Video surveillance footage is unique from other data storage—because cameras typically record continuously, they are especially hard on hardware, with frequent disk and server failures. But any interruption to surveillance recording or storage infrastructure can cause camera downtime, degraded video, or total video loss, which hinders your ability to respond, investigate, and prosecute using video data evidence.
Comprehensive surveillance system resilience requires a focus on eliminating single points of failure by building a multi-layered approach to mitigate risks associated with downtime and video loss. This is why it’s important for mission-critical environments to create resiliency across each infrastructure category: the server layer, the storage layer, and environmental devices.