Pixel Video Fusion™ Video Server

Synchronized Video Storage and Delivery

The Pixel Video Fusion™ system leverages major manufacturer open architecture servers and operating systems for storage and delivery of synchronized surveillance video.

By utilizing major brand equipment, customers gain the advantages of purchasing power, shared maintenance contracts, market-driven technology and performance improvements, and a rapidly falling technology cost curve. This results in significant life-cycle cost savings along with reduced infrastructure, lower maintenance, and a longer useful product life relative to proprietary approaches. Pixel Velocity's current platform of choice is a family of industrial-class servers from Hewlett-Packard (HP) - with each system supporting up to 12 Pixel Video Fusion high-definition cameras.

A Bandwidth-Efficient Approach to Video Delivery

Alternative approaches to megapixel surveillance video can exact a heavy toll in terms of bandwidth and centralized storage: every megapixel video frame from every camera must traverse the network and be stored - all treated equally regardless of actual information value. For most organizations, expecting only a tiny percentage of their surveillance data to have actual incident-related value, this is a tremendous waste of resources that could be better allocated to other enterprise applications and services. Pixel Video Fusion takes a more efficient approach - one that impacts the network less when the information value is low, and more only when the security situation demands maximum information. Pixel Velocity's 'edge-based' server/storage architecture accomplishes three key goals:

  • It supports complete frame synchronization for multi-camera video. This is essential not only for accurate and smooth display of stitched images (i.e., virtual camera views), but also to ensure the viability of advanced video analytics processing. No intermediate network hops to traverse during video capture and initial storage, and no worries about indeterminate network QoS variables such as latency and jitter.
  • It enables the efficient delivery of HD video 'on demand' when specifically requested by security personnel in the normal course of investigating areas and subjects of particular interest. The edge-based servers can be user-configured to control how much and what type of data is transmitted over the network, allowing critical information to be stored, maintained, and delivered with minimal incremental impact on network load.
  • It simplifies initial implementation and future scaling of the security operation (e.g., camera counts and coverage areas). Pixel Video Fusion can easily 'drop into' an existing network without the need for an extensive upgrade or redesign. And, in comparison to IP megapixel technology, speed and size of the network are less of a concern when scaling Pixel Velocity camera counts.

The Pixel Velocity Bandwidth Advantage

Flexible Storage Options

Pixel Video Fusion is flexible and agnostic in terms of storage options - including storage area networks (SANs), direct attached storage (DAS), and on-board. Each DAS contains 12 hot-swap drive bays, supporting up to 12 terabytes of storage with multiple RAID configuration options. By combining various storage options, the system is capable of scaling into the petabyte range.