Video surveillance tools
Camera placement, lens selection, storage, retention and network load for video surveillance systems.
- Pixel Density Will this camera actually do the job at that distance? Pixels per foot and per metre, classified against the standard detect / observe / recognise / identify tiers.
- Lens / Field of View Solve for focal length, angle of view, scene width, or distance given the other three. The diagram updates as you type.
- VMS Storage How much storage this camera set actually needs for the retention you promised, with headroom.
- RAID Capacity and Retention Usable capacity of a recorder or storage array by RAID level, how many drive failures it survives, and how many days of video it actually holds.
- Network Bandwidth Aggregate stream load for a camera set, split into recording and live view, with uplink sizing for the access and distribution layers.
Also in the toolbox: Power and cabling tools, field reference and the technician library.