VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications Table of Contents Copyright..............................2 Trademarks ............................2 Table of Contents ............................3 1 General Information .............................5 1.1 Surveillance Market Trend ........................5 1.1.1 Executive Summary .........................5 1.1.2 Ready to Go IP?..........................5 1.1.3 Megapixel and HD Camera ......................6 1.2 Surveillance in a Total Solution ........................7 1.2.1 Your Reliable Storage for Surveillance ....................7 1.2.2 Comprehensive Product Coverage for Video Surveillance..............7 1.2.3 Video Surveillance Storage Product Lineup ..................8 2 About PROMISE............................9 2.1 Quick Facts about PROMISE ........................9 2.1.1 Introduction............................9 2.1.2 Technology Milestones ........................9 2.1.3 Core Technology – Superior RAID Technology ..................11 2.1.4 Product & Solution Coverage......................12 2.2 PROMISE Quality System ........................15 2.2.1 ISO Certifications...........................15 2.2.2 Phase Gate Development Processes....................15 2.2.3 End to End Quality Ownership ......................15 3 SMB Storages for Midrange Video Surveillance ....................16...
VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications 1 General Information 1.1 Surveillance Market Trend 1.1.1 Executive Summary It’s all about your security. Whether property, assets, or even people’s lives, we at PROMISE understand that you sell security – and in video surveillance security means 100% reliability. This can only be achieved by finding the right solution for the right customer. So, how do you ensure that you deliver the best packages? It’s a big question when dealing with a bewildering array of surveillance packages that include host recording systems like DVR or NVR, cameras, storage arrays and operating software with technical support. There are so many choices that finding an answer can seem impossible. What kind of camera is good for home use? And how many cameras do we need in the office? Is H.264 or MPEG4 compressed video evidence recognized by law? And which protocol best fits video recording? SCSI? Gigabit Ethernet? eSATA? Or USB? ...
VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications As in all technological walks of life, digital is rapidly taking over analogue in the surveillance industry. IP‐based cameras are gaining popularity. H.264/AVC has already become the mainstream data compression technology. And network infrastructure is set to be king. Choosing an IP based solution means finding a better way in the beginning. 1.1.3 Megapixel and HD Camera A number of manufacturers have begun to promote megapixel cameras business as it represents more profit and competitive advantage compared to analog. While analog cameras have no more than 400,000 pixels, all megapixel cameras (including HD) have one million or more pixels. HD is a type of megapixel camera. All HD cameras are megapixel but not all megapixel cameras are HD. There are some key differentiators to identify both, but the easiest one is the video format each can present. HD video format is 1920x1080 or 1280x720 while megapixel video format can be numerous. There is no clear cut telling which one is better because as in a variety of deployment environments everything depends. ...
VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications 1.2 Surveillance in a Total Solution 1.2.1 Your Reliable Storage for Surveillance Video surveillance’s goal is to help people safeguard their properties, assets, and life safety. The common challenge in all video surveillance deployments, either large or small, is not only to decide proper interconnected components required for recording but also find appropriate data storages where all surveillance video can be kept in a secured database for later retrieval and review. Once an incident strikes, a well‐preserved video archive can provide enough analytical visibility to the viewers to profile and detail all possible security threats that had occurred in widespread surveillance check points. It is therefore important to realize that storage is not simply a space provided to store video stream, but a safe data center in which reliability and capability greatly matters when it comes to surveillance video protection. 1.2.2 Comprehensive Product Coverage for Video Surveillance PROMISE Technology has designed and manufactured sophisticated RAID solutions for more than 21 years. Catering to small, midsize, and large scale video surveillance requirements, our profound knowledge and dedication means that we can produce storage requirements for all levels of need. For entry level users we can provide comprehensive storage solutions, including NAS and DAS appliances for 1 to 16 camera installation bases. For SMBs, we offer host‐based RAID controllers for internal and external disk drive connections from 16 to 64 cameras. And for large scale enterprises we can deploy high available standalone RAID subsystems for more than thousands of ...
VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications 2 About PROMISE 2.1 Quick Facts about PROMISE 2.1.1 Introduction Founded in San Jose, CA, USA in 1988 Established Taiwan office in 1991, and listed in Taiwan Stock Exchange in 2002 (3057.TW) 22 Years experience in RAID storage field Shipped 16 million PROMISE RAID core worldwide (including RAID chip, RAID Controller cards, Subsystem and Software license) Worldwide offices: USA, Taiwan, China, Japan, Netherlands, Germany, Italy and UK Over 450 employees worldwide, over 40% R&D 2.1.2 Technology Milestones It takes a unique vision to become a market leader. As the world’s leading RAID solutions provider, the PROMISE vision began with the recognition that by combining hardware, software, firmware and vertical applications’ design capability in house, PROMISE could more rapidly deliver versatile data storage solutions. This market transformation coupled with our technological innovations has continued throughout our 20+ year legacy in the global storage market. PROMISE has always been a pioneer that created numerous world firsts with leading market share in the storage industry. With new storage technologies continually evolving and reshaping the market trend, PROMISE is always able to bring that essence into our solutions and benefit our users through professional evaluation and strong execution. 2010 FC/iSCSI‐to‐SAS/SATA RAID6 external storage system(VessRAID 1000f Series) 2009 ...
