Storage. Surveillance. Pro-AV

Technical Training

QNAP, Inc.

March, 2014

Agenda

NASNAS | IP-SAN| Applications | How to Choose ?

NVRNVR | Compatibility | How to Choose?

RAIDWhat is RAID ? | Capacity | RAID 1/5/6 and more

Hard DrivesType | Brand | How to Choose?

BarebonesNew Choice of Hardware Turnkey Server

NAS NAS vs SAN: NAS

What is a NAS?• NAS (Network Attached Storage)• Centralized file storage and sharing

Apple Mac Linux/UNIX

iOS & Android mobile devices

NAS

Share Folder

Windows

NAS NAS vs SAN: IP-SAN

What is SAN ?• SAN (Storage Area Network)/ SCSI protocol over the network• Block device over the network

Storage expansion Similar with an attached hard disk. Can be formatted as host’s file

system

IP-SAN

Hard Drives

iSCSI Target

NAS Unified Storage

IP-SANiSCSI Target

NAS SMB/CIFS

AFP

NFSFTP

Both NAS and IP-SAN can be running concurrently

NAS Applications. Example #1

• Backup Storageo Back up Windows PC and Apple Time Machine

Windows PC Backup

Apple Time Machine Backup

CIFSWebDAV

AFP

NAS Applications. Example #2

Remote Office

PC-based DVR

DVR or NVR

• Surveillance Storageo NAS as the Storage Expansion Solution for DVR or NVR

Main Office

NFS iSCSI

CIFS

RTRR rSync

Remote Replication

NAS Applications. Example #2

• Surveillance Storage

o QNAP NAS as Pure Storage/ Storage Expansion Solution for other 3rd party VMS server or NVR

Camera StorageVMS

Ex: Digifort, MilestoneOr other NVR

NAS

NAS Applications. Example #3

• Media Storageo Movie Storage and Backupo Video Editing, TV Stationo Photographerso Graphic and Animation Designers

NAS Applications. Example #4

QNAP NAS is the only Control4 certified NAS Instant media library sync Built-in xbmc media player (thru HDMI) and highly integrated with Control 4 remote control

NAS Applications. Example #5

Camera NAS StorageVMS

QNAP NAS (as Pure Storage) + AXIS Camera Companion

• Easy to Install• Reduce the cost of VMS (VMS is included in the AXIS Camera)

Auto Configuration

NAS

Share and back up your data to cloud Remotely access all your digital contents Share all your files with family and friends instantly

Free life time connectivity service! Add TB of space to your personal devices

From your PC

From your laptop

From your mobile device

Applications. Example #6

NAS

Vmware Ready Certified Citrix Ready CertifiedMicrosoft Hyper-V Compatible

HypervisorHypervisor Hypervisor

QNAP NAS

10GbE Switch

Datastore for “Server Virtualization Environment” QNAP NAS is the most affordable Virtualization Storage

Applications. Example #7

NFS

iSCSI

NAS How to choose a good NAS?

Make your own comparison

Installed with better hard drives?

Industrial grade quality & reliability?

Control 4 certified?

Feature A, B, C, … (for my applications)

NAS How to choose a good NAS?

Cell phone (1G) GSM phone (2G) Mobile phone(3G)

Smart phone

Smart NAS

File Server 1st generation NAS

Mobile Phones

NAS

2nd generation NAS

NAS How to choose a good NAS?

Hypervisor (Virtualization Station)

VM VM VM VM

QNAP’s vNAS can host multiple VM(virtualization machine) on the same NAS storage device. (ex. Windows, Linux VMs)

NAS How to choose a good NAS?

QNAP App Center allows you to install a lot more multimedia or business applications on QNAP NAS

NVR Storage with VMS

QNAP NVR (All-in-1 Storage with QNAP’s VMS)

• DVR-like Experience: Local Display/ Live Monitoring thru HDMI• Complete Turnkey Recording System

1080p @ 200 FPS

Storage

VMS

NVR Storage with VMS

4-bay2-bay 6-bay 8-bay

VS-6100 Pro+ VS-8100 Pro+

VS-2100 Pro+ VS-4100 Pro+

16TB8TB 24TB 32TB

Max Raw Capacity

12-bay

48TB

VS-4100U-RP Pro+

VS-8100U-RP Pro+ VS-12100U-RP Pro+

40-64Ch 24-48Ch

12-20Ch 24-48Ch

8-16ch

8-16ch 4-12ch

16 Ch

64 Ch

NVR Storage with VMS

CMS (Central Management System): up to 1000+ cameras

NVRHow to choose the right NVR?

