Intransa Video Storage Rated "Excellent" by IPVS Labs
Most Scalable, Highest Performing, Only Fully Security-Friendly Solution
ATLANTA, Georgia / SAN JOSE, California — September 17, 2008
Intransa, the global leader of shared, scalable and simple external IP storage solutions, announced that the company has achieved an “excellent” rating and is certified and approved by IPVS Labs, the technical division of IPVS Magazine.
IPVS Magazine Labs has ranked the Intransa StorStac System as “excellent” and highly recommended for all video surveillance installations with “superior” ratings for management, “excellent” performance and a “near perfect” rating for both scalability and reliability.
“Companies that have been honored with excellent IPVS Magazine rankings have made a deep-rooted commitment to interoperable solutions for the physical security market,” says Keven Marier, editor in chief of IPVS Magazine. “Probably nothing differentiates a product or solution more than the superior technologies behind it making them suitable for today's needs while pro-actively being ready for tomorrow too.”
IPVS Magazine Labs found Intransa StorStac to be the only one of seven IP storage area networks (SANs) examined to offer a security-friendly graphical user interface management tool, making it much easier to set-up and administer for physical security professionals. The IPVS Magazine Labs recommend Intransa products for several market scenarios including new installations, retro-fits, technology refreshes and remodels.
“With a manufacturers suggested retail price of $1,625TB for a complete 4 terabyte (TB) system, Intransa's StorStac is less expensive than adding fixed, captive storage to a single DVR,” notes Jeff Whitney, vice president of marketing for Intransa. “For that price Intransa brings increased reliability, the highest performance and the most capacity of any storage solution to video surveillance. As configurations grow and prices decrease customers will benefit even further.”
For new installations Intransa StorStac configurations start with as little as 2TB, making StorStac ideal for applications at the edge, recording directly from IP cameras or supporting one or more DVRs and NVRs for 30 days of average retention.
For retrofits, technology refreshes and remodels, Intransa's StorStac storage can support existing infrastructures ranging from analog cameras, DVRs, cabling, and software, while adding support for IP storage, network cameras, access control systems, life safety systems, video analytics, physical security management systems and other applications. Intransa's StorStac protects existing investments by adding IP support without risk. Even NVRs can be added, allowing customers to continue to leverage their DVRs and analog devices while gaining the benefits of IP.
With total capacity of 1.5 petabytes (PB)/1,500TB in a single system, security practitioners have virtually unlimited expandability ranging from a few days through years of retention capacity that can be added as needed, without rewiring. In the competitive analyst section of the IPVS Magazine Labs report, Intransa storage is rated as high performing, offering modular growth from 200 to 3,000 MBs throughput, supporting many devices, including a dozen or thousands of megapixel cameras.
“Intransa's StorAlliance Technology Labs test and certify physical security and IT products for integration with our IP storage products,” said Manqing Liu, director of technical marketing and manager of the Intransa lab facility which has completed certification of more than 100 vendor applications integrated with Intransa IP storage. “It is really gratifying when another independent facility like IPVS Magazine Labs confirms that our products, such as StorStac, are the most scalable, highest performing and only truly security-friendly offering on the market today. We accomplished all of this by strictly adhering to open IP and advanced RAID standards rather than developing proprietary, single-vendor solutions.”
The complete IPVS Magazine Labs review on Intransa's products can be downloaded FREE of charge from www.Intransa.com, and is also available from Intransa StorPartner Security Integrators worldwide.
Intransa's shared external IP storage systems are offered by leading integrators around the world as part of the StorPartner Security Integrator program and are on display with eleven Intransa StorAlliance partners at ASIS. All have completed Intransa's Security-Grade IP Video Storage certification. Booth numbers where partners are demonstrating their products integrated with Intransa IP storage for physical security requirements include: Booth 541, shared with co-exhibitors Veracity USA and VideoProtein, Booth 1500 with AMAG Technology, Inc., Booth 2211 with ADT featuring Cisco with Intransa equipment integrated, Booth 1526 with Diebold, Incorporated, Booth 1247 with Exacq Technologies, Booth 548 with JDS Digital Security Systems, Booth 511 with Milestone Systems, Booth 1449 with On-Net Surveillance Systems, Booth 4856 with Phoenix IVS and Booth 5155 with VidSys, Inc.
Whitney and Intransa executives Bud Broomhead, CEO, and Alan Rowe, CTO, are participating in the ASIS event and will be available to meet those interested in the latest trends and opportunities in physical security, working from Intransa Booth 541. Those coming by the booth have the opportunity to enter the daily draw of an Apple iTouch, as there is more than one way to store video. To pre-schedule a meeting, contact Intransa at or call 866.446.8726.
About Intransa
Intransa, Inc. delivers installer-ready server and storage infrastructure platforms, purpose-built for the demands of physical security. Our ground-breaking technology lowers cost and eliminates the complexity and ongoing support challenges of integrating commodity servers and storage, while slashing energy consumption and increasing reliability. Customers also leverage our expertise, learned through the installation and support of thousands of our platforms in demanding physical security projects, with our unmatched services and support.
We've been named a Security Industry Association's New Product Showcase winner, a Homeland Security Award recipient, New Product of the Year at ASIS International in 2009 and 2011, and a Top 30 Technology Innovation of 2009.
Our customers deploy our optimized infrastructure platforms for their physical security needs across retail, public safety, gaming and hospitality, corrections, financial services, transportation, hospitals and medical centers, managed service providers, manufacturers, Native American organizations, colleges and school districts, utilities, and a variety of municipal, county, state and federal government users.
For more information about Intransa infrastructure platforms and services, or to locate an authorized distributor or certified integrator or dealer around the world, please visit us at www.intransa.com or www.intransablog.com.
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