RE: Surveillance Videos and Security Cameras on the System i ? ? ? ? ?

["Shannon ODonnell" <sodonnell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Forgive my ignorance...but how would you host a video surveillance system on
a text-based system that has no GUI? 

At best you would get a java front end on it, which would be unbearably
slow, and you'd still need a PC or MAC to run it on, and on the other end,
you'd have to go with an xServer or a stand-a-lone windows system that did
all the GUI work and handled the DirectX (assuming Windows) calls for
interfacing with the cameras and displaying the images. The only thing the
iSeries would get you for something like this is the ability to store
information about the images captured or video stored in a secure database.

I make a living from the iSeries but I would not recommend it to a client
for solutions where it was not suited.



-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Raul A. Jager W.
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2007 8:50 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Surveillance Videos and Security Cameras on the System i ? ? ?
? ?

I don't know about Erik's reasons, But if I needed a surveliance system 
I will surely prefer to have it hosted in the iSeries. 
Sadly, anybody who is selling windos-only solutions will try to convince 
everybody that it is not a good idea to use a better server.

Carl Galgano wrote:

> We are in this business, (security camera systems, card access, etc)  and
> also do a lot of iSeries work as well, but would never consider the iSeries
> as the server for this type of project.  Why do you want an iSeries
> solution?
>
>
> Carl J. Galgano
> EDI Consulting Services, Inc.
> 770-422-2995
> F: 678-881-9224
> http://www.ediconsulting.com
>
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> Marietta, GA  30060
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Eric Lehti
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2007 2:08 PM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Surveillance Videos and Security Cameras on the System i ? ? ? ? ?
>
> Do you know of any System i - hosted Surveillance Video and Security
Cameras
> systems?
>
> Or is that an application that has never ported to the System i?
>
> Need to review some of the available offerings for outdoor-mounted security
> cameras and surveillance video that store data on disk.
> Here is one site http://www.surveillance-video.com/
>
>
> EricL
> (918) 879-6036 direct;   (918) 292-9142 mobile
>
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