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Upgrade and Improve DVR/NVR Systems in Just Minutes
Digital Video Recorder (DVR) systems have revolutionized video surveillance. Tape storage, tape wear and failure, and human error are now greatly reduced or eliminated by storing directly to hard disk drives in DVRs.
But DVRs have their own challenges.
Reliability is a major problem for DVR/NVR users
Adding more DVRs doesn't solve the reliability or capacity problem effectively
Adding a Scalable DVR/NVR Storage Upgrade does, delivering complete storage reliability and up to 100x the capacity of unprotected DVRs
- DVR/NVR disk failures increase dramatically with extended use
- By the time a failure message is displayed on the control room monitor, video has already been lost and the retention period effectively ended
- When a DVR/NVR disk fails, not only does recording stop but earlier video may be permanently lost from the drive
- Recording remains stopped for the affected cameras until the drive or entire DVR/NVR is replaced
- Few DVR/NVR systems offer redundant components or RAID protection
Expansion capacity limits the value of recorded video for many DVR/NVR users
- DVRs are limited in storage capacity, forcing security practitioners to select lower resolution and frame rates to meet retention requirements or risk running out of room to record
- New security and business applications are unable to take advantage of recorded video, due to recording quality, resolution, frame rate and length of retention
- Limited DVR/NVR capacity can force users to record on the operating system drive, increasing risk of disk failure
- DVRs that are upgradable often prove too expensive to do so
There is an easy and affordable solution. Add an Intransa Scalable Storage Upgrade, and take full advantage of the 3Rs for DVRs!
The Intransa 3Rs for DVRs
Improve your existing DVRs while keeping your cameras, cabling and video management unchanged!
- Increase Your DVR/NVR RELIABLITY
With advanced disk drive protection using RAID 0, 1, 5 & 10 and redundant components, never lose video and keep recording even after a drive failure - Increase Your DVR/NVR RESOLUTION
Increase image quality and number of images per second to maximum DVR/NVR capabilities without running out of storage capacity - Increase Your DVR/NVR RETENTION
Increase video retention from hours, days and weeks to months or years to make more use of recorded video for security and business applications
Future-Proof Your Security Infrastructure
Surveillance Infrastructure Remains Unchanged
With Intransa Scalable DVR/NVR Storage Upgrades, just plug in and go back to work. Your existing cabling, analog and digital cameras, DVRs, and video management software continue to operate as before, unchanged.
Easy Capacity Upgrades Extend the Life of DVRs
When you need more capacity, simply and affordably add Intransa IP storage modules, without ever needing a forklift upgrade. Start with 4, 7.5, 11.25 or 15TB and grow modularly up to 1,500TB of high performance, RAID-protected and fault tolerant storage.
A Drive or Component Failure No Longer Means Lost Video
In many DVR/NVR systems, the only notification of a drive failure is a message displayed on an equipment room monitor. That message means that you have already lost video data, and that your video retention period has just been reduced!
Once your security integrator has set up your security-grade system upgrade, the Intransa Set-and-Forget Management(tm) takes over, with email or network messages to you in the event of any drive or component failure.
Drive failures are reduced by over 60% with Intransa storage compared with most DVR/NVR systems, thanks to the use of superior, server-grade disk technology. Since even the best drives can eventually fail with non-stop video recording use, Intransa's built-in failover capabilities keep your DVR/NVR system operating at full capacity should that ever occur.
Unlike unprotected DVRs, Intransa's instant notification of any drive or component failure doesn't mean a video loss. Instead, it lets the operator know that it is time to replace a drive or component, which can be done without shutting down the system thanks to Intransa's advanced hot-swap capability.
Risk Free Implementations
Installation by Intransa StorPartner Security Integrators
Intransa Scalable DVR/NVR Storage Upgrades are available for many brands of DVR/NVR systems, and exclusively from authorized Intransa StorPartner Security Integrators.
Intransa Security-Grade IP Storage Certified
Intransa scalable IP storage provides higher performance than is typical for DVR and NVR storage systems. Setup options allow the Intransa storage performance to be fine-tuned for the particular video or other application.
Intransa certifies video system manufacturers, security and systems integrators and others through our StorAlliance Technology Partner program. Many of the industry's best known vendors and promising up-and-comers participate. Certification is through Intransa's StorAlliance Technology Partner Labs in San Jose, California.
The Intransa StorAcademy delivers certification and education to security and corporate IT organizations to ensure they get the most out of high performance, scalable Intransa IP storage.