The lines between security and IT organizations are being blurred. With the rapid proliferation of video surveillance data and the rise of intelligent video management systems, security personnel now find themselves responsible for fast-growing IT infrastructure. In addition to keeping people and property safe, they now must also protect and manage terabytes—or even petabytes—of critical data.
Remember When Video Was Simple?
It wasn’t long ago that video was recorded directly onto the camera or fed into a central hub with closed-circuit television (CCTV). Yes, back then, video surveillance was simple—it wasn’t always reliable, but it sure was simple. As concerns around reliability, privacy, and centralization of data have become more prevalent, video surveillance has had to evolve. For many security operations, this evolution has resulted in an increasingly complicated infrastructure with myriad technical processes that require more time and effort to set up and maintain.
Who’s in Charge Here?
Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the security team to decide what video surveillance solutions to deploy and how to deploy them. But when it comes to the infrastructure to support those solutions, it is not always clear where that technology should live and who should manage it.
Enterprise storage can be foreign territory for the security organization. Security personnel would rather spend less time managing IT infrastructure and more time doing their jobs. However, at many organizations, IT doesn’t have the bandwidth to take on another complicated workflow. Furthermore, any additional budget is better spent upgrading cameras and adding capabilities—not adding headcount.
Making Enterprise Storage Simple Again
Five network video recorders (NVRs) are easy to manage. Fifty are a headache. When you get to 100 or more NVRs, it can be a nightmare. That’s the sweet spot for NetApp video surveillance storage solutions. NetApp® E-Series’ high-density, 60-drive shelves can support up to 558 cameras each. Instead of managing hundreds of devices independently, you can manage more than 270PB of storage from a single pane of glass.
NetApp E-Series systems offer purpose-built, high-performance, high-density storage, making them ideal for video surveillance workloads. E-Series storage is reliable, easy to deploy, and easy to manage, so you can grow your video surveillance deployment without adding complexity.
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