I Ntroduction - Promise Technology Vess A6600 Product Manual

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The Vess A6000 Series Storage Appliance for Video Surveillance is specially engineered for medium to large
scale IP video surveillance deployment. The Vess A6000 Series is ideally suited for continuous surveillance in
banks, malls, casinos, factories, warehouses, and similarly sized commercial, residential, governmental or private
enterprises. The subsystems are capable of continuous recording and playback operation without dropping
frames for networked installations of 64 to 150 High-Definition IP cameras.
Vess A6000 Series Storage Appliance for Video Surveillance are available with the Windows operating system,
a Video Management Software suite, and disk drives in order to streamline the installation and integration process.
The Vess A6000 Series subsystems are stand-alone devices with internal RAID storage, eliminating need for
additional servers, controllers, separate enclosures etc. The Vess A6000 Series uses a thoroughly tested and
proven RAID engine for maximum reliability, all drive bays are hot-swappable, and models are available with
redundant power supplies to ensure data safety and uninterrupted operation.
The Vess A6000 models include PCIe slots for added flexibility. The PCIe slots are suitable for video graphics
cards, video encode/decode cards, RAID cards, or other useful functions available on the PCIe platform.
Storage capacity can be scaled up by adding JBODs. Up to five JBODs can be added.
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