GEC NEWS WIREStorNext 5 offers a new approach for managing the entire storage infrastructure, aligning storage tiers to the requirements of different stages in the lifecycle of captured video
Quantum’s StorNext scale-out storage is now certified for use with Milestone XProtect VMS, delivering a combined solution that stores large amounts of video files while optimizing the performance of the system. It raises the bar for performance and scalability and provides standards-based, easy-to-use storage for video surveillance workloads. The combination enables Milestone users to capture higher quality video streams from more cameras simultaneously and have that data available for policy-driven analytics and retention.
The Challenge of Increased Surveillance
More organizations are deploying video surveillance systems for an expanding range of applications. The storage infrastructure for these systems is increasingly strained by multiple factors:
An influx of surveillance footage from a growing number of cameras operating at higher resolutions;
Increasing retention time for that footage;
The need to capture and store more frames per second; and
Greater demands to leverage surveillance data with new analysis tools.
All of this requires increasingly scalable performance and capacity that legacy storage systems simply were not designed to provide, particularly in a cost-effective way.
StorNext 5 offers a new approach for managing the entire storage infrastructure, aligning storage tiers to the requirements of different stages in the lifecycle of captured video and making data directly available to users through their primary applications, regardless of where the content is stored. In an XProtect environment, StorNext delivers video surveillance storage implementations that are more cost-effective and offer higher levels of security and data protection.
Geoff Stedman, Senior Vice President, StorNext Solutions, Quantum, said, “Video surveillance workloads place unique demands on storage, and the number of cameras in use, their format and resolution, and video retention policies typically affect system performance. StorNext and XProtect VMS offer a tiered storage solution that balances the cost of storage with performance, which is ideal for any system that requires high-performance video recording using hundreds of high-definition video streams.”
