Networked Video Storage - RAIGE Array with HyperPath
Product/Service: RAIGE Array with HyperPath
Vendor: Pivot3
Hardware or Software? Hardware product with value-added software
First Launched: April 2008
What it does? Pivot3 High-Definition Video Storage is a cost-effective, clustered, iSCSI storage system built on the Pivot3 RAIGE™ architecture. It provides highly-available, block storage for bandwidth-intensive applications such as video surveillance.
Pivot3 High-Definition storage is built using industry-standard, high-quality servers and disk drives connected via common Gigabit Ethernet. The virtual data allocation and protection architecture delivers scalable performance and data availability features typically found in systems up to three times the price.
“Increased end-user awareness and ongoing advances in technology are helping shape better products and services. The Pivot3 High-Definition Storage is bringing improvements in the scalability and performance of existing storage environments, and allows end-users to take advantage of the latest virtualization technologies.”
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Performance Throughput: 32 Gigabits per second bandwidth to the array
Interfaces: Up to 4 Gigabit Ethernet ports per Databank appliance x 8 Databanks per clustered array for 32 Gigabits of aggregated bandwidth.
Key Features and Benefits: Performance: Pivot3 supports up to 16 x the bandwidth of conventional networked storage. For the video surveillance market, the ability to support sustained video streams from thousands of cameras is critical.
Cost-Effective Solution: Pivot3 software makes a high-performance, highly available storage solution using off-the-shelf server hardware, commodity Gigabit Ethernet links and low-cost SATA disk drives from Seagate.
Reduced Power: By distributing RAID instead of mirroring data, Pivot3 improves array efficiency while providing data protection for disks, networks and even complete Databanks.
“These awards go to the best technology products every year and we are honored that the Pivot3 High-Definition Storage has gained the Network Products Guide Reader Trust. We are committed to meeting our customer needs by providing them with the best choice when it comes to their growing storage needs. Our system can accommodate thousands of analog and megapixel cameras, and can store petabytes of storage. Implemented by homeland security and public safety organizations around the world as part of large-scale video surveillance deployments, the Pivot3 High-Definition Video Storage solution reduces storage infrastructure costs by as much as 50 percent and increases the scalability and performance of existing environments.”
Lee Caswell, Founder and Chief Marketing Officer - Pivot3
Unique Capabilities: Distributed RAID: Provides linear scaling of capacity
HyperPath: Provides aggregation of Ethernet network bandwidth. Commodity hardware: Provides sustainable cost-effective solutions.
Targeted Users: Video Surveillance customers in Gaming, Homeland Security, Public Sector, Education and Transportation markets.
List Price: Databank list price is $36,000.00
Satisfied Customers: Company now has 50 customers. Key references include the Chumash Casino (Santa Ynez, CA), US Army ACG (Washington, DC), City of Long Beach (Long Beach, CA), and City of Milwaukee (Milwaukee, WI).
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