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The top 10 reasons why Endura 2.0 is the choice for security operators

With more than 100 000 channels of Pelco Endura Video and 25 Petabytes (25 million Gigabytes) of Endura Storage sold, Pelco has once more placed itself, its business partners and network video operators at the forefront of technology and platforms with the release of the end-to-end Endura 2.0 network video system, distributed exclusively by SentronicsSD in South Africa.

1. Complete end-to-end high definition video solution

Endura 2.0 is a complete solution for high definition video encoding, recording, and display. While most manufacturers supply incomplete solutions for high definition video, relying on third-party components for a complete solution, Endura 2.0 guarantees interoperability and performance. And Pelco-patented EnduraStor and EnduraView technologies extract the optimum benefit from today’s megapixel cameras while keeping system costs under control.

An essential component of the Pelco HD Optimised solution is Endura 2.0. Carefully designed and developed to provide security professionals the tools they need for success, it offers a powerful, yet easy and user configurable solution for the most sophisticated of applications

2. H.264

Endura 2.0 utilises the latest in video encoding technology, delivering outstanding video quality at a fraction of previous bit-rates and storage costs. What is more, support for both Baseline and High Profile H.264 means the system will have the flexibility and performance required to optimise the benefits this new compression scheme has to offer.

NSM5200, and accompanying Direct Attached Storage units record both MPEG-4 and H.264 streams

3. EnduraView

Pelco’s unique EnduraView technology ensures that high definition video will not overload the workstation or other viewing devices that are requesting live video streams, thus reducing the impact on the underlying network. Today’s PCs lack the processing power to display multiple HD streams simultaneously. The results are video display artifacts, random pauses in the video stream or other workstation stability issues. EnduraView solves these issues. When the screen configuration changes to a multicamera view, Pelco-patented EnduraView technology automatically subscribes to a lower bitrate/resolution on a secondary stream, while maintaining full frame rate on the first. This ensures that the system does not overwhelm the PC, which ultimately ensures that the operator’s viewing experience is not disrupted. Further, because the camera streams are now lower bit-rate than a full HD stream, EnduraView minimises the bandwidth hit on the network.

4. EnduraStor

Patented EnduraStor technology optimises system storage capacity, greatly increasing recording duration while keeping storage costs as low as possible. EnduraStor works on the proposition that the value to the user of recorded video diminishes over time. The system records all new video at 30 images per second. After a user-specified period, EnduraStor prunes the database during periods of no alarm activity (software or hardware alarm) and reduces the frame rate of recorded video to 2IPS. Compared to other systems that typically record at a lower frame rate and bumpup on alarm to conserve storage costs, EnduraStor allows users to capture realtime video of important events that may not actually trigger an alarm, but are important nonetheless (ie, slip and falls, hit and run, purse snatching, mugging, etc). EnduraStor retains the realtime recording for footage that is marked by an alarm event, ensuring that critical footage is never compromised. This unique feature can be enabled or disabled as needed.

5. High performance recording with unmatched fault tolerance

The NSM5200 network video recorder hardware platform is designed to mitigate occasional component failures. Fault tolerant features include: redundant power supplies, redundant fans for proper cooling, and a RAID6 recording structure that allows for two simultaneous drive failures while still protecting recorded video data. The Linux OS-based platform ensures maximum reliability and security. Storage pooling, unique to Endura, sets a new standard of reliability for network video recording. The NSM5200 utilises advanced network load balancing in which groups of cameras are automatically recorded onto a storage pool consisting of multiple NSM5200s. Camera assignments are automatically rotated to ensure that all available storage is symmetrically utilised. In the unlikely event of a NSM5200 failure, cameras are automatically distributed across the remaining NSM5200s in the storage pool, providing NVR failover. Storage pooling dispenses the risk of video loss across multiple NVRs.

Storage pooling, unique to Endura, sets a new standard of reliability for network video recording

6. Configurable user experience

The Endura 2.0 Workstation Software offers the most flexible user-friendly experience of any IP video system on the market. The software automatically adjusts the properties of the main monitor, making available screen configurations tailored to the requirements of 4:3 monitors and 16:9 displays. The system allows users to co-mingle 4:3 and 16:9 images on the same display, preserving the proper aspect ratio of each stream, giving users a clear, undistorted view of all scenes. For unprecedented ease of use, the Endura 2.0 workstation allows users to customise the format and display of their workspace to adapt it to their needs. With the software’s unique tear-off capability, each section of the screen can easily be re-sized and moved from one area to another.

7. Zones of interest

Customers often select megapixel cameras for their ability to replace several standard resolution cameras while providing powerful digital zoom capabilities. Endura 2.0’s Zone of Interest capability allows a user to maintain the panoramic view of the scene and designate zones of interest into which to independently zoom. These zones can then be located anywhere on one of two monitors supported by the workstation and provide virtual camera views without incurring additional network or processing load for supporting multiple cameras.

Endura 2.0’s Zone of Interest capability allows a user to maintain the panoramic view of the scene and designate zones of interest into which to independently zoom

8. Open Architecture for third-party compatibility

Pelco provides a complete API (Application Programming Interface) for all Endura 2.0 components, allowing other systems manufacturers to develop interfaces for and leverage Endura’s capabilities. Additionally, Pelco has developed interfaces in Endura 2.0 for several third-party IP cameras as well as fibre channel or iSCSI-based storage solutions, allowing system administrators to take advantage of existing SAN storage for video recording.

9. Advanced diagnostic reporting

In the event that a failure occurs or is imminent, (eg, early warning temperature fluctuations), all diagnostic alarms are reported within the advanced Endura workstation software program, giving operators an instant view of potential issues. Additionally, Endura 2.0 supports SNMP v3 to integrate with third-party party systems for network monitoring.

10. Endura backward compatibility

Any Endura 2.0 component can be seamlessly integrated into existing systems, giving access to legacy products for complete backward compatibility.

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