High resolution recording

Camera Compatibility

NVRHow to choose the right NVR?

QNAP NVR PC –based VMS

Operating System Embedded Linux Windows

Setup Cost Low High (+PC/SATA card.. etc)

Set up & Operation 6 Steps Difficult (software installation)

Maintenance interval Low High

Noise Level 20 dB High

Power Consumption 39 W High

Remote Power Control Scheduled No (Manual)

Malware Vulnerability Low High

System Analysis In-house Vendor dependent

Overall Maintenance Low High

ImprovedPerformance

EffectiveManagement

UpgradedComponents

NVRHow to choose the right NVR?

VMS with Storage/ RAID integrated?

DVR-Like, HDMI local Display

Easy to Use and Deploy

Can Scale up to Large Scale Deployment

Storage Can Scale up to Large Capacity

Industrial Grade Quality and Reliability

No Hidden Cost. Free Software Upgrade

Mobile Accessible and Manageable

RAID Introduction

•What is RAID? •Why do I need RAID?

Create a single large volume

Gain more system performance *

Gain redundancy *

RAID is to group multiple hard drives which you install in the system, and gain a pool of storage resources

* Depends on RAID mode

RAID RAID 1 (Mirroring)

• Disk Mirroring: Duplicate the data between two hard disks

• Use 2 hard disks

• System capacity = ½ of Raw Capacity

• Redundancy: Allow 1 hard disk failure

RAID RAID 5

• Minimum use 3 disks to compose a RAID 5

• System capacity = Raw capacity – 1 x HDD’s capacity, (N-1) x ___ TB

• Redundancy: Allow 1 hard disk failure at the same time

Example: 4 x 4TB used for a RAID 5 Total system capacity = 12TB / 4TBx (4-1) = 12TB You invest 1 HDD’s capacity. It allows 1 HDD failure at the same time

RAID RAID 6

• Minimum use 4 disks to compose a RAID 6

• System capacity = Raw capacity – 1 x HDD’s capacity, (N-2) x ___ TB

• Redundancy: Allow 2 hard disk failure at the same time

Example: 6 x 4TB used for a RAID 6 Total system capacity = 16TB / 4TBx (6-2) = 16TB You invest 2 HDD’s capacity. It allows 2 HDD failure at the same time

RAID Hot Spare Drive

• Specify a hard disk as the “stand by” one. In case of any hard disk

failure in the RAID group, the hot spare drive will automatically join

and replace the failure disk

One extra spare drive investment is required

RAID Other RAID mode

•Other mode: (Reference. Can skip)• RAID 0: Faster performance. No disk redundancy

• JBOD: The data are written to the physical disks sequentially. No

disk redundancy

• RAID 10: Group multiple RAID 1 (Mirroring) to a single large

volume. System capacity = ½ of raw capacity invested. Widely used

in media editing and business storage applications

RAID Recap

Popular Setup for Surveillance Storage• RAID 1 (Mirroring) is popular for 2 bay systems

Invest 1 hard disk; ½ capacity. Allows 1 failure

• RAID 5 is economic choice for a single large volume

Invest 1 hard disk; (N-1) x TB. Allows 1 failure at the same time

• RAID 6 is the mode giving higher redundancy

Invest 2 hard disk; (N-2) x TB. Allows 2 failure at the same time

Recording Capacity?RAID

Required storage capacity depends on: • Codec (ex. H.264)• The resolution and frame rate to count• Numbers of cameras• How long is it required to keep the recordings?

4 Cameras 9 Cameras 16 Cameras 1-Month 2.52TB 6.33TB 10.96TB

Example*:

Make a RAID 5 by 3TB HDD x4 (= 9TB)

Make a RAID 5 by 4TB HDD x4 (=12TB)

Make a RAID 1 by 3TB HDD x2 (=3TB)

* Vary by different factor. Need to calculate case by case

RAID Supported RAID on the System

Which RAID mode does it support?• QNAP NAS:

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID10, RAID 5 + Spare, RAID6 +

Spare, JBOD, Single Disk

• QNAP NVR:

RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID5, RAID6, RAID 5 + Spare, RAID6 + Spare,

JBOD, Single Disk

RAID RAID = Backup?

