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“A hospital setting is a 24/7/365 environment, which calls for the rigors of continuous operation, and the enhanced performance of CompleteView 20/20.”
By Ralph C. Jensen
single Intel Xeon processor with 16 GB of memory, which also offered the hospital system up to 48 TB of video storage.
“We were looking for new servers at our existing buildings, so that meant we were in the market for 40 to 45 servers,” Gagliano said. “Our clinics have varied and different missions, so demand for security services are different. When we sought customized solutions, we found ex- actly what we needed.”
PowerPlus is a two-unit NVR rack mount used for the installation because SwedishAmerican sought a balance be- tween processing power, storage capacity, and redundancy for high performance in a flexible platform for its existing video surveillance applications. A hospital set- ting is a 24/7/365 environment, requiring a system that can withstand the rigors of continuous operation. That’s where the enhanced performance of CompleteView 20/20 comes in.
“When we started the process of replac- ing our servers and NVRs, we considered performance first and foremost,” Gagliano said. “It was mission-critical to have flex- ibility, and it was important to honor the standard of excellence already offered by SwedishAmerican Hospital.”
In recent years, SwedishAmerican has been honored in the medical professional for its commitment to quality, and it has become a gold standard for medical care of any other healthcare system in north- ern Illinois. The hospital has received a Top 100 Hospital Quality Award, 150 Top Places to Work in Healthcare, and a Distinguished Hospital Award by J.D. Power and Associates, among many other accolades.
While there may not be an award or designation for security in the workplace, SwedishAmerican has done its best to en- sure that patients are afforded the highest level of safety and security.
Ralph C. Jensen is the editor in chief at Security Today magazine.
The servers, just like the hospital, have evolved over the years. The PowerProtect platforms extend the limits of opera- tional capabilities for video surveillance systems engineered for continuous access and durability.
“The reason for the custom build is
to fulfill several missions of the hospital system,” Lapp said. “There are various requirements for storage and differing re- quirements for recording frames per sec- ond. The customized nature of these secu- rity solutions fulfills the unique needs of the customer.”
SwedishAmerican Hospital has video recording requirements that weren’t neces- sary a few years ago. Terry W. Gagliano, security manager at the hospital system, said the investment in this server solution would not only help with the upgrade to Windows 10, but it will allow greater re- cording capacity.
“This is an inner-city hospital system, where there are different and sometimes difficult challenges,” Gagliano said. “The clinics also are within the inner city, and we wanted to ensure that we had enough bandwidth to not only record, but to store the images that we are getting. We wanted to be able to effectively record and store video for 90 days.”
Recording and storage specifications vary at the hospital. For instance, at the child daycare center at the hospital, record- ing is active only during hours of opera- tion, and storage of those images last from three to six months. Parking lots also are under constant surveillance, and storage on the servers is ongoing.
“We’re thrilled to have these server plat- forms in place and working,” Gagliano said. “What we had been using is obsolete. The PowerProtect solutions are engineered to accept upgrades as they are needed and as they become available. We expect these servers to last beyond five years before we have to consider replacement.”
The servers or hybrid NVRs are a value- oriented digital video surveillance system, offering continuous operation with ad- vanced components. They are rack-mount- ed, and as any end-user would expect, delivers reliability and a processing power required by mission-critical video surveil- lance. Because the storage of video images is important, SwedishAmerican sought a
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