Digital Video Surveillance Storage Solutions

Physical security is becoming a more complex task requiring organizations to ensure the safety of personnel, facilities, and products vital to the success of an organization. Cameras, with increasing resolutions, are capturing larger amounts of data that, if not stored and managed properly, may be rendered useless when needed for a security incident, investigation, or as criminal evidence for the prosecution.

The TBYTe^® provides an enterprise application server with up to 42 terabytes (TB) of online data storage and up to eight hot-swappable 6.25TB optical stacks for up to 50 terabytes (TB) of nearline data storage. The TBYTe^® is a scalable data storage solution utilizing hierarchical storage management that provides online, nearline, and offline data storage capabilities in one solution. The TeraStack^® Solution stores large amounts of high resolution video with seamless recall that requires minimal user intervention. The stored video data is easily searchable for specific dates and times and is accessible by a multitude of different analytical methods aiding in video identification. The Active Archive^™ architecture provides an integration framework for these best-of-breed analytics working seamlessly with the online and nearline storage capabilities.

The TeraStack^® Solution provides the unique ability to store over 92 terabytes (TB) of data managed in a 15 equipment rack unit (15U) footprint using less than 425 watts of total power. The TeraStack^® Solution provides secure chain-of-custody and digital asset management (DAM) through the multi-tiered combination of a high speed RAID-capable buffer, write-once read many (WORM) and rewritable long-life Blu-ray media. The TeraStack^® Solution offers a robust set of data management capabilities to the user both locally or via remote connection location through an easy to use graphical web interface.

Large digital video data requirements are being driven by increasing camera technology. Typical storage solutions store digital video on a magnetic tape-based system where the digital video data may become degraded after a couple of years and no longer admissible as evidence in court. The TeraStack^® Solution allows for the durability of Blu-ray and limits human interaction, ensuring the maximum amount of data integrity.

As camera resolution increases, even beyond high-definition, the cost of storing and maintaining this video data for extended retention periods is becoming increasingly expensive. Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) and other federal, state, municipal, and business regulations alike dictate extended retention periods of digital video evidence. Even though high-definition video storage requirements continue to grow, the TeraStack^® Solution easily scales to manage the increasing volume of digital multimedia evidence (DME).

Hie Electronics, Inc. offers the TeraStack^® Solution TBYTe 8.6.6, TBYTe 8.14.28, and the 8.14.42 multi-tiered storage and application processing platforms providing a "data center in box" approach to surveillance data backup that can help alleviate many of the space, power, and cost limitations associated with today's storage environments. Whether a data storage technology refresh is necessary or some efficiency improvements need to be made, the TeraStack^® Solution provides a turn-key system that can help solve many of the problems associated with today's storage issues dealing with digital video surveillance.