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Ten
Greatest Myths about IP-Surveillance |
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There are a number of myths, large and small, surrounding IP-Surveillance
technology. We’ve taken the 10 most often-heard myths and organized
them into two categories: general and technical. We’ll take the
general un-truths first and then launch into some of the technical
misperceptions |
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Myth #9: IP-Surveillance
is less reliable than alternative technologies; for instance, the
network go down. |
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Reality: When the basis for the IP networking architecture was
developed in the 1960s and 70s, the ability to provide redundancy
was the top requirement. In the same way today, transmission links,
application servers, storage and switches can all have parallel
layers of services and alternative routes of communications. Storage
can be consolidated to secure off-site locations, and servers can
use redundant power supplies, hot-swap RAID disks, error-correcting
memory and dual network cards. This is all up to the network
designer, and although a small network will not deploy all of the
possible safety measures, choosing high-quality IT components in the
network is in any case likely to be a more reliable solution than
CCTV with VCRs or black box DVRs. And don’t forget, by using
standard server and network equipment, replacing faulty hardware
takes much less time and is less costly than with proprietary DVR
solutions.
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