Hanwha WRR-P-S204L-144TB Enterprise Video Server

Overview

The Hanwha WRR-P-S204L-144TB is a 2U rack-mount video server built for facilities that need serious recording horsepower and serious storage headroom in the same chassis. It ships with 144TB of pre-installed storage and scales to 240TB across 12 SATA hard drive ports, so you're not forced into a forklift upgrade the first time a project adds cameras or extends retention. Under the hood it runs an Intel Xeon 4410Y processor with 16GB of DDR4 RAM on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS — a server-grade platform rather than a repurposed embedded NVR board, which matters once you're managing dozens of high-resolution streams with analytics running alongside recording. The WRR-P-S204L-144TB (often searched as WRR P S204L 144TB) is built for VMS deployments where the recording layer needs to keep pace with camera count growth over a multi-year retention plan.

Key Features

• 144TB Pre-Installed / 240TB Max Storage: Most video servers ship with a fraction of their eventual capacity and leave you calculating drive slots before day one. Starting at 144TB across 12 SATA bays with room to grow to 240TB means a retention policy set today doesn't need to be renegotiated with facilities or finance next year.
• Intel Xeon 4410Y Processor: A server-class CPU rather than a consumer or embedded chip gives the platform the sustained compute budget for concurrent transcoding, multi-stream ingest, and analytics workloads without the recorder becoming the bottleneck in a larger VMS architecture.
• 16GB DDR4 RAM: Enough working memory to handle database indexing, playback queries, and multiple simultaneous client connections without the sluggishness that shows up on memory-starved recorders during incident review.
• Dual 480GB SSDs for OS: Separating the operating system from the recording array onto dedicated SSDs keeps boot and application I/O off the spinning storage pool, which reduces contention and protects against a single-drive OS failure taking the whole unit down.
• 470 Mbps Recording Throughput: A concrete ingest ceiling you can actually plan camera counts against — multiply your average per-camera bitrate and you know how many streams this unit realistically supports before you're oversubscribed.
• Four RJ45 GbE Network Ports: Multiple gigabit interfaces let you segment camera traffic from client/VMS traffic, or configure link aggregation for added throughput and failover, instead of forcing every packet through a single NIC.
• 2U Chassis: A compact rack footprint that conserves valuable rack unit space in server rooms and data closets shared with other IT infrastructure.
• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS: A long-term-support Linux base gives the platform a stable, patchable foundation with a known support horizon, rather than a proprietary black-box OS.
• Operating Range 10°C to 35°C, 5-95% RH: Rated for standard server room and IT closet conditions — plan for conditioned space rather than an unconditioned mechanical room or outdoor enclosure.
• NDAA-Compliant: Clears the Section 889 procurement bar for federal, state, and local government projects and for contractors who have to document supply chain compliance up the chain.

Integration & Compatibility

As a video server rather than a closed-appliance NVR, the WRR-P-S204L-144TB is built to run as the recording and storage backbone within a broader VMS architecture, sitting behind your camera layer and in front of client workstations. Four GbE ports give you the physical flexibility to separate camera-side and client-side traffic on distinct network segments — a practice worth planning for during design; see this site's PoE and network planning guide for background on segmenting surveillance traffic from general IT traffic. Pair it with cameras from the Hanwha Vision catalog for a single-vendor deployment, or integrate it into a mixed-manufacturer environment where the recording platform needs to handle streams from multiple camera brands. For sites planning capacity around this unit's 470 Mbps throughput ceiling and 12-bay storage array, review the storage and retention guide before finalizing camera count and retention days. Complementary infrastructure like PoE network switches and rack accessories from the network video recorder category round out a full server-room deployment.

What's in the Box

Contact your project engineer for a full packing list specific to this configuration — pre-installed drive count and rail kit contents vary by order.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Is the WRR-P-S204L-144TB NDAA compliant?

A: Yes, this unit is NDAA-compliant, which satisfies Section 889 procurement requirements for government and government-adjacent projects.

Q: How much storage does the WRR-P-S204L-144TB ship with, and how far can it expand?

A: It ships with 144TB pre-installed and can scale to a maximum of 240TB across its 12 SATA hard drive ports.

Q: What operating system does the WRR-P-S204L-144TB run?

A: It runs Ubuntu 22.04 LTS on an Intel Xeon 4410Y processor with 16GB of DDR4 RAM.

Q: What is the maximum recording throughput of the WRR-P-S204L-144TB?

A: The unit supports 470 Mbps of recording throughput.

Q: How many network ports does the WRR-P-S204L-144TB have?

A: It has four RJ45 GbE network ports.

Q: What rack space does the WRR-P-S204L-144TB require?

A: It's built in a 2U chassis, with dimensions of 482 x 772.13 x 86.8 mm.

James Everett

What stands out on the WRR-P-S204L-144TB is the 12-bay SATA array topping out at 240TB against a 144TB starting point — that's a real growth path, not a marketing number. I spec this kind of unit when a customer's retention math is going to change over the life of the project.

Technical Highlights:

• Xeon 4410Y + 16GB DDR4: Server-class compute headroom for concurrent multi-stream ingest and playback queries without the CPU becoming the ceiling before the storage does.
• 470 Mbps Recording Throughput: Gives you a hard number to plan camera count against — divide by your typical per-camera bitrate and you know your realistic stream budget before you oversubscribe the unit.
• Dual 480GB SSDs for OS: Isolates OS I/O from the 12-bay recording array, which keeps the platform responsive during heavy playback and reduces the blast radius of a single drive failure.

Deployment Considerations:

• Four GbE ports let you split camera-side ingest traffic from client/VMS query traffic onto separate interfaces — plan your network segmentation before rack-and-stack, not after.
• The 10°C to 35°C / 5-95% RH operating range means this belongs in a conditioned server room or IT closet, not an unconditioned mechanical space or outdoor cabinet — factor that into site selection early.

I'd point this at a mid-to-large enterprise campus or multi-building government site consolidating recording for 100+ cameras onto centralized, NDAA-compliant infrastructure where retention requirements are likely to grow rather than shrink over the contract term.