# Arxys

> Arxys is a purpose-built data storage and appliance company headquartered in San Diego, CA, serving enterprise security, video surveillance, geospatial, and public safety industries for over 30 years. Formerly known as Cutting Edge Networked Storage, Arxys designs, manufactures, and supports high-performance storage and analytics appliances built in America.

Arxys solves complex industry application challenges by leveraging deep domain expertise to create purpose-built, highly optimized appliance solutions. The company's unique Activated Hardware Acceleration technologies deliver enterprise-class performance, protection, and resilience. All products are assembled, tested, and certified at the San Diego headquarters.

## Company

- [About Arxys](https://www.arxys.com/company/): Overview of Arxys history (founded 1992), mission, 30+ years of experience, and American manufacturing commitment.
- [Why Arxys](https://www.arxys.com/why-arxys/): Key differentiators including Milestone-certified performance (2,944 cameras / 3.6 Gb/s throughput), white-glove service, industry-best warranty, and lowest TCO.
- [The Arxys Approach](https://www.arxys.com/the-arxys-approach/): Philosophy of "codifying problems and appliancifying solutions" — building purpose-built appliances optimized from the ground up.
- [Made in the USA](https://www.arxys.com/made-in-the-usa/): Details on US-based manufacturing using commercial off-the-shelf components from Intel, Broadcom, and Western Digital.

## Products

- [All Products](https://www.arxys.com/products/): Full catalog of Arxys appliance lines — VideoX, DataX, AnalyticX, and Shield platforms.
- [VideoX NVR Appliances](https://www.arxys.com/videox-appliances/): GPU hardware-accelerated Network Video Recorders supporting 20 to 4,000+ IP cameras. Certified with Milestone, Genetec, Avigilon, Hanwha, and NXWitness VMS platforms. Supports H.265 recording and GPU-powered video motion detection.
- [Video Surveillance Storage Servers](https://www.arxys.com/products/video-surveillance/): Purpose-built NAS/SAN storage for IP video surveillance with hardware failover, modular resiliency, and VMS certification.
- [VideoX Workstations](https://www.arxys.com/products/video-surveillance/videox-workstations/): Hardware-accelerated security workstations supporting up to 325 Mb bandwidth and 8 monitors for VMS clients and video walls.
- [AnalyticX Appliances](https://www.arxys.com/analyticx-appliances/): NVIDIA GPU-powered video analytics appliances supporting AI neural networks, machine learning, facial recognition, ALPR, object tracking, and video synopsis.
- [Geospatial / Esri Data Appliance](https://www.arxys.com/solutions/geospatial/): Exclusive OEM manufacturer of Esri Data Appliances for ArcGIS. Preloaded with terabytes of global basemaps, imagery, and reference layers, secured behind the firewall.
- [Software Defined Storage – Sentio](https://www.arxys.com/software-defined-storage-power-to-the-people/): Scale-out software-defined storage (SDS) platform with unlimited snapshots, asynchronous replication, VMware VAAI integration, and off-site disaster recovery.

## Solutions by Industry

- [All Solutions](https://www.arxys.com/solutions/): Overview of verticals served including security & surveillance, corrections, cannabis compliance, education, government, and military.
- [Video Surveillance](https://www.arxys.com/products/video-surveillance/): Enterprise IP camera storage for large-scale, multi-site deployments with high resilience and feed protection.
- [Geospatial](https://www.arxys.com/solutions/geospatial/): Secure, behind-the-firewall storage for GIS, Oil & Gas, Utilities, and Military imagery and data processing.
- [Government & Military](https://www.arxys.com/solutions/): High-availability, disaster-resilient storage for classified and sensitive government operations.
- [Corrections & Detention](https://www.arxys.com/solutions/): Multi-site, high-resiliency surveillance storage for prisons and detention facilities.
- [Education](https://www.arxys.com/solutions/): Campus security and surveillance storage solutions with Activated Hardware Acceleration.

## Key Technology Concepts

- **Activated Hardware Acceleration**: Arxys-proprietary approach combining hardware and software optimizations to deliver the "X Factor" — superior throughput, lower latency, and higher camera counts versus general-purpose servers.
- **VideoX Platform**: NVR appliances in Enterprise, Professional, and Base tiers. Certified with all major VMS platforms. GPU-accelerated motion detection and H.265 support.
- **DataX SAN Appliances**: Shared storage for large-scale video surveillance and geospatial data, with enterprise-class protection and advanced image processing.
- **AnalyticX Appliances**: NVIDIA architecture-powered AI/ML appliances for real-time video analytics — facial recognition, ALPR, object tracking, video synopsis.
- **Shield Platform**: High-density storage arrays for video surveillance. The Shield Prime holds the Milestone-certified record for highest HD camera count (2,944 cameras) and throughput (3.6 Gb/s).
- **Sentio SDS**: Software-defined storage with unlimited snapshots, iSCSI acceleration via VMware VAAI, CLI management, and asynchronous off-site replication.

## Support & Contact

- [Contact / Get Pricing](https://www.arxys.com/contact/): Request quotes or connect with a solution engineer.
- [Why Arxys Support](https://www.arxys.com/why-arxys/): White-glove, US-based technical support; industry-best warranty; no third-party engineers.