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How Will Video Surveillance Impact My Existing Network?

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Video Surveillance

TED Systems frequently gets asked questions by our customers, many of which revolve around video surveillance. We thought this would be a great opportunity to answer all of your questions in one place and provide you with a perfect go-to tip sheet for any future questions you might have.

Q: How will video surveillance impact my existing network?

Well, it all depends on a few deciding factors.

Firstly, what type of network do you have? What is the speed of the said network and what is the backbone (gigabit)?

Secondly, the type of video surveillance you are looking for will also be of importance. The number of cameras, frame rate, resolution, and images per second of said cameras, and how active you would like them to …show more content…

Based on all of the information above, TED will design a solution based on certain parameters and we will let the customer know what the bandwidth requirements are based on the solution.

Q: Can you create your own network or a VLAN to segment off your equipment?

If a company has a good IT (Information Technology) staff, they can do that for you and sometimes they can build their own physical network. If not, they can likely outsource it but may also impact the total cost of the project. TED prefers not to.

Q: What are the storage requirements of my video surveillance system?

All of the above will also impact the storage requirements. The number of days of storage you would like for your video surveillance system will also play a part in this equation. Determining the size of the recording device is also important as it could be could be an NVR (Network Video Recording) or NAS (Network Attached Storage).

Q: How many days of recording will I receive?

Like storage, this is also based on all of the above.

If you would like 100 cameras for your video surveillance system, you can determine how much storage you may need by using a storage calculator which can be supplied by TED or external

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