Milestone Systems, the Danish IP video management software (VMS) company announces fully reported performance certification of Milestone Solution Partners with IT infrastructure components such as servers, storage, and workstation products. The first to achieve this process with documented results are HP, NetApp, PROMISE Technology and Razberi, with others in progress.
The IT infrastructure, server, storage and client platforms are integral parts of a video surveillance management system, so miscalculation on server or storage requirements impacts the success of a system’s operation, resulting in support calls. Milestone says that it has therefore been working with IT infrastructure vendors so their systems work for Milestone XProtect products, and that the infrastructure vendors understand how to specify and build systems.
The Milestone Solution Certification for IT infrastructure vendor products verifies the components as interoperable and working with XProtect VMS.
Each certification project consists of three phases, beginning with two scenarios, where there is a benchmark test and a maximum performance test. During each test, statistics from the Milestone XProtect Recording Servers are gathered to judge the system as a platform for video recording. After the tests, this data is analyzed and the findings are presented.
These tests identify that a given system meets minimum expected performance thresholds. The certification also measures the maximum number of cameras, at a given frame rate, resolution and codec that can be supported by the server and storage system.
The Solution Certification report includes a ‘known good’ (optimal) configuration for a CCTV system using the XProtect VMS and the solution partner’s products.
Christian Bohn, VP Strategic Alliances at Milestone Systems says: “Integrators and end users can reference the known good configuration data from the Milestone certification process to help build a solution with confidence. They get documented proof that these video surveillance solutions operate within the parameters of the maximum performance test results.
“Certifying our partners is not new – we have been doing it successfully for several years with software integrations, and the expansion of this with the hardware vendors is natural to build continuing trust in Milestone for both partners and customers.”
Tom Galvin, President of Razberi Technologies says: “This solution certification gives Milestone customers the peace of mind that Razberi appliances meet the performance benchmarks required by XProtect solutions. The detailed performance results from the certification process are available to all of our system integrators and customers.”
The certification results are valid for the lifecycle of the products tested, and there are options for yearly re-certification. This means that when Milestone or the partner launches a new product version, it can be documented. Visit www.milestonesys.com
