Hanwha WRR-P-S204L-96TB 2U WAVE Network Video Recording Server

Overview

The WRR-P-S204L-96TB is a 2U rackmount Wisenet WAVE recording server built for mid-size deployments that need real headroom on both storage and processing without stepping up to a 4U chassis. It ships with Wisenet WAVE VMS pre-installed and includes 4 Professional licenses, so an integrator can rack it, assign licenses to cameras, and start recording without a separate software install or license-activation cycle. Raw capacity is 96TB across 12 drive bays, landing at roughly 72TB usable once the array is formatted and built out in RAID 5 — the gap between raw and usable is normal RAID overhead, not a spec error, and it's worth budgeting for when sizing retention against camera count and frame rate. Behind the storage sits an Intel Xeon 4410Y processor and 16GB of DDR4 RAM, which is the combination that determines how many simultaneous streams the box can ingest, transcode for remote viewing, and run VMS-side analytics against before it chokes.

Key Features

• 96TB raw / 72TB usable storage: across 12 x 3.5in HDD bays, giving you the physical room to run longer retention windows or higher camera counts before you're forced into a second recorder — usable capacity assumes RAID 5, so plan retention math off the 72TB number, not the raw figure.
• 470 Mbps recording bandwidth: the real ceiling on how much combined camera bitrate this server can ingest at once — check your camera count x per-stream bitrate against this number during design, since it's the first thing that gets exceeded on high-camera-count jobs, not storage.
• Intel Xeon 4410Y processor: server-grade compute that keeps WAVE responsive for live viewing, playback, and license-gated analytics under load, rather than a desktop-class chip that bogs down as camera count climbs.
• 16GB DDR4 RAM: gives the OS and WAVE server process room to handle concurrent client connections and multi-stream playback without swapping.
• Dual 480GB SSD OS drives in RAID 1: the operating system and WAVE application run off mirrored solid-state drives, separate from the 12-bay recording array — faster boot and load times, and if one SSD fails the mirror keeps the server running until it's replaced.
• RAID 0/1/5/6 support: lets an integrator match the array configuration to the job — RAID 5 for balanced capacity and rebuild protection, RAID 6 where dual-drive-failure tolerance matters more than raw capacity.
• 8GB NV cache: non-volatile write cache ahead of the disk array, which helps absorb write bursts from multiple simultaneous high-bitrate streams before they hit spinning media.
• 4 x 1GbE network interfaces: gives you separate physical paths for camera-side recording traffic versus client/viewing traffic, or link aggregation, instead of forcing everything through one NIC.
• Redundant 800W power supplies: dual PSUs mean a single power supply failure doesn't take the recorder offline — a real consideration for a box holding 12 drives of active recording.
• Ubuntu 22.04 OS: the underlying platform WAVE runs on, pre-configured so it isn't something the integrator has to build and patch from scratch.
• 4 Professional WAVE licenses included: covers licensing for four camera channels out of the gate — additional channels need additional WAVE licenses matched to your final camera count.

Integration & Compatibility

Because WAVE ships pre-installed with the Professional licenses already applied, this WRR-P-S204L-96TB unit is meant to be racked and joined to the network rather than built out from a bare Ubuntu image. If you're scoping the rest of the rack, pair it with Hanwha IP cameras from the same Hanwha catalog for a single-vendor WAVE deployment, and review a storage and retention planning guide before finalizing camera count against the 72TB usable ceiling. For the network side, a properly sized PoE switch keeps camera uplinks and this recorder's 4 x 1GbE interfaces from becoming the bottleneck instead of the 470 Mbps recording budget. If this chassis is oversized or undersized for the job, look at a lower or higher raw-capacity variant in the same WRR-P-S204X family rather than compromising on RAID level to hit a budget number.

What's in the Box

The WRR-P-S204L-96TB ships as a complete 2U server unit with Wisenet WAVE and 4 Professional licenses pre-installed — no separate software media or license cards to manage during commissioning.

Frequently Asked Questions

Q: How much usable storage does the WRR-P-S204L-96TB actually provide?

A: The server has 96TB of raw storage across 12 drive bays, which comes out to approximately 72TB usable after formatting and RAID 5 configuration.

Q: How many camera licenses are included with the WRR-P-S204L-96TB?

A: It ships with 4 Wisenet WAVE Professional licenses pre-installed, covering four camera channels out of the box.

Q: What operating system does the WRR-P-S204L-96TB run?

A: It runs Ubuntu 22.04 with Wisenet WAVE pre-installed on dual 480GB SSD OS drives configured in RAID 1.

Q: What's the maximum recording bandwidth on the WRR-P-S204L-96TB?

A: 470 Mbps of combined recording bandwidth, which is the figure to check against total camera bitrate when sizing a deployment.

Q: Does the WRR-P-S204L-96TB support RAID configurations other than RAID 5?

A: Yes, it supports RAID 0, 1, 5, and 6, letting you choose between maximum capacity and drive-failure tolerance depending on the job.

Q: Is there power supply redundancy on the WRR-P-S204L-96TB?

A: Yes, it includes redundant 800W power supplies so a single PSU failure doesn't take the recorder offline.

Jerry Tildsen

What jumps out on the WRR-P-S204L-96TB is the gap between 96TB raw and 72TB usable — that's a real RAID 5 tax, and I've seen integrators size a job off the raw number and come up short on retention days once the array actually builds. Budget off 72TB, always.

Technical Highlights:

• 470 Mbps recording bandwidth: on a 12-bay chassis this size, bandwidth caps out before storage does on most high-camera-count jobs — run the math on total camera bitrate before you assume storage is your limiting factor.
• Intel Xeon 4410Y + 16GB RAM: server-grade compute that holds up under concurrent live view, playback, and license-gated analytics — the right pairing for a box carrying 4 Professional licenses out of the gate.
• Dual 480GB SSD OS drives in RAID 1: keeps the WAVE application and OS off the spinning 12-bay array entirely, so a recording-disk rebuild doesn't touch boot performance, and a single SSD failure doesn't take the server down.

Deployment Considerations:

• The 4 included Professional licenses cover four channels — if the job scopes more cameras, factor additional WAVE license cost into the quote before committing to this chassis.
• 4 x 1GbE NICs give you the option to physically separate camera-recording traffic from client-viewing traffic — worth doing on any deployment pushing close to the 470 Mbps ceiling.

This is the right chassis for a mid-size commercial site — think a multi-building campus or a retail chain location — that needs 12-bay headroom and RAID 5/6 flexibility but doesn't yet justify a 4U, 24-bay deployment.