Technological Innovations for Home Entertainment & Video Storage

Presented by

Part 1 NAS• Why is Storage Important?• What is a NAS? (Network Attached Storage)• How NAS can increase your sales?• “Private Cloud” vs “Public Cloud”Part 2 RAID & Drives• RAID• Hard DrivesPart 3 NVR• Linux embedded NVR

Objectives

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World-Class Network Storage• According to a market research conducted by Gartner• QNAP is the No. 1 supplier of standalone NAS products in the

sub-$5,000 price band in terms of vendor revenue by raw terabytes shipped.

QNAP: No. 1 supplier of standalone NAS 

products

Who uses QNAP?

•Steve Madden•BMW•Rolls Royce•Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas•TV stations & Broadcasting Service Providers•Fast & Furious 6

WHY STORAGE IS IMPORTANT?ADI sells on average 500 cameras a day ….

NAS Part 1 

Megapixel = Higher Storage

0

5

10

15

20

25

30

35

VGA720P1080P3M5M

Weekly Monthly Half Year 1 Year

Resolution Codec FPS Weekly Monthly Half Year 1 Year

VGA H.264 30 41.1GB 175.9GB 1.06TB 2.14TB

720P H.264 30 118.7GB 508.7GB 3.05TB 6.19TB

1080P H.264 30 263.1GB 1.12TB 6.77TB 13.72TB

3M H.264 30 398.4GB 1.70TB 10.24TB 20.77TB

5M H.264 30 621.4GB 2.66TB 15.98TB 32.40TB

6x More Storage Needed !

Network Storage = Effective Storage Solution

24TB4TB1080P

8TB

4 days

1 week

1080P 64GB

> 7 months of storage (128x)

> 2 months of storage (6x)

WHAT IS A NAS? Network Attached Storage

You Probably already use a NAS ! NAS

What is NAS?

Smart TVWindows Apple MacIP Camera iOS & Android

Centralize ! Share !

NAS

•Network Attached Storage•Centralize file storage across different devices•Share through Internet

How Much Capacity? NAS•Total Size = drive number x drive size•Drive sizes = 2TB, 3TB, 4TB… etc

•2 x 2TB = 4TB

•4 x 3TB = 12TB

•6 x 3TB = 18TB

•16 x 4TB = 64TB

With RAID Redundancy•16 x 4TB - 4TB = 60TB

1. How much usable space is in this system loaded with 2TB drives (no redundancy)?

A. 12 x 2TB = 24TBB. 16 X 2TB -2TB = 30TBC. 16 X 2TB = 32TB

Knowledge Check #1

VIDEO SURVEILLANCENAS as Storage for

Surveillance Storage

• NAS as Storage for 3rd party VMS server or NVR

Camera StorageVMS

NAS

NAS

Connect NAS to VMS NAS

1. Map Drive to PC

2. Point to VMS

Surveillance Storage

Camera NAS StorageVMS

NAS + Axis IP Camera

• Easy to Install• Reduce the cost (No VMS+ license fee !)

NAS

Auto Configuration!

HOW NAS CAN INCREASE YOUR EXISTING SALE !

Wait…. There’s MORE !

Evolution of Smart Devices NAS

Evolution of Smart Devices NAS

Build Your Private Cloud! NAS

From 2TB to 200TB !

How to Choose a “Storage” NAS

How much stuff (Size)

How many Users (IOPS)How Efficient (Throughput)How Customizable (File system/Apps)

How to Choose a Good NAS?

More Features = More RMR = More Profit !

Installed with better hard drives?

Industrial grade quality & reliability?

Control 4 certified?

Feature A, B, C, … (for my applications)

NAS

1. What’s makes a good NAS unit?A. Bundled with NAS or Enterprise/Storage grade hard disksB. provide dealers more features services to offer to customer C. Can be used for both video surveillance & home multimediaD. All of above

Knowledge Check #2

DATA SHARING & BACKUPApplications. Example #1

Synchronization among Multiple Platforms

Centralize & Share

• Everything in today’s digitized world needs to be stored & shared• Share with multiple persons & devices • Cross different platforms -Windows®, Mac®, and Linux®

NAS

Back up PC & Mac 

•Schedule Backup•Real-Time file Backup

NAS

Backup Apple  via Time Machine

Back up to Cloud NAS

•USB Local backup•3rd Party Cloud backup

Off-Site Back Up  NAS

• 2-way Synchronization !• Improves collaboration between 2 offices• Fast Disaster recovery

1. How do I backup data for customer who uses Apple computer?A. Install a 3rd party backup software on MacB. Copy & Paste critical files to NASC. Use Apple Time Machine and select NAS as backup destination

