Why Surveillance Systems Fail During Incidents
Posted by Marty Allison on Mar 02, 2026
Why Surveillance Systems Fail During Incidents — Not During Testing
Most surveillance systems get tested under calm conditions.
One operator. A few live views. Light playback. No exports. No pressure.
Then a real incident happens and everything feels unstable.
Deployment takeaway
Testing rarely simulates incident load.
Incidents create correlated spikes across recording
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Why Your NVR Can’t Handle Its Rated Camera Count
Posted by Ted Perry on Mar 01, 2026
Why Your NVR Can’t Handle the Camera Count on the Spec Sheet
NVR spec sheets love big numbers.
64 channels. 128 channels. 256 channels.
But those numbers assume ideal lab conditions. In real deployments, performance collapses long before you hit the headline camera count.
Deployment takeaway
Channel count assumes specific bitrate and codec conditions.
Decoding limits ar
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