{"id":1432,"date":"2010-12-07T19:22:00","date_gmt":"2010-12-07T23:22:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ipcamerasupply.com\/?p=1432"},"modified":"2010-12-07T19:22:00","modified_gmt":"2010-12-07T23:22:00","slug":"ip-video-surveillance-storage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.voipsupply.com\/blog\/ip-camera-supply\/ip-video-surveillance-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"IP Video Surveillance Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"QNAP<\/a>Storage of IP surveillance video is driven by cost and, based on your application, how long you need to store the video.<\/p>\n

High quality, high resolution IP surveillance video can take up a lot of space and can be a sizable cost of your IP surveillance system.\u00a0 But with today’s technology, driven by Moore’s Law<\/a> (“The number of transistors incorporated in a chip will approximately double every 24 months.”), any size of storage system that you need can be arranged.<\/p>\n

That is to say video frame rate, number of cameras, and video retention time can be handled.\u00a0\u00a0IP video surveillance storage systems have varying\u00a0degrees of\u00a0performance, cost, and scalability.<\/p>\n

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On-Board Storage<\/h2>\n

For remote locations or an application that only uses a few cameras, storing the video on-board\u00a0in the IP camera’s memory may make sense.\u00a0 For example, video could be stored locally in the camera and then transferred over a network or, the internet to a more central location.<\/p>\n

IP cameras have at least some RAM that can be used to store video but some also come with slots for:<\/p>\n