 Datasheet

IRIS+™ Edge for AXIS

This IRIS+™ Edge version runs inside Axis's latest fixed cameras as an ACAP-embedded application. It connects to the IRIS+ Cloud, connecting cameras with the ARTPEC-7 and ARTPEC-8 chipsets.

Axis Edge™ Datasheet

Custom Edge

Allows you to run IRIS+™ Edge analytics pipeline on your hardware, and is deployed either on-site or in a centralized location.

Edge™ Server Requirements

Edge via Virtual Machine

The IRIS+ Edge can be deployed on a VM. The supported camera count may be reduced. If you are looking for a VM solution to be part of your IRIS+ setup, please contact pre-sales to learn how you can set this up.

Comparing Edge devices

Each Edge device can support up to a certain count of cameras, operating within reasonable settings. Please check below to learn more about camera usage across all Edge devices

Differences in camera support

Specifications	Edge 10 Gen 2	Edge 10 Gen 1	Edge 320 (Legacy)	Edge 220 (Legacy)
Camera count	Up to 10 cameras	Up to 10 cameras	Up to 4 cameras	Up to 4 cameras
Supported cameras	H.264, up to 30 FPS - 5 cameras with 1080p resolution - 10 cameras with 720p resolution	H.264, up to 30 FPS - 5 cameras with 1080p resolution - 10 cameras with 720p resolution	H.264, 720p, 8 FPS	H.264, 720p, 8 FPS

Edge Requirements

When installing any Edge device with IRIS+, certain specifications are required to support and maintain a healthy system. Please read below to learn about the suggested hardware specifications needed for a general Edge device.

Recommended Edge specifications

For customers creating custom Edge devices, be sure that your Edge device meets the recommended requirements below:

Hardware	Specifications
Recommended Edge Processor	5th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor or newer
RAM	8GB
Legacy Edge Processor	2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor (Cascade Lake) 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor (Ice Lake) 4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor (Sapphire Rapids)
Operating system	Ubuntu 22.04, LTS 64-bit, server edition with no GUI installed
Minimum storage capacity	256GB SSD
Recommended storage type	SSD
Network	Gigabit ethernet connection Average Required bandwidth per camera: 5 kbps upload 0.5 kbps download Additional upload bandwidth: Real-Time Event Detections: ~500 KB per event Live View in IRIS+ GUI: ~300 Kbps per camera Maximum allowed latency from the IRIS+ Edge to the IRIS+ core: 2000 ms

*Don't hesitate to get in touch with pre-sales for assistance if you have questions about processors or if you have a CPU that is not from this list.

Please review the Edge 10 or the Axis Edge datasheet for other specifications.

Camera operations

All Edge devices support cameras operating as follows:

	Minimum	Acceptable	Recommended
Camera's frame rate	8fps	8-12fps	10fps
CCD camera resolution	480p	720/1080p	720p
Thermal camera resolution	QVGA, 320x240px at 8fps	QVGA, 320x240px at 8fps	QVGA, 320x240px at 8fps
Video resolution	Resolution width should be divisible by 4	Resolution width should be divisible by 4	Resolution width should be divisible by 4
Aspect ratio	4:1	4:1	4:1

Supported streaming profiles

Below are the acceptable streaming profiles supported

H.264 @ 720p @ 8FPS

H.264 @ 1080P @ 15 FPS

H.264 @ 1080P @ 30 FPS

H.265 @ 720P @ 8 FPS

H.265 @ 1080P @ 15 FPS

H.265 @ 1080P @ 30 FPS

If you use any other streaming profile, set a secondary streaming profile with one of the options above.

Other considerations

The IRIS+ Edge server should not host other non-IRIS+ applications

Cameras connected to IRIS+ Edge must have static IP addresses (dynamic IP allocation may result in camera disconnections)

Server Requirements

The IRIS+™ Edge enables IRIS+ software deployment on a customer’s hardware to connect ONVIF / RTSP fixed IP cameras from the camera’s network to a centralized IRIS+ Core. One or multiple IRIS+ Edge Devices (IRIS+ Edge, IRIS+ Edge 10, or a mix of both) process the video stream, transforming it into Irisity’s proprietary metadata and sending it to an IRIS+ Core, which will then perform all central management and advanced analysis.

Contact Irisity's Presales at [email protected] to receive a customized hardware specification matching your specific deployment needs.

Scene activity level

There are 3 types of activity levels that IRIS+ classifies:

Medium

High

See Appendix A for scene activity-level examples

We recommend reviewing the differences in scene activities below based on the two Edge 10 versions available today:

Edge 10 - Gen 2

Number of supported cameras
Compression	H.264			H.265
Video Streaming Profile	720P / 8 FPS	1080P / 15 FPS	1080P / 30 FPS	720P / 8 FPS	1080P / 15 FPS	1080P / 30 FPS
Scene Activity Level - Low	30	16	13	25	14	11
Scene Activity Level - Medium	20	13	12	18	12	9
Scene Activity Level - High	18	12	10	16	10	8

Edge 10 - Gen 1

Number of supported cameras
Compression	H.264			H.265
Video Streaming Profile	720P / 8 FPS	1080P / 15 FPS	1080P / 30 FPS	720P / 8 FPS	1080P / 15 FPS	1080P / 30 FPS
Scene Activity Level - Low	16	8	7	14	7	6
Scene Activity Level - Medium	13	7	6	12	6	5
Scene Activity Level - High	11	6	5	10	5	4

Appendix A: Scene Activity Level - Examples

Scene activity refers to the number of objects in a frame, measured over time. Low, Medium, and High are defined in the following levels. The following screenshots and related short video clips show two examples per level: