Western Digital applies artificial intelligence to its 12 TB to improve video surveillance systems

Western Digital's Edge-to-core surveillance portfolio expands with 12TB Digital Purple disk, with the ability to apply machine learning and AI to increase security.

With the aim of assisting the security industry in the use of cameras with increasing resolution and new applications that require real-time analysis, Western Digital has expanded its surveillance portfolio with Purple 12 TB Drive, A high-capacity storage and learning unit (to date the largest on the market), with exclusive AllFrame AI technology.

Western Purple 12 TB Drive Opens New Possibilities in Video Surveillance by Enabling the Capture of Multiple High-Resolution Video Streams, as well as access to video recordings to support learning and data analysis.

This innovation is specially designed for emerging DVR and NVR systems with AI capabilities (Ai), as it supports real-time detection of AI-triggered events at the point of capture, with continuous learning in the background.

According to the consulting firm IDC, The amount of exabytes of big data generated by surveillance solutions is expected to grow by 25% annually until 2021, driven primarily by the installation of more complex cameras with extremely improved resolutions; Increasingly Intelligent Applications and Expanding Overall Use of Video Analytics.

Traditional video surveillance systems detect moving subjects without providing detailed analysis, while the new ones have additional functions, such as real-time edge analytics, to better detect objects and reduce animal false alarms, leaves and even changes in light.

AI-enabled systems don't just detect moving targets, rather, they can analyze them to help determine if they are a potential threat. In addition, Deep learning algorithms go beyond simple motion detection to deliver advanced capabilities, como el reconocimiento facial y la predicción del comportamiento para la industria minorista y de entretenimiento.

Brendan Collins, Vp. Product Marketing, Western Digital devices business unit, He notes that "networked video recording systems are becoming smart. AI-enabled NVRs are being designed for new GPUs and CPUs in order to improve global deep learning capability and accelerate algorithms related to object recognition and facial recognition.".

Specifically,, this deep learning of NVRs requires "greater storage capacity and sophisticated processing in front of individual cameras to perform more advanced analytics, such as the location of images of a particular face between weeks or months of stored video or the creation of traffic heatmaps from hours of retail video surveillance".

From the point of view of camera manufacturers, The President of Hikvision Europe, Derek Yang, "With advances in the capability of our surveillance solutions,, the amount of storage required to capture, Store and analyze video from millions of cameras installed around the world for smart cities, transportation and other applications is constantly growing. The unit of 12 TB and Western's surveillance product portfolio will enable us to deliver optimized solutions for our customers.".

Western Digital Purple Albums 12 TB for surveillance offer greater storage capacity for all supported video surveillance systems, while those of 10 And 12 TB feature exclusive AllFrame AI technology, designed specifically for AI-enabled systems, so the disks can support twice as many AI channels (16 channels/32 streams) than the competition.

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