Monitoring Camera Statistics
The Camera Statistics section displays a collection of statistics and overviews to monitor various camera performances, such as the bandwidth usage of select cameras and recording gap occurrences.
Viewing bandwidth statistics
The Bandwidth tab displays the amount of data transferred over the network by the cameras, including the bandwidth of remote storage and motion detection. The x-axis displays the date and time of the recording, while the y-axis displays the specific bandwidth usage. The lower the curve or bar on the graph, the less bandwidth used during that particular time.
To edit bandwidth statistic settings
- Go to FortiView > Camera Statistics > Bandwidth.
- Select the settings cog wheel and configure the following:
Setting Name
Description
All cameras
The all cameras section allows you to configure bandwidth monitoring settings for every camera connected to your FortiRecorder. The section includes three viewing preferences: Interval, Unit, and Chart type.
Camera group
The camera group section allows you to configure bandwidth monitoring settings for specific camera groups created under Camera > Configuration > Camera Group. The section includes three viewing preferences: Interval, Unit, and Chart type.
Camera
The camera section allows you to configure bandwidth monitoring settings for specific cameras. Enable each camera you want to monitor. The section includes three viewing preferences: Interval, Unit, and Chart type.
Interval
Select the desired period of time to analyze bandwidth. If you select 24 hours, for example, the x-axis is sectioned into hourly points over a 24 hour period of time.
Unit
Select the desired unit type displayed along the y-axis.
Chart type
Select either a line chart, which displays bandwidth information as a series of data points called “markers” connected by a line, or bar chart, which presents bandwidth data with rectangular bars with varying heights.
- Select OK.
Selecting one of the bandwidth display options enables or disables them from view.
Viewing Top Camera Usage
The Top Camera tab displays the performance of individual cameras on your network. Use this section to determine which cameras use the most bandwidth. The larger the horizontal bar, the more bandwidth the camera uses.
To edit top camera settings
- Go to FortiView > Camera Statistics > Top Camera.
- Select the settings cog wheel and configure the following:
Setting Name
Description
Interval
Select the desired period of time to analyze bandwidth. If you select 24 hours, for example, the bar graph displays the bandwidth usage of the camera in the last 24 hours.
Unit
Select the desired unit type displayed along the x-axis.
- Select OK.
Analyzing Advanced Statistics
The Advanced tab displays the frames from the cameras and shows when frames are dropped. Dropped frames are gaps in the recording caused by packet loss, illustrated by the gap forward/backward graphs. Recording skips track the lost frames experienced when the FortiRecorder writes to disk. The proxy drops graph illustrates frames lost in the FortiRecorder when receiving packets from the cameras. The collector drops graph shows any lost frames in the FortiRecorder by the daemon responsible for writing to disk.
To edit the Advanced settings
- Go to FortiView > Camera Statistics > Advanced.
- Select the settings cog wheel and configure the following:
Setting Name
Description
All cameras
The all cameras section allows you to gap summary statistics settings for every camera connected to your FortiRecorder. The section includes three viewing preferences: Interval, Unit, and Chart type.
Camera group
The camera group section allows you to configure gap summary statistics settings for specific camera groups created under Camera > Configuration > Camera Group. The section includes three viewing preferences: Interval, Unit, and Chart type.
Camera
The camera section allows you to configure gap summary statistics settings for specific cameras. Enable each camera you want to monitor. The section includes three viewing preferences: Interval, Unit, and Chart type.
Interval
Select the desired period of time to analyze gap summary. If you select 24 hours, for example, the x-axis is sectioned into hourly points over a 24 hour period of time.
Unit
Select the desired unit type displayed along the y-axis. The higher the bar is on the line chart graph, the more dropped frames occurred during that time.
Chart type
Select either a line chart, which displays bandwidth information as a series of data points called “markers” connected by a line, or bar chart, which presents bandwidth data with rectangular bars with varying heights.
- Select OK.
Selecting one of the recording gap statistics display options enables or disables them from view.