Quantum allows law enforcement agencies to invest more in other surveillance tools by saving money on storage. Learn more: Learn More at quantum.com/videosurveillance

1. 1500 CAMERAS on-body &
dash cameras generate
the AVERAGE COST
per TERABYTE of
Primary Storage is
2.3GB/HOUR | 18.4GB/SHIFT
1 PETABYTE OF VIDEO CONTENT
On-body Camera Data Breakdown
the AVERAGE COST
per TERABYTE of
Intelligent Tape is only
$200
240 TERABYTES
PRIMARY STORAGE
4.2 PETABYTES
ACTIVE/ARCHIVE LTO-7
Data transparently and automatically migrates after 30 DAYS
1 TERABYTE OF VIDEO
BY USING QUANTUM’S INTELLIGENT
TIERED STORAGE APPROACH FOR VIDEO SURVEILLANCE
AND PHYSICAL SECURITY
$300,000
4 hours a day per 1 officer a year
generates over 1TB of video data
for the City of Calgary Police Force
which easily adds up to more than
it only takes 12 officers
14 days to reach this threshold
& there are 1500 officers in the Calgary Police Force
The Calgary Police Force saved
RETENTION
POLICY
all video files
if used in court
if a serious crime
if involved in terrorism
On-body &
Dash Cam
Video Scalar®
i6000
LTO Partitioned
Library
StorNext®
Primary Storage
Off-site/
On-site
Vault
13 mo
7 yrs
20 yrs
40 yrs
PRIMARY TAPE
$
HOW CALGARY POLICE
STORES 4 PETABYTES OF VIDEO
SURVEILLANCE DATA
TIERED STORAGE APPROACH
Users have direct access to content no matter what
storage tier it’s saved on — It takes less than 2 mins
to begin streaming a file from tape
NO IT, NO WAITING,
NO EXTRA COSTS
2:00
Quantum allows law enforcement agencies
to invest more in other surveillance tools by saving
money on storage.
Learn More at quantum.com/videosurveillance
ST01687A-v03
$1000
to $1500
per year