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VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications 2‐bay NAS Storage Announcement (SmartStor NS2300N) 2007 generation iSCSI‐to‐SATA 3G external storage system (VTrak M‐Class) FC‐to‐SAS/SATA 3G Enterprise Class RAID (VTrak E‐Class) 4x SAS wide‐to‐SAS/SATA 3G Enterprise Class RAID (VTrak E‐Class) 4‐bay NAS Storage Certified by Digital Living Network Alliance, DLNA (SmartStor NS4300N) 2006 4x SAS wide‐to‐SAS/SATA 3G Enterprise Class JBOD (VTrak J‐Class) 2005 2nd generation iSCSI‐to‐SATA 3G external storage system (VTrak M‐Class) FC‐to‐SATA 3G external storage system (VTrak M‐Class) SATA 3G HBAs 2004 SATA controllers ‐ RAID and non RAID 15‐drive bay iSCSI‐to‐SATA RAID 5 external storage system (VTrak 15200) Serial ATA 1.5G with extension and 3G RAID controllers ...
VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications 2.1.4 Product & Solution Coverage VTrak Enterprise Storage with Fiber Channel SAS or iSCSI connections The PROMISE VTrak E‐Class RAID subsystem is a High Availability RAID solution developed to meet the needs of enterprises using mission critical and creative applications. Enterprise customers that require the highest levels of performance and availability can choose from our VTrak storage subsystems which offer either complete end to end SAS based RAID and JBOD solutions for DAS connectivity or a Fibre Channel based solution for SAN based storage. The VTrak E‐Class supports Active‐Active, dual‐controller and fail‐over capabilities, which assures enterprise users a “no single point of failure” storage environment. Moreover, the VTrak E‐Class truly shines in video environments by delivering consistent low latency performance without frame dropping. When used in film and video postproduction, users can scale performance and capacity to support large scale, uncompressed HD workflows. VessRAID SMB Storage with SAS or iSCSI connectors VessRAID storage subsystems provide small to medium business and organizations of all sizes a cost‐effective way to keep data online longer, while allowing fast access and reliable data protection. The VessRAID storage system is able to handle today's high‐capacity storage requirements for video surveillance, unstructured data, disk‐to‐disk backup and still meet the strenuous backup requirements necessary for business continuity. With its low‐cost expansion capabilities and a complete product lineup in FC, iSCSI and SAS host interfaces, the VessRAID system is ideal for any industry confronting the need to provide a reliable, energy‐efficient and secure method for the long‐term storage of data. For business requiring connection throughput the Fiber Channel series provides best‐of‐breed features over competitive solutions as it not only delivers high‐performance ...
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VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications IP‐based applications. All VessRAIDs come with our innovative One‐Plug‐Auto‐Service (OPAS). Through one USB stick, customers can do auto script configuration for minimal installation fuss, hassle free firmware upgrading, and system maintenance, diagnostics and troubleshooting. The VessRAID family also features GreenRAID™, an energy efficient 80PLUS power supply that allows the system to power on from standby mode to run user‐scheduled tasks such as backups and archives by leveraging its comprehensive power scheduling capabilities. This reduces your costs and environmental footprint by allowing system downtime without compromising your operations. VessRAID’s green features can provide annual cost savings of up to 70% over competitive solutions. SuperTrak / FastTrak RAID Controller/ Server, Workstation and Desktop PROMISE has been the leading brand of HBA market to worldwide Tier‐1 OEM customers for more than 15 years. For system builders, PROMISE offers a complete line of storage HBAs for desktops, workstations and enterprise class servers. From single to multiple drives, Non‐RAID to RAID, 3Gb/s to 6Gb/s, PROMISE can offer a product to meet your capacity, performance, data protection and availability needs. SmartStor NAS and DAS/ SOHO Storage and Digital Home For both SOHO and Home applications, the SmartStor NAS and DASproduct lines offer comprehensive solutions. Our NAS range comes with DLNA certification, guaranteeing total interoperability between your various media devices. This means that you can access movies and music stored on the NAS directly from your HDTV, game console or Hi‐Fi system. What’s more, families can remotely share all media types across the Internet, ...
VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications 3 SMB Storages for Midrange Video Surveillance 3.1 Product Introduction 3.1.1 Vess Family Overview VessRAID FC RAID Storage Systems Fiber Channel’s dominance for applications requiring high substantial bandwidth in the market still remains high as it provides improved application response times, increased throughput and of course data uptime reliability. For businesses that are always committed to use Fiber Channel storage network, VessRAID allows them to upgrade their existing data storage infrastructures at lower costs. Best of all, the product is a unified networked storage design that supports file and block level data transfer via IP and Fiber Channel ports. The multiprotocol‐support VessRAID is a unified platform making network‐attached storage (NAS) and storage‐area network (FC and iSCSI) data transport possible in one system. VessRAID iSCSI RAID Storage Systems iSCSI as host interface for storage systems become more and more popular. Four iSCSI channels makes it possible to transfer block data between servers and VessRAID storage systems via four Ethernet LAN lines simultaneously. This bandwidth makes VessRAID ideal for using in Storage Area Networks (SANs) as well as centralized storage system for several servers or other iSCSI targets, like cameras. VessRAID iSCSI systems support also Network Attached Storage (NAS) functionality. With four 1‐Gigabit Ethernet interfaces the storage systems will be bounded into an existing network and offer a huge file system to Windows, Linux and Apple users. VessRAID SAS RAID Storage Systems Serial Attached SCSI interfaces (SAS) are the technological follower of the proven parallel SCSI interface and is today‘s standard for high performance connectivity between host ...
VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications 3.2 System Features and Highlights 3.2.1 RAID Storage System FC SAN storage with two ports of Fiber Channel 8Gbps and two ports of Gigabit Ethernet interfaces for multiple protocols access iSCSI SAN storage via four ports of Gigabit Ethernet for block level storage area network storage and file level network attached storage Direct Attached Storage with dual host interfaces of serial attached SCSI Offers a comprehensive and cost‐effective storage solution for SMBs to enhance business potentials at a lower price point while improving overall IT capital and operational efficiency. 2U / 3U rackmount versions 3.2.2 Features and Highlights VessRAID 1000f Series Perfect for 256 to 512 surveillance camera range Up to 1300MB/s sequential bandwidth SAS/SATA 6Gb/s* or 3Gb/s drive support in a robust 3U chassis Dual‐port FC 8Gb and dual‐port iSCSI 1Gb Ethernet access with link aggregation and jumbo frames support FCP, iSCSI, SMB/CIFS, NFS, FTP support Filed‐proven RAID 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60 Wake‐on‐LAN and Auto Restart once power resumes after blackout ...
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VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications *Initiator still runs at 3Gb/s mode Download VessRAID 1000f Series Datasheet VessRAID 1000i Series Perfect for 64 to 128 surveillance camera range Up to 250MB/s sequential bandwidth SAS/SATA 6Gb/s* or 3Gb/s drive support in a robust 2U or 3U chassis Quad‐port 1Gb Ethernet access with link aggregation and jumbo frames support iSCSI, SMB, CIFS, NFS, and FTP support Filed‐proven RAID 0, 1, 1E, 3, 5, 6, 10, 30, 50, 60 Wake‐on‐LAN and Auto Restart once power resumes after blackout Surveillance Video Data Remote Replication : Client‐to‐Host Volume Clone, Box‐to‐Box Mirror USB service for easy management and maintenance: systeminfo retrieval, firmware upgrading, quick installation, and password resetting UPS support via USB Energy Savings: Single/Dual 80PLUS power supply, MAID 2.0 full level, Advanced Power Scheduling enables scheduled power usage Microsoft Active Directory Support Scale up to 112 Hard Disk Drive through VessJBOD Expansion units Embedded web‐based management GUI via Ethernet – WebPAM PROe ...
VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications 4 Warranty 4.1 Limited Warranty Promise Technology, Inc. (“Promise”) warrants that for three (3) years from the time of the delivery of the product to the original end user except for one (1) year warranty on the battery backup unit: a) the product will conform to Promise’s specifications; b) the product will be free from defects in material and workmanship under normal use and service. This warranty: a) applies only to products which are new and in cartons on the date of purchase; b) is not transferable; is valid only when accompanied by a copy of the original purchase invoice; d) is not valid on spare parts. This warranty shall not apply to defects resulting from: a) improper or inadequate maintenance, or unauthorized modification(s), performed by the end user; b) operation outside the environmental specifications for the product; accident, misuse, negligence, misapplication, abuse, natural or personal disaster, or maintenance by anyone other than a Promise or a Promise authorized service center. ...
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VessRAID 1000f, 1000i, 1000s Series Product Guide For Video Surveillance Applications About PROMISE Technology, Inc. With a long history of innovation, PROMISE Technology develops and manufactures sophisticated RAID solutions recognized worldwide, ranging from a complete line of RAID controller cards to FC/iSCSI/SAS/SATA RAID subsystems. Catering to enterprise, mid‐range, entry‐level consumer data protection needs, PROMISE products are ...