Ravica’s Motion Sensor Cameras Prevent Tremendous Drain on Networks
Filed under: environmental monitoring, Intelligent Sensors, motion detector, Security Monitoring
It seems the need for preventative monitoring is everywhere.
Last week I noted a discussion with an associate who lost data due to a water leak in a data center. Not long after that discussion, I had a conversation with an IT Manager regarding business structure. During our conversation, he mentioned that his building’s security officers recently called him with complaints of slow internet connectivity. He used his company’s NetFlow monitoring tool to find the source of tremendous internet bandwidth streaming. Through the NetFlow Analyzer, he narrowed the focus to one specific security camera and realized the camera was constantly streaming images of an empty hallway. This streaming was pumping pictures to the network server and causing huge delays.
He further used his Scrutinizer Analyzer to locate all cameras that were also continually streaming images of hallways, stairwells, and other non-vital locations. Armed with this new information, the Security Department reconfigured the cameras to prevent this from happening. This simple change reduced the video traffic by over 25%, improved Internet connectivity speed, and decreased the amount of required storage on their servers.
Cameras from Ravica can be set to record only motion, thus preventing clogging the network with unnecessary stream. Had my associate’s company initially set up Ravica cameras, they could have saved massive amounts of time, energy, money, and frustration.
Once a Ravica Universal Mount Camera is linked to a SecurityProbe, images can be stored in the integrated picture log. Images can also be sent via e-mail, FTP, MMS, or streamed directly to a mobile phone. Security cameras just make sense, but only when they are working for you. Cameras are only of benefit if they are recording what you want to see: not empty hallways, but things like security breaches from the NetFlow Ninja.
~Angela
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