SoleraTec Enhancing Phoenix RSM Surveillance Software

SoleraTec
LLC has begun shipping version 6 of its Phoenix
RSM surveillance video management software.

It delivers a solution for long-term
retention needs of video surveillance systems. By integrating
online, near-line, and offline storage devices, the version 6 makes
available an efficient use of HDD capacity along with the an economic
use of offline storage such as LTO and RDX and COLDSTORE.

As organizations are demanding longer
and longer retention times -coupled with the ever increasing
megapixel resolution cameras- video storage management is becoming
more and more complex.

The company’s multi-tiered storage
management capabilities allow for video search and playback of
low-res companion files while linking to the unaltered original video
stored on offline media. 

The storage management technology
creates a connection between the low-resolution companion file on
spinning disk and the offline original video, which delivers specific
time-stamped video segments back to the operator within minutes. It
provides the tools necessary to ‘find the needle’ as surveillance
systems create video ‘haystacks.’ With this version of organizations
can save more cameras, more resolution, more frames, for more days
for less cost.

"New version 6 of Phoenix RSM
delivers the video storage management capabilities that more and more
customers are requiring," stated Mark Armstrong, CEO of
SoleraTec. "Delivering a cost effective solution to this
growing challenge is becoming key to an overall video surveillance
solution. Our 15+ years of experience in multi-tiered storage
management is allowing us to showcase this ‘save more for less’
solution."

Some of the features of Phoenix RSM
version 6 include the ability to tag comments to areas of interest
within the recorded video. This capability allows operators to
perform specific searches for comments that will display the relevant
video of interest. It also includes the ability to search against a
user-customizable set of camera descriptors (also known as metadata)
that will speed up the search function. Searching on the camera
metadata or tagging notes produce relevant search results for quicker
video playback and export.

Another feature is the support for the
ExacqVision
VMS software. Customers of ExacqVison can add behind-the-scenes
video storage management capabilities of Phoenix RSM with
multi-tiered storage management to round out a long-term video
retention solution.

Assisting in video investigations is
the export decision list feature. Instead of moving large video files
between users involved in an investigation, operators can search and
create a queue of video clips from a number of cameras. This list of
video ‘pointers’ can then be emailed to other staff members where the
list loads the video segments for review. This delivers savings on
network bandwidth, time, and productivity.

This updates supports the RDX removable
HDD technology thereby offering another offline storage option. As
with the already supported LTO jukebox and the Veracity COLDSTORE
storage array options, RDX reduces the monthly operational expense of
a video surveillance storage solution. 

"ISD is very excited to closely
partner with SoleraTec to help customers manage the enormous amount
of data that HD megapixel cameras create," stated Ian
Johnston, CEO of Innovative
Security Designs, manufacturer of megapixel IP-cameras. "By
managing this data onboard the camera, SoleraTec can effectively
manage the entire video lifecycle right from the sensor itself. 
Customers gain the advantage of managing and extending storage
capacities while reducing the total cost of the system."