Introduction
User Manual
ApplianceStor 50
Rev. 1, November 2011
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Product introduction
System Description
The AS50 is a 1U 4 drive high performance video surveillance storage server appliance. It is an entry level
VMS appliance ideally suited for smaller locations with less than 32 MegaPixel Cameras Video surveillance
deployments.
Simple
The ApplianceStor 50 integrates VMS (Video Management Software) and storage into a simple to use,
high performance video surveillance storage server solution. This eliminates the cost of the VMS server,
significantly reduces cabling and the nightmare of integrating VMS, OS, commodity server and storage,
while significantly reduces the overall solution cost. Guaranteed performance with all major VMS
solutions prequalified on the AS50. It is easy to install & maintain. The AS50 is ultimate in simplicity
while significantly reduces CAPEX and OPEX cost.
Powerful
The AS50 is a powerful server and storage system, built around high performance New Generation Intel®
Sandy Bridge Xeon® quad-core processors and fast DDR3 memory. The AS50 offers high performance
and bandwidth connectivity to meet the most demanding megapixel camera applications. The base AS50
model unmatched LAN connectivity with 4 GbE ports and an addition port that can be dedicated to
management for a total of 5GbE LAN ports. With the AS50 Video Surveillance Appliance un-matched LAN
connectivity and its impressive power it can meet of the most demanding megapixel cameras
deployments. It has the performance and reliability for the most demanding deployments.
Reliable
Disk drive failure is the number one cause of lost video storage and downtime. We provide advanced RAID
5 technologies which eliminates the loss of video due to a disk failure. Disk drives are hot swappable
without interruption in service or loss of data. The AS50 only uses ECC RAM and it guarantees that video
being stored read and move within is always correct. It uses a parity bit to accomplish the data protection.
Most NVRs and DVRs are not protected to this level and with these products crucial video can be lost. The
AS50 gives peace of mind that the video is always reliably being stored.
