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I
magine you are on a trip and
decide to record a video on
your smartphone or tab-
let. About two minutes into
recording, you receive a push
notification that you have run out of
storage. Now, multiply the length of
that video by 720 times to get a piece
of footage 24-hours long — recorded
not just on one device but by hundreds
or even thousands of cameras at once.
What you have is the greatest chal-
lenge faced by video surveillance orga-
nizations today: where to store all that
video footage.
Video is the fastest-growing data
type. As organizations continue to
change how they collect data, their
storage needs evolve as well. Storage
has become an expensive, moving tar-
get. When embarking on a video sur-
veillance project, an organization can
expect to commit up to two-thirds of
its budget to cost of storage.
New laws and regulations, cameras
with higher resolutions, and new VMS
Video Surveillance
Storage Trends
to Watch
The rise in
retained video
data means
security must
evolve as the
entertainment
industry did
before it
By Brian Grainger
Video Surveillance