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torage can account for 60 percent or more of the total cost of a video surveillance
implementation. As a security end user, implementing a multi-tier approach to
video surveillance storage can help lower the cost of your system while helping
position your organization for the implementation of video and data analytics.
Change Creates Opportunity
The video surveillance industry continues to transform. The transition to digi-
tal is accelerating. Shipments of digital cameras have now surpassed analog,
and approximately 63 million network cameras were shipped in 2016. And those cameras
are at higher resolutions with 1080p HD cameras now the standard for new installations.
Camera prices continue to go down, and so organizations are installing more cameras in
How Storage Variables
Bring Control
to Surveillance Implementation's
Bottom Line
A multi-tier
approach is a great
way to get the
capacity you need
at a lower cost
By Wayne Ar vidson
The challenge to the end user is
two-fold, not only how to structure
a viable storage solution, but how
to address the larger challenge of
managing the growing volume of
unstructured data.
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