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CCTV Engineers Advise - CCTV Engineer explains Analog and Digital CCTV Systems

Welcome to our this little hub of information and tips for people from Domestic and Business sector, who are considering to install CCTV at their premises. Here we offer advice regarding:

* What type of System do I need?
* Which questions shoult I ask the CCTV Installer
* Are there recommended CCTV Installers for my local area?
* How much memory / Giga Bytes does my CCTV System need to have?
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Any further CCTV Installation Advice
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Modern Digital Storage Solutions - utilizing Hard Disks in the Giga to Terra byte region.
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CCTV Systems suppliers are now turning to digital Security Camera systems to deliver more comprehensive security technology.

Advantageously digital CCTV systems provide more features and remarkable benefits like higher resolutions and frams per second, immediate access to a specific time and specified camera- no quality loss when copying the video material; greater digital memory capacity in the same size of appliance; and improved service life and reduced maintenance.Former analog CCTV systems recorded events onto Video tapes. If an incident occured, a singlevideo cassette would be handed over to the police as evidence. The Police faced the time consuming task of searching back and forth on the recording tape in order to find the needed events. VCR recorders have many sophisticated parts, making them prone to wear and tear.The tapes themselves deterioate in quality over the years and with repeated use.

As digital surveillance increases in popularity, data storage becomes an importantkey factor
especially when monitoring large installations. There is a range of options available to store CCTV footage depending on the data capacity requirements.

Redundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) systems are used to protect computer data against hard drive failure, while increasing system performance and enabling easy expansion for larger storage. This technology is designed for any organization that requires high capacity storage, 24x7 data protection, shared access, and simplified capacity expansion.