SSD (solid state disks) are all the rage in storage: from netbooks to laptops to arrays to IP storage.
On paper, these disks look like the best way to solve all of the storage problems: power consumption, disk performance and disk reliability.
But the catch: these disks are much more expensive than standard disks, and have far lower capacities.
On an up note, these disks can be used as part of tiered storage — aka different classes of disk for different purposes. In a single system you might combine high performance disks for same day recordings: to record the data quickly, and make it easy and fast to review the day’s footage. Then offload the data to slower, cheaper disks for a longer term archive. And after a few months move the footage to storage facilities, and turn off the live system, to save energy and reduce storage requirements by using tape. (Learn about using tape for movable storage)
So today, we are investigating which surveillance applications are a good fit for SSD, and so are our partners like Milestone. Stay tuned for our results and recommendations.
