The general public has direct access to computer hardware and consumer electronic parts thanks to online retailers such as Amazon, Newegg, and TigerDirect. Because of this easy access, it’s possible for anyone to purchase the components needed to custom-build their...
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BCD Launches Powerful New Storage Accelerator Solution
BUFFALO GROVE, IL – March 8th, 2019 – Revolutionizing how throughput is maximized in Milestone Systems video recorders, BCDVideo released today the BCDVideo Accelerator (BVA) equipped video recording servers for Milestone, which incorporate the company’s innovative...
BCDVideo’s Maureen Carlo to Moderate Panel of Women Security Leaders
Maureen Carlo will moderate a panel of Women Security Business Leaders at ISC West April 9th, 2019.
Network Resiliency for Video Surveillance at the Hardware Level
While looking into multiple Video Management Systems (VMS), it reveals many options provide sustained operational status. Primary, secondary, and failover databases, redundant recording locations, as well as service failover helps to provide continuous uptime. The...
Shortest Path Bridging for Video Surveillance
Availability and performance are critical considerations when deploying a network optimized for video surveillance. With more arrangements requiring always-on video, networks must support the video data they carry. There are multiple options for providing a highly...
Segmenting a Video Surveillance Network
Above: Video network segmented by camera count, with layer 3 LACP between the core switches Designing an IP video surveillance network can be a complex task, with many issues that can occur when the network backbone supporting it is not built correctly. Performance...
Video Surveillance Networks, Resiliency, and High Availability
In the video surveillance space, highly available solutions have become the new standard for any form of mission-critical deployment. It is now commonplace to see even mid-level solutions use features that use to be only for high-end hardware, including RAID 5/6 disk...
Unicast vs. Multicasting Networks in Video Surveillance
Video surveillance is all around. From traffic monitoring to retail management, this technology complements various security measures. These videos can stream via internet protocol (IP) cameras over a network in two ways — unicasting and multicasting. Each network has...