DNF Security Unveils Falcon IP Surveillance Servers

DNF Security, a Dynamic Network
Factory (DNF) business unit and provider of mission-critical IP
surveillance solutions,  unveiled its Falcon series of
entry-level and mid-range integrated camera management servers for
organizations in need of high-performance, image/video management and
RAID-protected storage in an all-in-one system.

Eleven new models are
now available, including the Falcon 2400 system. With
capacities ranging from 2TB to 40TB, the Falcon series delivers on DNF
Security’s commitment to provide superior scalability and smaller form
factors than traditional analog digital video recorder (DVR) and
network video recorder (NVR) alternatives. All of the Falcon models
feature redundant, hot-swap components and comprehensive RAID
protection.

Each server is also designed to create near- and long-term
video archives for periods ranging from one day to half a year. In
addition, they support in excess of 1900 sustained frames per second —
far exceeding standard management software.

According to Robert Madej, product manager for DNF Security, the Falcon
series of servers is designed from the ground up to meet the demanding
requirements of surveillance applications, while freeing customers from
the proprietary constraints of conventional analog CCTV and DVR
systems. “When talking to numerous management software vendors and
system integrators, we realized they had trouble determining which
systems and servers were best suited to their environments,” said
Madej. “Although servers and storage have standard benchmarking tools,
the results don’t match well with surveillance applications, so our
engineering team developed the CAVS index, a suite of tests and tools
to offer guidance in real-world application performance.”

Each Falcon
series system has been graded with DNF’s Continuous Aggregated Video
Stream (CAVS) index to measure performance in rigorous surveillance
environments, ensuring that each appliance meets and exceeds customer
requirements.

Entry-level systems support a CAVS rating of 8 while
larger systems are rated at 110. Each appliance is designed to maximize
uptime through built-in high availability features including split
video recording, Video-lok technology, RAID, clustering, load
balancing and more. In addition, DNF offers patented storage
virtualization technology to reduce data bottlenecks for increased
efficiency.

Like all DNF Security systems, the Falcon servers also
offer:

• Support for environments of four or more cameras
• Scalability to 40 terabytes
• Best-in-class components for maximum IP and digital video performance
• High-definition disk drive certification testing for lower hard drive
  failure rates.

Available in both tower and rack-mount configurations with the highest
performing models featuring two Quad-Core Xeon processors and up to
4GB of internal memory, the DNF Security Falcon series is now available
through the company’s nationwide reseller network.

Suggested list
prices start at $2,271 for an entry-level system with up to 2TB of
storage.

Dynamic Network Factory, Inc. (DNF)