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Increased concerns over personal injury and property damage have led to the growth of Closed Circuit Television (CCTV), a video surveillance technology designed to monitor a variety of environments and activities. Used in warehouses, retail stores, casinos, automated teller machines, and other public and private high security/high risk areas, the goal of CCTV is to discourage crime by recording events that can be used as evidence in criminal prosecution.

As digital surveillance systems increase in popularity, data storage becomes an important issue especially when monitoring large installations. There is a range of options available to store CCTV footage depending on the data capacity requirements. This white paper:

1. explains how RAID storage is used in video surveillance and security applications
2. describes a sample installation
3. provides guidelines on determining specific needs