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Update Roadshow: Demystifying Storage
The document provides an overview of various storage options for Mobotix cameras, including internal NAS servers and custom servers, along with pros and cons for each type. It emphasizes the importance of selecting high-quality storage hardware and understanding RAID configurations to optimize performance and reliability. Additionally, it offers guidelines for effective management and testing of storage systems.
Update Roadshow: Demystifying Storage
- 1. Demystifying Storage MOBOTIX Tech Sessions Chris Watt www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • Asia Pacific MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 2. What are my storage options? www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 3. Storage options Internal NAS Server www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 4. Storage options -Internal ✓ Self contained, internal ✓ Wide temperature tolerance ✓ No moving parts X Limited capacity/retention X Slower export and playback X Limited life span www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 5. Storage options -NAS ✓ Lowest price per GB ✓ Designed for storage use ✓ Simple to manage X Non customisable hardware X Limited expandability X Not all created equal www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 6. Storage options -Server ✓ Fully customisable hardware ✓ Full control of operating system ✓ Large camera capacity X Generally more expensive X More complex management X License costs may apply www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 7. How do Iselect good quality storage? www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 8. Suitable hard drives • Always select high quality hard drives - Server/Enterprise/CCTV • Consumer hard drives are not designed for 24/7 use • SSD drives: read reviews www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 9. Suitable MicroSD • Check class rating • Be prepared for some failures • USB speeds are slower Class Speed x Rating 2 MB/s 13x 4 MB/s 26x 6 MB/s 40x 10 MB/s 66x www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 10. Network interface 10/100 Gigabit www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 11. Network interface Connection to: Connection to: Cameras MxCC www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 12. Network interface Link Aggregation IEEE 802.3ad Connection to: Connection to: Cameras MxCC Connection to: Network www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 13. Network interface 100+ Cameras 10 Gigabit MOBOTIX Tests 10GbE www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 14. Operating systems forservers • Choosing an operating system - What knowledge is in-house? - Customer SOE requirements? - Are your chosen parts supported? • Things to remember - Servers often require licenses - Must be managed properly www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 15. Failure pre-warning • Hard drives will fail! - S.M.A.R.T. monitoring - Built in notification of impending failure • Storage Failure Detection - Built in to camera - Post-failure only www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 16. Warranty can saveyour backside • Standard consumer product warranty - 1 year, return to base - No footage recovery options • Enterprise warranties - Multi-year, on-site or direct shipped parts - No risk to footage security - Footage not lost if recoverable www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 17. Not all hardwareis created equal Iomega Ix2 Synology DS411+ Processor Marvell Processor Intel Atom RAM 256MB RAM 1GB DDR2 Total HDDs 2 Total HDDs 4 Max. Cameras: 2 Max. Cameras: 30 www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 18. Not all hardwareis created equal Iomega Ix2 Synology DS411+ 41 MB/s Read 93.1 MB/s 22.4 MB/s Write 96.5 MB/s www.mobotix.com Iomega (RAID 1) Synology (RAID 5) MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com Source: Iomega Ix2 review • Synology DS411+ review
- 19. Appropriate hardware choices Your customer wants you to dig a 3km trench www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 20. Appropriate hardware choices Your customer wants you to dig a 3km trench www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 21. Appropriate hardware choices Your customer wants you to dig a 3km trench www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 22. Appropriate hardware choices Capable of 2 cameras Capable of 30 cameras www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
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- 24. Single camera onremote 3G connection. 7 days event based recording (~10 events per day). Solar power, power usage must be minimal. www.mobotix.com ==> Internal SD Card or USB Device MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 25. Many cameras ona node-based WiFi network 30 days recording, mixture of event + continuous Wireless traffic must be minimal to avoid lost footage www.mobotix.com ==> NAS for each node MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 26. 120 cameras, wiredon the corporate LAN 30 days recording, mixture of event + continuous Storage device must meet SOE requirements www.mobotix.com ==> Server or NAS depending on specifics MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 27. I’ve selected my hardware, now what? www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 28. What is thisRAID thing I keep hearing about? RAID 0 A1 A2 A3 A4 A5 A6 A7 A8 Disk 0 Disk 1 www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 29. What is thisRAID thing I keep hearing about? RAID 1 A1 A1 A2 A2 A3 A3 A4 A4 Disk 0 Disk 1 www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 30. What is thisRAID thing I keep hearing about? RAID 5 A1 A2 A3 Ap B1 B2 Bp B3 C1 Cp C2 C3 Dp D1 D2 D3 Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 31. What is thisRAID thing I keep hearing about? RAID 6 A1 A2 A3 Ap Aq B1 B2 Bp Bq B3 C1 Cp Cq C2 C3 Dp Dq D1 D2 D3 E! E1 E2 E3 Ep Disk 0 Disk 1 Disk 2 Disk 3 Disk 4 www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 32. What is thisRAID thing I keep hearing about? www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
