Mega Surveillance System Controls a Whopping 64 Video Input Channels at D1 Quality Intel® Architecture powers Nexcom DSS464* high-density blade server
Abstract: Who is Nexcom* International?
Nexcom designs, manufactures, and markets a full range of industrial PC products, including high-performance and high-density blade servers, fail-over & fault-tolerance CTI platforms, slim servers, single board computers, CompactPCI, embedded computers, and network security appliances.
The Nexcom* DSS464 blade server is a high-density, high-performance platform for digital security surveillance (DSS) solutions used in large venues such as airports, casinos, convention centers, and hotels. Supporting up to 64 video input channels in a 4U chassis, the Nexcom DSS464 uses PCI Express* for powerful I/O throughput and high-performance Intel® architecture to deliver D1 video quality.
The Problem:
While today's digital technology enables a single solution to run multiple cameras, most platforms lack the I/O throughput, port count and performance to scale into large venues. Typical PCs and rack-mount servers offer only a few camera ports per device, which means large-scale surveillance deployments require several devices that involve complex cabling and costly power and maintenance support. Even more troubling: most digital platforms can't support the video compression or I/O throughput needed to run today's most robust surveillance solutions using human dynamics surveillance (HDS) technology.
The Challenge:
To confront today's security risks, the DSS industry needs scalable hardware platforms that meet a very high performance threshold. The ideal solution includes a high port count to power several cameras simultaneously, speedy I/O bandwidth for streaming real-time video, and powerful processing for D1 video quality and compression. Packaging all of those elements into a single, space-efficient and cost-effective platform is a design challenge.
The Solution:
Nexcom applied its expertise in blade system platform design to come up with a high-density/high-performance solution for DSS applications. Working closely with DSS expert huperLab, Nexcom developed the HS416 – a 4U chassis – that supports up to eight blades to power 64 cameras in a single platform. Offering tremendous scalability and greater capacity in a smaller form factor than rack-mount or PC-based solutions, the Nexcom DSS464 blade server keeps power consumption low even with increased port density.
Why Intel?
Nexcom uses dual Intel® Xeon® processors with the Intel® E7520 chipset on each blade in its HS416 chassis to achieve the performance needed for video compression and D1 quality images. Integrated PCI Express support enables Nexcom to achieve the necessary throughput to stream real-time video from up to 64 cameras from a single device.
Results:
Nexcom, huperLab and Intel introduced this mega surveillance system at SecuTech* in Taiwan in April 2005. The proof-of-concept demonstration showed how the DSS industry can efficiently apply HDS technology in large venues without complex set-up or high operational costs.
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