DVR Cards

What do you think of Linux based systems?

BobbyD

J. Sloud wrote:

Was it really that long ago?

Doug L

Time flies, huh. js

Yeah, I think you're right, 2002. js

Naw, I think he's running the INS now. js

Now that I think about it wasn't it 2002? Damn monkeys have a way of screwing up memories

Makes you wonder what the monkey is doing these days, maybe he's putting together Simon panels

It's only considered "at risk" when you cross the airport perimeter there "Bucky"... and that's not including the massive wind shear from all that hot air you frequently emit... ;-))

LOL.

Usually larger airports JFK, LAX, ATL, etc.

Many of the embedded units use some version of Linux as an O/S. Windoze isn't stable enough for security applications, especially when the system is connected to a network with outside connections.

As a side note, the video industry is changing, and the traditional DVR may become obsolete relatively soon. There's a push to store video at the device or "on the edge" of the network. Megapixel cameras or traditional cameras with Ethernet encoders at the camera will enable recording devices to be hung anywhere on the network. Client/ Server configurations with RAID storage enable you to secure your video on super-reliable servers and still access it with relatively simple, inexpensive windows-based clients. Once encoded, video can be managed digitally or decoded and managed using tradtional analog processing equipment.

Most of the major CCTV companies have bought into this concept. We've used the Verint products, some AD, and Bosch's VIDOS recently. Given enough bandwidth, the technology is nice. Bandwidth and network integrity seem to be major issues, although storing video at the camera end cures some of this.

What about Bradley International ? Blundering into controlled airspace in a lost Cessna. If that happened today we'd see you on TV being forced down by F15's what a hoot.

Doug L

Those I only fly into on commercial airplanes. I like Venice, Ft Meyers, Sarasota and Lakeland. They're all relatively quiet.