Backup vs. Archiving: Know the Difference
Backup Vs. Archiving Backup and archiving are often being confused, while in fact they differ significantly. Data backup means copying the data in order to restore the critical data in case of an unexpected data loss due to various events, like hard drive failure, theft, flood, ransomware attacks etc. Data archiving on the other hand […]
The Three Principles of Business Protection
Open-E JovianDSS is a ZFS- and Linux-based Data Storage Software designed for businesses of any size.The product’s unique features fulfill the demands for the key principles of any Business Continuity plan within one product only, with optimal data storage, protection and recovery. Keep your business running seamlessly by: Three key principles of business protection with […]
CHANGING THE INDUSTRY WITH HARDWARE ACCELERATED DECODING
What Does This Mean For Your Installations? When dealing with large-scale installations, being able to offer high performance at a reasonable cost is an essential part of winning large bids. To that end, a ground-breaking new technology: hardware accelerated video motion detection is already changing the game in video surveillance. Built-in video motion detection (VMD) is already […]
How Is AI Changing Your Customers Video Surveillance Requirements Today?
Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, Video Analytics and other industry terms surrounding the revolution that Artificial Intelligence (AI) is bringing to security and video surveillance show that there are many ways to say the same thing. Perhaps the words surrounding Artificial Intelligence video surveillance are confusing but the benefits are clear. Wikipedia defines AI for Video […]
Running VMware Virtual Machines With Software Defined Storage
The Arxys | Sentio SDS powered by Open-E JovianDSS is a ZFS- and Linux-based Data Storage Software designed especially for enterprise-sized Software Defined Storage environments. Combined with VMware vSphere ESXi, it is a cost-effective, flexible and scalable solution for virtualization that offers highest performance and data efficiency. VMware Virtual Machines certified support delivers rock solid performance […]
FDA Requesting Public Comment On Cannabis Rescheduling
FDA officials have put out a call for public comment about the potential rescheduling of cannabis and several other substances. Summary The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is requesting interested persons to submit comments concerning abuse potential, actual abuse, medical usefulness, trafficking, and impact of scheduling changes on availability for medical use of 16 drug […]
Storage And Bandwidth Savings With Codec H.265 vs h.264 in Video Surveillance
In Video Surveillance the codecs that control the compression of video streams utilized by video surveillance cameras have tremendous impacts on the entire video surveillance system. They affect the storage capacity, network bandwidth and overall system performance. They are the single most important technological aspect of any video surveillance system, and thankfully they keep getting […]
GPU Hardware Acceleration Is Changing Video Surveillance
Hardware Accelerated Video Encoding in video surveillance recording servers delivers breakthrough performance at a dramatically lower price. GPU based video encoding (for recording servers) and decoding (for client side viewing) is the breakthrough modern video surveillance has been waiting for. The use of new GPU based video encoding solutions brings about 25% higher performance and […]
Security InfoWatch: What’s Trending in Enterprise Video Surveillance?
An excerpt of an article from Security InfoWatch magazine about the trends and changes coming for Enterprise Video Surveillance. (Full article here) The traditional methods that most enterprise-type organizations have managed their video surveillance systems no longer measure up to the pace of digitalization and the data tsunami most CSOs face on an almost minute-to-minute […]
Thin Provisioning Using Virtualization
Thin provisioning (TP) is a method of optimizing the efficiency with which the available space is utilized in storage area networks (SAN). TP operates by allocating disk storage space in a flexible manner among multiple users, based on the minimum space required by each user at any given time. In computing, thin provisioning involves using […]