Pivot3 launches storage for security cameras

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Pivot3 launched its device for high definition video storage yesterday, combining server and storage in one chassis.

The Pivot3 is designed for data from security cameras and has been used in the US since the company’s foundation in 2003 but now it is making its entrance in the UK market.

Lee Caswell, founder and chief marketing officer for Pivot3, told IT PRO: “What works well for a few cameras does not work for many. Combining the server and storage was not previously possible but Pivot3 has achieved this providing cost savings in hardware, power and cooling.”

Each unit costs $12,000 (£8,070) but Caswell believes it is worth the expense, even in the current climate.

Caswell added: “We are finding the main concerns of people using security cameras is the liability risk. They need these cameras running all the time. Crime is not dropping just because the economy is slowing, crime actually goes up during a recession. Security cameras are not a discretionary product so it hasn’t stopped people needing them.”

The hardware, which you can expand as data volume grows, runs on an Intel X86 CPU with RAID across gigabit ethernet (RAIGE) and the company claims it can save 52 per cent of rack space due to the removal of servers and smaller switches.

The minimum amount of work cameras it provides for is 50, which can create 20 terabytes of data demanding storage. It is currently used in both the private and public sector including Chocataw Casino in Oklahoma and the Placer County Police Department in California.

The company is currently partnering with Indigo Vision, based in Edinburgh, but is in talks with a further eight possible firms.

“We are hoping to make a move into the UK as it has so many cameras, one for every eight people, and the US would have to buy a further billion to catch up with that figure," Caswell concluded.

"We have set the stage for a level of trust with Indigo Vision a year ago but now will be adding to this profile over the coming months.”

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