Demonstrating their leadership in helping the industry transition from analogue to digital surveillance solutions, Overland and MOBOTIX have introduced the industry's easiest-to-use IP network video surveillance capture and archive solution.

The joint solution is based on the MOBOTIX IP network camera, the MOBOTIX MxControlCentre (MxCC) video management system, and Overland Storage's family of award-winning Snap Server network attached storage (NAS) appliances. The result is a completely integrated IP network video surveillance capture and archive solution offering true ‘Plug and Play' capabilities between the two brands.

The solution has been specifically designed to meet the modern IP-based needs of security and surveillance resellers serving a broad range of industries including retail shops, casino's, airports, service locations, hotels, petrol stations, car parks, apartment buildings, and homes. These customers have three things in common - they are all looking for solutions that offer high-quality images, simple management, and affordable storage.

Explaining the simplicity of the new solution, Andy Walsky, vice president of European sales at Overland Storage, said: "Once a Snap Server is plugged into the IP network, it is automatically discovered and shown on the MxCC interface. The user simply accepts the default CIFS protocol for the MOBOTIX IP cameras to write video files over the IP network to the Snap Server's local storage or selects an alternative protocol if required. Then, each camera writes its images independently to a network share configured by MxCC on the Snap Server. That's pretty much it - there's no simpler solution on the market today."

With the new solution, installers can deploy a complete and pre-tested video surveillance capture and archive solution in significantly less time than most other solutions. By eliminating much of the traditional time and expertise needed for deployment, they can bid more competitively and profitably on a wider number of tenders. Recent tests of Snap Server® storage systems in the MOBOTIX Camera Lab has shown Snap Servers to be an ideal storage solution for handling the demands from up to 80 simultaneous high resolution camera streams.

Snap Servers have a long history of being easy to manage. Built on the Linux-based Guardian OS operating system, Snap Servers support network file sharing and easily integrate into existing networks and security infrastructures on a single device, providing a safe and secure video archiving solution. Snap Servers come in a variety of sizes, from 500GB desktop units to rack mount systems that scale to 88TB of raw storage capacity, meeting a wide variety of video surveillance storage needs.