Knowledge Check #3

MULTIMEDIA STORAGEApplications. Example #2

Multimedia Storage NAS

• Stream music, videos, and photos from NAS to DLNA/UPnP digital devices• HDTV, Smart TV sets, Sony® PS3, Microsoft® Xbox 360 and Hi-Fi system

DLNA

AirPlay

Multimedia Player via HDMI NAS

Built-in XBMC* media player Surf the web with Google Chrome browser• Extend YouTube experience• Turn your mobile into a remote

* Xbox Media Center

Control4 Certified NAS NAS

SDDP -Simple Device Discovery Protocol

Integrated with Control4 Remote

Synchronize media library in real time• Cover-art• Synopsis• Title• Director/actor • Genre….etc

“PRIVATE CLOUD” VS “PUBLIC CLOUD”

Potential risk for Public Cloud

• Security concerns?

• Monitoring by government (NSA global surveillance with Edward Snowden)

• Increasing cost - annually $499 / (500GB/year)

• Paid by numbers of accounts

NAS

Costly Is Public Cloud Affordable?Third Party Services

• Amazon S3: 1TB—$1140 Yearly

• ElephantDrive: 1TB—$1030 Yearly

• Dropbox: 500GB—$499 Yearly

NAS

• Bigger than Dropbox!• No Annual Fee• Control your  “Private Cloud”• OWN your Data

1. Which Devices can access files on my NAS?A. Samsung Smart TVB. Android TabletC. PlayStationD. Apple ComputerE. Axis Communications IP cameraF. All of above

2. What is the role of NAS in home entertainment?A. A media serverB. A media playerC. Both

Knowledge Check #4

Part 2

RAIDWhat is RAID ? | Capacity | RAID Types

Hard DrivesType & Applications| How to Choose?

Hard Drives Types and Capacity

Hard Drives

Quality and Compatibility

• Quality vs Price Why there are always some systems with the hard drives installed,

are sold at such low price? (2TB about $150 MSRP)

• Which drives are compatible with my storage system? Always check the compatibility list on manufacturer’s website Or buy the pre-configured/ hard drives installed SKU sold by

manufacturer

* Be aware of what kind of hard drives they are using !!!

Hard Drives

• Performance:– Power-on hours: 24x7 vs. 8x5

• Error recovery controls • ATA streaming• Vibration Tolerance• Reliability • Internal vs. External file transfer

•NAS vs. Desktop HDDs

Why Not Desktop HDD?

VS.

Hard Drives

•Performance vs. Drive Bays

Choosing the Right Drive

Drive bays

Perf

orm

ance

(Thr

ough

put)

NAS HDD

Enterprise Capacity HDD

2 6 10 15 30+

Surveillance HDD

Surveillance Optimized• Purpose built for surveillance

workload – 90% recording, 10% playback

AV vs. Surveillance Drives

AV Optimized• Purpose built for DVR – workload

50% recording, 50% playback

NEW!

Hard Drives

• R/V sensors mean better performance in multi-drive system – up to 16 drives & 32 streams

• Better vibration tolerance also supports RAID environments

• Idle 3 means better time to ready for motion sensing cameras so you don’t miss a frame

• Lowered power consumption

Choose the right hard drives

Desktop Drives (Consumer )

NAS Drives

Surveillance Drives

Enterprise Drives

•Not designed for RAID•Not designed for 24x7•Widely adopt by cheaper storage vendors•Could run into disaster if used for RAID system

Desktop Drives (Consumer )

• Use for 1-6 bay Desktop NAS model. • Can be used in RAID environment.• Not for Rack mount system.

• Video Surveillance Optimized

• Heavy applications use or data/video analytics • Large, 24x7, data centers with heavy random

workloads

Hard Drives

Introduction: What is RAID? Why do I need it?

RAID

Introduction

• What is RAID? • Why do I need RAID?

Create a single large volume Gain more system performance * Gain redundancy *

RAID is to group multiple hard drives which you install in the system, and gain a pool of storage resources

* Depends on RAID mode

RAID

RAID 1 (Mirroring)

• Disk Mirroring: Duplicate the data between two hard disks• Use 2 hard disks• System capacity = ½ of Raw Capacity• Redundancy: Allow 1 hard disk failure

RAID

RAID 5

• Minimum use 3 disks to compose a RAID 5• System capacity = Raw capacity – 1 x HDD’s capacity, (N-1) x ___ TB• Redundancy: Allow 1 hard disk failure at the same time

Example: 4 x 4TB used for a RAID 5 Total system capacity = 12TB / 4TBx (4-1) = 12TB You invest 1 HDD’s capacity. It allows 1 HDD failure at the same time