RAID is not a backup• If it is a primary storage. Leverage the feature to back up to external

side, to another NAS, to another server, or to the cloud

QNAP NAS

Linux

Mac

Windows

LAN

Switch

Primary Backup

Internet

QNAP NAS

FTP Server

Cloud Storage ProviderWAN

Router

Real-time Replication

FTP Server

Cloud Storage

Secondary Backup

Hard Drives Type and Capacity

• What kind of hard drives should I choose?

SATA drives

SAS drives

SSD drives

• Economic choice for large capacity. Low Per TB cost

• Reliable choice for enterprise storage.

• Higher speed. Higher cost

• How big is the storage capacity?

Each drive bay supports up to 4TB (the max capacity of a SATA disk*)

System’s total raw capacity will be 4TB x n

The real capacity will depend on which RAID mode to be configured

* At the time of writing

Hard Drives Supported type of drives

• SATA drives are the current mainstream

Most of the SMB NASes, NVR, and external disk are

using SATA drives

SATA is the ideal storage media for surveillance

applications

SATA

SATA

SAS

• SAS drives are widely used in enterprise environment

SAS drives are only supported by limited high-end systems

The SAS supported system can support both SAS and SATA drives

Hard Drives Quality and Compatibility

• Quality v.s. Price

Why there are always some systems with the hard drives installed,

are sold at such low price?

• Which drives are compatible with my storage system?

Always check the compatibility list on manufacturer’s website

Or buy the pre-configured/ hard drives installed SKU sold by

manufacturer

* Be aware of what kind of hard drives they are using !!!

Hard Drives Choose the right hard drives

• Hard drives brands

Seagate

Western Digital

Hitachi (Merged by Western Digital)

Toshiba

Main player

Main player

Hard Drives Choose the right hard drives

Desktop Drives (Consumer )

NAS Drives

Cloud Drives

Enterprise Drives

Surveillance Drives

•Not designed for RAID•Not designed for 24x7•Widely adopt by cheaper storage vendors•Could run into disaster if used for RAID system

•Just available* quality to be verified

Desktop Drives (Consumer )

•Use for 1-5 bay Desktop NAS model. •Can be used in RAID environment.•Not for Rack mount system.

•Affordable Enterprise Drives.

•Reliable. •Expensive. •For heavy loading app.

Desktop Drives (Consumer )

Hard Drives Choose the right hard drives

NAS Drives

Cloud Drives

Enterprise Drives

Surveillance Drives

Desktop Drives (Consumer )

1-5 bay NAS/ NVR systems

• Seagate: Terascale• WD: CloudFor: Rack mount, and 5-bay or above desktop NAS/ NVR systems

Hard Drives Compatibility List

QNAP Website:http://www.qnap.com/compatibility

Check 3.5’’ or 2.5’’ HDD

Barebones Turnkey Storage Server

The turn key hardware platform for surveillance storage deployment

Barebones Turnkey Storage Server

CameraStorage

VMS

QNAP Barebone System

QNAP Storage Barebone for other 3rd party VMS

Windows OS

Barebones Turnkey Storage Server

WB-1600U-RP/WB-1200U-RP

3rd party VMS

Expansion enclosure

VMS

Expansion enclosure

Barebones Turnkey Storage Server

Intel® Quad Core Xeon® E3-1225 V2 3.2 GHz Processor 8GB DDR3 ECC memory(up to 32GB total) 10 Gigabit network capability USB 3.0, SATA 6Gb/s, and SSD support.

1. Power Button2. LED Indicators: 10 GbE,Status, LAN,

eSATA3. eSATA x 24. USB 2.0 x 45. Gigabit LAN x 46. USB 3.0 x 27. Expansion Slot x 28. VGA9. Power Connector x 2

Barebones Turnkey Storage Server

Time to Market

Low Deployment & Maintenance Cost& Effort

Proven Hardware Quality

Board-to-board Backplane Design. Professional Storage Server Chassis

Affordable. Extra Value Investment

Summary Choose the Right Storage !

Quality is the #1 Priority than Price

Choose the System with the Required Software Features you Need

Better System Hardware

Better Hard Drives

Software is the key

Easy to use, with the functions you need

Summary Choose the Right Storage !

Quality, Quality, and Quality !!!

Thank YouEmail: usasales@qnap.comReseller hotline: +1 909 595 2756Tech support: +1 909 595 2782http://www.qnap.com

Storage. Surveillance. Pro-AV