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NVR (Network Video Recorder)

Plain-language definition

Network recorder for recording IP cameras.

Technologycategory

NVR is a specialized recorder that saves video from IP cameras over the network. It typically runs as a "box" with disks and a web interface.

When is an NVR sufficient and when is it not?

  • Just: smaller installations, units to lower dozens of cameras, without heavy integrations.
  • Not enough: larger deployments, multiple locations, advanced user permissions, ACS/PZTS or audit requirements - that is where VMS.