Storage

Storage is an essential piece of a physical security solution. Which options you choose will impact your solution in a number of ways, such as:

• Total Cost of the solution
• Network Security
• Where and when you can access footage
• How long footage will be available

Storage Locations
Your requirements for storage may vary depending on your needs. These requirements may also change depending on those needs or compliance changes in your industry or state. Cloud solutions allow you the flexibility to meet your storage needs by utilizing a solution that can support on-device, onsite, and cloud storage. YourSix recommends using an on-device SD card and cloud storage, resulting in redundant storage that is accessible even if access to the local device is lost.

The YourSixOS platform allows for the use of three types of storage:

SD Cards

As noted above, YourSix recommends using SD cards from Axis Communications; however, other industrial surveillance-rated SD cards are also supported. Please note that using non-Axis Communications cards may cause health monitoring and other features to be unavailable.

Below are the recommended SD card retention guidelines. However, YourSix advises using AXIS Site Designer for the most accurate prediction of SD card retention.

Value of Edge Storage

Technological advancements have resulted in specialized SD cards specifically for surveillance, featuring enhancements such as greater endurance, built-in encryption, and health monitoring. Using these SD cards guarantees that footage is recorded, even if there is a network disruption. Additionally, YourSix generally observes that these cards can last from 5 to 10 years or more, enabling you to use the same card throughout the camera’s entire lifespan.

Recording Schedules

Recording continuously 100% of the time may be needed or even required to be compliant; however, this can be costly, make post-event searching difficult, burden your bandwidth and consume storage very quickly. 

The YourSixOS platform can record continuously or via triggers based on edge-based AI and schedules. YourSix recommends that users (if it complies with mandates or laws in your area) utilize continuous recording on the local SD card and motion recording to the cloud. Below is a list of triggers users can use for recording. Additional resource: Recording Rule Best Practices

• Motion detection: Record when motion is detected 
• Schedules: Record only during a specified time or day 
• Object detection: Record when a car or person is detected 
• Sound detection: Record when sound is detected. 

*Devices can also use other Axis analytics such as AXIS Guard Suite, which detects motion, intrusion, loitering, and other 3rd party ACAPs.

The YourSixOS platform allows for storage to be recorded in multiple locations simultaneously without user intervention. Your device can send footage to a local SD card and the cloud simultaneously. Some solutions buffer video on the device for upload to the cloud at a later time or require a user to upload the footage manually.  This means if damage occurs to the device or storage before the upload, you have no footage of the incident. Redundant, automatic recording rules, as used with Y6OS, protect users against this issue. Additional resource: Real-Time Cloud Storage