Massive Video Cloud Storage
EB-Scale Unified Storage Pool
Build an EB-level, unified namespace storage resource pool for city-scale and provincial video surveillance projects. Eliminates data silos, management complexity, and expansion limitations.
The Challenge
City-scale surveillance projects involve millions of cameras from multiple vendors, creating data silos, complex management, and expansion bottlenecks. Traditional storage architectures cannot scale cost-effectively to EB-level capacity while maintaining performance.
Our Approach
Deploy a distributed object storage architecture with unified namespace across all nodes. Implement intelligent data tiering to automatically move aging video to lower-cost storage while keeping recent footage on high-performance nodes. Provide a single management portal for all storage resources.
Core Features
Unified Resource Pool
Merge all node capacity into a single namespace supporting PB-scale expansion with no architecture changes.
Elastic Scale-Out
Add or remove storage nodes online on demand; capacity and performance grow linearly.
Smart Data Protection
Erasure coding (EC) and multi-replica strategies configurable per data importance level.
High-Speed Retrieval
Metadata indexing enables multi-dimensional search by time, location, camera tag in milliseconds.
Multi-Protocol Access
Simultaneous NFS/CIFS/S3/iSCSI interfaces for seamless VMS, AI, and backup integration.
Self-Healing
Automatic fault detection and data reconstruction on healthy nodes; zero manual intervention.
Key Benefits
Value by Stakeholder
Procurement
- Commodity x86 servers reduce hardware cost
- Pay-as-you-grow model minimizes upfront CapEx
- 3-5 year TCO significantly lower than traditional SAN/NAS
Technical
- Standard APIs for easy integration
- Distributed architecture: 99.999% availability
- Supports mainstream virtualization and container environments
Operations
- Unified management portal with visual cluster health
- Automatic fault isolation and data rebuild
- Reduced manual intervention through automation
Business
- Ensures video data is "storable, findable, viewable"
- Supports city management, case investigation, emergency command
- Enables cross-department data sharing and analytics
Ready to Deploy: Massive Video Cloud Storage
Our solution architects are ready to design a customized deployment plan for your specific requirements.