RAID

RAID 6

• Minimum use 4 disks to compose a RAID 6• System capacity = Raw capacity – 1 x HDD’s capacity, (N-2) x ___ TB• Redundancy: Allow 2 hard disk failure at the same time

Example: 6 x 4TB used for a RAID 6 Total system capacity = 16TB / 4TBx (6-2) = 16TB You invest 2 HDD’s capacity. It allows 2 HDD failure at the same time

RAID

Hot-Spare Drive

• Specify a hard disk as the “stand by” one. In case of any hard disk failure in the RAID group, the hot spare drive will automatically join and replace the failure disk

One extra spare drive investment is required

RAID

RAID Hot Spare / Global Hot Spare

• Hot Spare drives for the Local RAID groups and Global enclosure• The Global Hot Spare drive can be used by any RAID groups in the same enclosure• Dedicated enclosure hot spare drives can be configured for the NAS and each RAID

expansion enclosure

RAID Group 1

RAID Group 2

Hot Spare (for RAID Group 1 )

Hot Spare (for RAID Group 2 )

Global Hot Spare (for RAID Group 1&2)

RAID Global Hot-Spare Drive

RAID = Backup?

RAID

RAID = Backup?

RAID is not a backup• Backup = 2 copies

RAID

Knowledge Check #5

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• RAID 1 (Mirroring) is popular for 2 bay systems

Invest 1 hard disk; ½ capacity.

Invest 1 hard disk; N x TB capacity.

• RAID 5 is economic choice for a single large volume

Invest 2 hard disk; (N-2) x TB.

Invest 1 hard disk; (N-1) x TB.

• RAID 6 is the mode giving higher redundancy

Invest 2 hard disk; (N-2) x TB.

Invest 1 hard disk; N x TB.

LINUX EMBEDDED NVRStorage + VMS + Local Display

NVR Part 3

NVR PC–Based VMSOperating System Embedded Linux WindowsSetup Cost Low High (+PC/SATA card.. etc)

Set up & Operation 6 Steps Difficult (software installation)

Maintenance interval Low HighNoise Level 20 dB HighPower Consumption 20 Watts HighRemote Power Control Scheduled No (Manual)

Malware Vulnerability Stable, reliable and virus free HighSystem Analysis In-house Vendor dependentOverall Maintenance  Low High

NVR VS. PC-Based

ImprovedPerformance

EffectiveManagement

UpgradedComponents

NVR

Storage + VMS + Local Display

• 16-64 channel per Site• 4TB ~ 48TB• HDMI for local viewing• Dewarp Vivotek Fisheye up to 9 regions !

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1080p @ 200 FPS

Storage

VMS

http://eu1.qnap.com/Surveillance/QDewarp/new.mp4

NVR

Data Reliability

• Provides flexibility to increase hard drive fault tolerance– Supports RAID 0, 1, 5, 6, 10, – 5 + hot spare, 6 + hot spare, and 10 + hot spare

• Online RAID expansion and migration– Upgrade RAID types– Increase RAID volume size

RAID 5 ArrayTraditional RAID 5RAID ARRAY

NVR

HDMI for Local Viewing• DVR-Like experience• Great for lobby, entrance .. etc

NVR

Overcome Bandwidth Constraints

Transcode to CIF Resolutionon low bandwidth or remote scenario

Use Megapixel Resolution in local network

NVR

Intuitive Interface

Deploy E-mapMonitoring/ Playback/ System Configuration

Supports 3D Intelligent Positioning PTZ

NVR

Incident Reporting (Playback) NVR

Playback controlDate/time video search

System Event/Alarm logs

Instant Preview

Export/Backup• One Touch Auto Backup

– Backup button at the front of the NVR – Copy the data to an USB when the button is pressed

• Network Backup– To another NAS

• Social Media Upload– Export to Youtube– Overcome problem of sending large file

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NVR

Dual Network Cards

• Multi-IP Setting– Dedicated IP video network– IT network for viewing & management

• Load Balancing/FailoverWork station

Work station

Work station

LAN 1 LAN 2

NVR

EmailSMSBuzzer & Push-Notification

NVR Intelligent Events Triggered & Notification

Smart Recording NVR

Edge Recording

• When network failure occurs – recording are temporarily stored in the network camera’s SD card

• When system resumes – NVR can retrieve and merge recordings seamlessly.

NVR

Knowledge Check #6

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• Which Operating System in more vulnerable to Virus/Malware?

Linux NVR

PC-Based VMS

• Which system offer non vendor dependent (in-house) analysis?

Linux NVR

PC-Based VMS

• Which platform offers software/hardware optimized performance?

Linux NVR

PC-Based VMS

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