From: Wanjiru Njoroge <wanjirunjoroge@gmail.com>
To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Sent: Thu, May 27, 2010 3:25:36 PM
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Back options for a CCTV system
Thanks guys.
Labhu, your pal didn't contact me off list.
The organization is a bank and using a 3rd party for back up is a lot
of drama what with due diligence, 3rd party solution has to meet PCI
requirements on security of the images, logical access, audit trail.
An in house solution presents the best prospects.
I needed to know what alternatives are in the market before i submit
my recommendations.
Labhu, if anything pans out we'll advise you.
Once again, thanks guys.
On 5/27/10, aki <
aki275@googlemail.com> wrote:
> Hello @Wanjiru, pls find my comments below. :-)
>
> The main problem you have is that your recording system has locked you
> down with vendor specific limitations. A temporary change on the
> system like " Motion Detection" and also reduce the frame capture size
> will help. This will
have immediate savings on data storage. If the
> recorded volumes are quite high then complete hardware changes are
> necessary. And if the data volumes are similar to a small data centre,
> then it may become necessary to link all the different locations and
> have a centralised system. Therefore, each evening etc, the
> recorders/machines run a backup script to offload the contents to the
> central storage data centre server.
>
> There are many solutions possible and each carries a cost impact. It
> all depends on how much data needs to be captured and saved.
>
> I hope The Queen Bee will have its data centre ready soon. They should
> be able to takeup such business very easily, saving you from spending
> thousands of USD on large centres. You may also contact KDN.
>
> HTHs.
>
>
> On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 8:58 PM, Wanjiru Njoroge
> <
wanjirunjoroge@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ladies & Gentlemen,
>> A company has CCTV systems with a recorder capacity of 1.5 Tbyte installed
>> at it's 15 outlets which are located in different parts of beautiful
>> Kenya.
>> Being an international organization, they are bound by home country
>> requirements on records retention and would like reliable yet affordable
>> backup solutions that will be implemented for each of the 15 locations
>> independently.
>> Any ideas?
>> FYI, my IT is rusty so for the hardcore techies, please don't get offended
>> :)
>>
>> Thanks
>> Kind Regards,
>> Wanjiru
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