Cloud Storage Drives Industrialization of HD Monitoring

At present, cloud technology is the undisputed mainstream technology. He will greatly change the current product structure of the data center and enrich the data center product line. Customers will receive more cost-effective services and experiences. In particular, the advent of the 3G era, more calculations will be implemented in the cloud, which will surely promote the advent of the cloud era, then, security vendors are ready to meet?

Cloud storage promotes the industrialization of high-definition surveillance With the changes in the network and high-definition of security video surveillance systems, especially the construction of smart cities, smart cities based on the Internet of Things, and the in-depth excavation of various industry applications, mass-scale urban scale and cross- Regional monitoring systems have a stronger need for storage capacity, scalability, stability, reliability, and management. Cloud storage through cloud computing, virtualization and other key technologies can achieve massive scale effect and elastic expansion, reduce operating costs and avoid resource waste.

In terms of storage capacity management, higher-capacity storage devices meet the rapid growth of data, and virtualized storage pools composed of PB-level data storage products can form ultra-large-scale data storage spaces to cope with massive-scale video data storage.

Massive video data has promoted the development of graphic image retrieval and intelligent analysis technology. Simply relying on manual methods to achieve supervision of massive data is undoubtedly an investment with high cost and low returns. Therefore, the massive amount of video data stored in the cloud requires a With fast retrieval of video data, through the analysis and calculation of massive data, in accordance with the desired pre-defined strategies and calculation principles, intelligent analysis algorithms can be used for video data analysis. Similarly, intelligent analysis technology can also be integrated with other technologies and work collaboratively with application systems such as the Internet of Things, alarm systems, and automation to provide the necessary basic data and decision-making basis for decision processing of various application systems.

Is the era of cloud storage coming?

The cloud storage application in security monitoring is still in the concept exploration and product initial molding stage. The main user groups are home or small business users and governments, and are equipped with mobile terminals for preview and playback to realize monitoring at any time and place. A few manufacturers have applied the concept of cloud to real projects. For example, Hikvision has implemented applications in large-scale monitoring projects such as Ping'an Changsha and Ping'an Wuhan. The users' experience and value brought about by cloud storage are also very much recognized.

For the reasons why cloud storage has not been widely used in the field of security, all manufacturers have claims.

According to Ning Lijun, manager of NVR R&D department of Beijing Hanbang Hi-Tech Digital Technology Co., Ltd., “The current market is not limited by technology, but is mainly limited by the low bandwidth and high tariffs of wireless networks.” QNAP Technologies Limited Chen Zhiquan, head of the company's product operations in China, also stated: “A company’s bandwidth price is about 3,000 yuan, and the mainland’s upload bandwidth is very slow, unlike Hong Kong and Japan. To develop cloud storage, China must first make the bandwidth even wider. universal."

In addition, “For security vendors, cloud technology provides a virtual disk space for external users, and video surveillance system manufacturers cannot control the physical structure (traditional streaming media and other file systems are basically abandoned), and their stability is totally dependent on their stability. Yu Yun technology itself, so the stability of the cloud technology itself is crucial. Data write and data read, video surveillance manufacturers need to do certain adjustments for cloud technology.” Blue Star Software Technology Co., Ltd. platform manager Yan Tingfeng Summarized.

Security companies need to wait and move, and the high-definition video surveillance system has become an irresistible trend. The same storage system will gradually tend to stability, centralized management, and distributed storage. The future needs high density. , High-performance, more meet the application, customization, easy-to-operate storage solutions, can really seize the needs of customers and technological innovation vendors will survive.

Technically speaking, it is required that the HD video stream can be compressed to a lower level without loss of image quality; the data volume increases, the number of video files increases, and video recording files required for quick positioning are improved, such as: Video condensing technology, I-frame slicing technology, etc.

In terms of management and control, it depends on whether the storage management module can continuously and securely store high-definition video.

As for the storage device itself, it is tested whether the traditional manufacturers can move closer to greater capacity, higher security, and lower storage cost.

Finally, with the increase of data volume and the accumulation and expansion of traditional equipment, it will sooner or later become a bottleneck. How the video surveillance platform integrates with cloud storage technology is also a technical challenge in the future.

Conclusion:

The business model of the security industry has changed, and the professional security operation service industry has become a service model that is currently emerging, including professional monitoring centers, protection centers, intelligent analysis service platforms, and service clouds. Security operations are oriented toward service model changes. Through the cloud security monitoring service model, no matter the industry, enterprise or individual can customize relevant professional security operation services according to their own needs, such as families, they can customize home care, elderly and child care services. Stores can be customized for security monitoring, and businesses can customize services such as process monitoring. It can be foreseen that as more and more high-definition video surveillance service applications based on massive data rely on cloud storage architecture solutions, the future application of cloud storage in the security field will be broader.