Product Overview
The NVR824-256R is one of the most powerful video recording servers made by Uniview. Capable of recording up to 256 IP Cameras simultaneously, this NVR is built for commercial projects and condominium buildings. Additionally, this unit has four separate Gigabit NIC ports for supporting a massive network of security cameras.
Up to 24 hard drives can be installed in this NVR; they can be hot-swapped via the removable front cover.
Features – 256 Channel 24 HDDs RAID NVR
- 256-channel IP video input, up to 12MP recording resolution
- Ultra 265, H.265 and H.264 video formats
- 2 HDMI (up to 4K) and 1 VGA, all with independent output
- 24 SATA bays, up to 16 TB per drive, hot-swappable
- RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50 and 60, with N+1 hot spare
- 2 miniSAS interfaces for expansion disk enclosures
- 4 Gigabit network ports, 768 Mbps incoming bandwidth and up to 128 remote users
- 24 alarm inputs, 8 alarm outputs, eSATA and 12 V power output
- Optional redundant power supply
- ANR technology to protect recordings when the network is disconnected
- ONVIF compatible and NDAA compliant
NVR824-256R vs. NVR516-128E-R – Which Enterprise NVR Do You Need?
The NVR824-256R and the NVR516-128E-R both have hot-swappable drives, RAID 0 to 60, N+1 hot spare and an optional redundant power supply. The main differences are capacity and resolution:
- Camera channels: 256 (NVR824) vs. 128 (NVR516)
- Max recording resolution: 12MP (NVR824) vs. 32MP (NVR516)
- Hard drive bays: 24, up to 384 TB total, plus 2 miniSAS ports for expansion enclosures (NVR824) vs. 16, up to 256 TB total (NVR516)
- Network ports: 4 Gigabit (NVR824) vs. 2 Gigabit (NVR516)
- Incoming bandwidth: 768 Mbps (NVR824) vs. 640 Mbps (NVR516)
- HDMI outputs: 2, up to 4K (NVR824) vs. 2, with HDMI1 up to 8K (NVR516)
- Size: 484.6 × 533 × 175.5 mm, 4U (NVR824) vs. 482 × 533 × 131 mm, 3U (NVR516)
Choose the NVR824-256R for the largest projects, with up to 256 cameras and room to add disk enclosures. Choose the NVR516-128E-R for up to 128 cameras, or when you need to record 16MP and 32MP cameras.