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- 34. Storage Calculator Storage Requirements Planner www.mobotix.com -> Support -> Storage Requirements Planner www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 35. Allocating the availablespace • RAID reduces space - check actual remaining • NEVER allocate every last megabyte! • Allow approx. 10% space as free Free 12500MB Cam 1 37500MB Cam 3 37500MB = 1,250,000 MB Cam 2 37500MB www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 36. NFS or CIFS?Which should I use? Sun Microsystems Trust NFS Send footage to server Request to send footage No Trust Login credentials Username & Password CIFS Microsoft OK, send the files Send footage to server Logout from session www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
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- 38. Security, it’s important! www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 39. Security, it’s important! • Only give the rights absolutely required • Always create at least 2 users - MxCam | Read/Write - MxCC | Read Only • Separate device users from admin www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 40. UPS backup, evenin Australia www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
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- 42. How do Itest storage devices? www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 43. Stress testing storagedevices • 2 tests - Continuous & Event based - All tests performed at QXGA, full frame rate • Run for 2-3 months at full load • When drives are 100% full: - MxCC synchronous playback - Search and export of footage www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 44. Example: incorrectly specifiedstorage ... Network ... www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 45. Example: incorrectly specifiedstorage ... Network ... www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 46. Optimising MxCC Performance www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 47. Optimise MxCC accessto recordings • Set MxCC access direct to storage medium • User “via Camera” only when absolutely necessary - SD card is via camera only www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 48. Can we help? www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 49. NAS Testing Results(Storage Guide) NAS testing by MOBOTIX The HiRes Video Company Exus QMX 20 QMX 40 QMX 1040 QMX 1045 QMX 2085 QMX 1040+ CPU 1.8GHz Intel Atom Dual Core 1.8GHz Intel Atom Dual Core 1.8GHz Intel Atom Dual Core 2.4GHz Intel Quad Core Xeon 2.4GHz Intel Quad Core Xeon 2.4GHz Intel Quad Core Xeon Memory (RAM) 2GB 2GB 4GB 4GB 4GB 4GB Max. hard drives 2 4 4 4 8 8 Preinstalled drives 2 4 4 4 8 8 Max. raw storage size 4TB 8TB 8TB 8TB 16TB 8TB RAID support 0, 1 0, 1, 5 0, 1, 5 0, 1, 5 0, 1, 5, 6 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 Ethernet ports 2x 10/100/1000 2x 10/100/1000 2x 10/100/1000 2x 10/100/1000 2x 10/100/1000 2x 10/100/1000 Storage file system - - - - - - File transfer protocols SMB • CIFS SMB • CIFS SMB • CIFS SMB • CIFS SMB • CIFS SMB • CIFS MxRemotePreview No No No No No No Max. cameras (QXGA) 5 10 25 40 40 80 Other Notes Testing by Exus Testing by Exus Testing by Exus Testing by Exus Testing by Exus Testing by Exus • Hardware RAID Exua Iomega Netgear Overland QMX 2120+ Storcenter ix2-200 Storcenter ix4-200d ReadyNAS RNDX 4250 ReadyNAS 4200 Snap Server 210 CPU 2.4GHz Intel Quad Core Xeon 1GHz Marvell 6281 1.2GHz Marvell 6281 1GHz Embedded Intel Xeon Multi Core 1.3GHz Memory (RAM) 4GB 256MB 512MB 1GB DDRs (upgradeable) 8GB EEC 1GB Max. hard drives 12 2 4 4 12 2 Preinstalled drives 12 2 4 2 - 2 Max. raw storage size 24TB 4TB 8TB 12TB 36TB 4TB RAID support 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, 50, 60 1, JBOD 5, 10, JBOD 0, 1, 5 (with hotswap) 0, 1, 5, 6 (with hotswap) 0, 1 Ethernet ports 2x 10/100/1000 1x 10/100/1000 1x 10/100/1000 2x 10/100/1000 2x 10/100/1000 • 1x 10GB (optional) 1x 10/100/1000 Storage file system - - - ext3 ext3 - File transfer protocols SMB • CIFS CIFS/SMB • NFS CIFS/SMB • NFS CIFS/SMB • NFS CIFS/SMB • NFS CIFS/SMB • NFS MxRemotePreview No No No No Possible (untested) No Max. cameras (QXGA) 80+ 2 - 15 100+ 6 Other Notes Testing by Exus • Hardware RAID STILL UNDER TEST STILL UNDER TEST Test performed with 10GBE link Tested to MEGA only www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • Suite 4.08, 55 Miller Street • Sydney, Australia • Tel: +61 2 8507 2008 • au-support@mobotix.com * Information accurate at time of production. MOBOTIX takes no responsbility for changes to specifications or hardware by other manufacturers. Test results compiled based on standard testing procedure, explanation available from MOBOTIX on request (intl-support@mobotix.com). Please check the specifications of your chosen device prior to purchase. Some devices may have been superceded since testing was completed. MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
- 50. Local support, herefor you +61 2 8507 2005 au-support@mobotix.com www.mobotix.com MOBOTIX AG • The HiRes Video Company • Sydney, Australia • www.mobotix.com
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