Guaranteed Video Storage Calculation? Iomnis

Author: John Grocke, Published on Aug 20, 2013

Calculating video storage can be daunting, presenting a dilemma for integrators: underestimate storage and then eat the cost or specify too much storage and risk losing the project with too high a bid. One video storage supplier, Iomnis, claims to solve this problem with a money-back guarantee that video storage calculations will be correct when using their design tool and hardware. In this note, we look at how they do this and whether it is a good deal.

Iomnis *********

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Iomnis ********* ** ******

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Guarantee ***** ** ***** *******

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*** ******* ****** ****** ** *** ********** *** ***** **** (14fps) *** ********* ** ~*.***/*, ***** ** **** ****** ****.

******, *** **********'* ************** ** ******* ** ***** ******* (*.*., there ** ** ****** ** ****** ****** ** ** ****** quality/compression ******). *** **** **** *************** ******* ** ** *** guarantee.

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Optimizer **** ***********

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*** ****** ********* *** **** *****, ****** ******* ***** ***** *** *** of ***** ******* ********, ***** ***** ** ********* *** ** integrator ******* ** ** * **** ********.

Iomnis ******** & *********

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****** *** ****** ******

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Field **********

** ** **********, * **** ****** ** * ~*** ****** ******* with ** ***** ******. ***** *** * ******* ***** *** Iomnis, ******** ** ***** **** *******, *** ****** ******* *** up *****. ********* ** ** **********'* ******** ***** **** ****, the ******* ** ******* **-**%. ****** *** **** ***** *** operating ****** ** *** ******, *** **** ***-******* *** *** software ** * ******* ** ******** ** *** **** ** order ***** *** **** ** ********** *****. ***** **** ********* the ******* *** *********** *** ********* ********, *** ******* ******* ready ** ** ********* ** *** ****. ****** *** **** to ******* ****** **** ******* *** ***** ************ ************ **** what * *** ******** **** ****.

Is *** ********* ***** **?

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Comments (7)

Luis Carmona

IPVMU Certified | 08/20/13 06:05pm

**** ** ****, "* ******** * *** **** **** *****!" Well, ** ****** ** * ***** **** ***** ** **** the ***** ********* *** ****** ***** ***** ***** ** *** for **, **'** ****. * ****'* ********* *'* **** *** what *** ****** *** **.

Marc Pichaud

08/20/13 08:20pm

*** ****** **** ******** **** **** ********* **** ** ****'* planned :

- *************** ** **** *** ********* : ******** *** *** cameras ******* ********** ***** ** ** ***/** *** *** ******* with ** **** ****** *****...***** **** ***'* ******** *** ******* way (**** ******* *****

- ***** ********** ** ********* ** ****** ********* .. (*** to ***** ******** *** *** *********** ** ***** ** *****)

****** ** *** ****, ** ******* *** ***** ** **** estimate ** ** ** % ***** *****, *** *** *** it , ** ********. ** **** **** ** *** ****, money ***'* ******** *** **** ** *** ***.

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** ******, ** **** ** ******* **** *** ******** ******** in *** " ********* ************ **************** " ** *** ***** texts, ****** ***** ******* *** ******** ****** ***** ** ********** maintenance (******* ************ ***** ****** **** )

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Ethan Ace

IPVM | 08/20/13 08:29pm

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Jason Clement

08/21/13 01:46pm

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** * **** **** ******** **** ** **** **** *** VMS *********, *** *** *** ** ****** **** ***** ** that *** * *** ***** **** *** *** ***** *** horribly ********. ***

Andrew Bowman

08/22/13 12:17pm

**** ****** **.

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Undisclosed Integrator #1

09/12/13 02:00pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | 09/12/13 02:49pm

*** *** ****** **** *** ****** *** ** / '****' drive ************ ******* ** '**** **** *******'? * ** **** trying ** ********** *** *****.

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