On the storage side:
1)DX4700/4800 both have 4 drive bays – that provides for 8 TB today and soon we’ll support 12 TB total when we finish testing 3 TB drives. Many vendors in the hybrid class only offer 2 to 4 TB of storage. We have an edge there.
2)We know you have been concerned about the pricing per TB for HDD. We have compared DX4700/4800 to what our tier 1 competitors offer and we believe we line up with what they offer.
3)Storage can be expanded for export/backup purposes with commercially available external HDD enclosures
4)And finally, we include DVD as standard to make ordering easier and to offer better value to our customers.
Some storage examples show the efficiency of H.264 compression:
1)A fully maxed DX4800, recording all 18 channels 30 IPS, Analog 4 CIF and best quality; IP set for 1920x1080 (2.1MP). An 8 TB model will provide 72 days retention
2)If we cut analog to 2 CIF/Medium quality and leave IP alone, we get 90 days storage
3)Tune analog down to 3 IPS, low quality, low resolution; IP down to 1 MB, and we get 155 days storage. As soon as we have the 12 TB drives we could expect to get over 230 days.
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