New NX witness install, looking at NAS hardware

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Permanently deleted user

February 25, 2020 01:51

I am looking at using NX witness for a 12 8MP 4K camera install. I need to be able to retain 40 days of recordings. I have been looking at NAS options. There is  a very cost effective solution that runs $1500 for 48TB NAS server. Is it possible to use more than one or three of these NASs to allow for seamless usage by NX Witness? I have two rack mount intel servers which will be used for NX Witness, the NAS will probably be FreeNAS. 

Server:

https://www.ebay.com/c/2282593218

 

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  Norman

  • Network Optix team

  February 25, 2020 07:08

  Hi Danny,

  You can use any NAS if it complies to the guidelines in the following support article;

  https://support.networkoptix.com/hc/en-us/articles/215572427-Add-NAS-Devices-SAMBA-
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  Permanently deleted user

  February 25, 2020 08:59 Edited

  I understand. What I'm asking specifically is can I use 2 or more NASs with nx Witness to increase the overall amount of storage for recording. Will Nx Witness handle that gracefully? I want to use more than 1x48TB NAS to allow for extended recording. 

   

  Thank You

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  Norman

  • Network Optix team

  February 25, 2020 09:09 Edited

  Hi Danny,

  If you want, you can connect a whole datacenter full of storage devices to an Nx Witness system.  

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  Permanently deleted user

  February 25, 2020 09:25

  Thanks Norman, I'm assuming that means your answer is yes. I wanted to make sure I could use multiple NASs for storage and it would handle them seamlessly. The 48TB for $1500 just seems to good to pass, more heat and power but a great price. I would need 2-3 of them. 

   

   

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  Norman

  • Network Optix team

  February 25, 2020 09:34

  Each NAS can be added as a storage device as shown in the following video: LINK

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  Permanently deleted user

  February 25, 2020 10:19

  Thanks for the response. In the video they are using the storage for making redundant copies of camera streams. This is slight different then what I am looking for. I am looking at using the second NAS to make my complete video storage a total of 96TBs by using two NAS units. This is likely trivial to NXWitnessbut I want to make sure multiple 48TB NAS units will work the way I intend to use them, otherwise I should just go with a system that will allow me to get the amount of storage I need in a single machine. If they work it's likely I would end up with three of them for storage.
  
  If anyone has recommendations on storage systems I would welcome them, I'm sure that's all to common on this forum. 

  Thanks,

   

  - Dan

   

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  Norman

  • Network Optix team

  February 25, 2020 11:50 Edited

  Hi Danny, 

  Besides using a NAS for backup, it also can be used as the main storage. You can change this in the storage settings for each storage device. 

  If I should give a recommendation for mass storage I would have a look at the Veracity Coldstore.

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