The GV-Hot Swap Recording Server System is a video streaming server supported by a powerful data storage capacity and designed for large-scale video surveillance deployments. It comes with a selection of 4U (20-bay) or 3U (16/8-bay) and hot-swappable SATA mobile racks. Depending on the HDD size, the GV-Hot Swap Recording Server System can store more than 60 TB of recorded data. The built-in GV-Recording Server can receive and record up to 128 channels from various IP video devices. In addition, it can simultaneously distribute up to 300 channels to its clients which include GV-System (DVR/NVR system), GV-Control Center (central monitoring system) and Multi View (viewing software). Using the GV-Recording Server, the desired frame rates can be reached while the CPU loading and the bandwidth usage of IP video devices are significantly reduced.