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Storage Manufacturers Enter NVR Market
by John Honovich, IPVM posted on May 15, 2010 About John Contact JohnCompetition in the NVR market is heating up with a number of new options for video surveillance professionals to consider. In the last few months, well funded startups Intransa and Pivot3 have both launched NVR solutions.
- Intransa's VideoAppliances offers IP video software pre-loaded on Intransa servers.
- Pivot3's Serverless Computing allows IP video software to be run inside their storage array using virtualization (winning ISC West Best in Show last month)
This is a major shift, as a year ago, these companies were only providing storage, requiring the use of 3rd party servers. Now, both companies are offering their own integrated sever and storage solution.
This addresses a key negative in the use of software only and is part of the general trend of appliances making a comeback in the video surveillance market. With the growth of IP video, I expect these offerings to attract serious consideration though they are unlikely to be competitive for smaller deployments and will face strong competition for very large scale sites.
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