Closed Circuit TeleVision or CCTV video storage is available in
many different forms. Sometimes the type of storage device and
medium is dependent on the type of camera. In the following
article, we’ll take a look at some of the more common methods of
CCTV Storage. Before we continue our discussion on CCTV video
storage, let’s briefly review how a digital video security and
surveillance system works. Normally the system consists of a
digital video camera, a Digital Video Recorder or DVR, and a
monitor (or several monitors). The camera captures the video
footage and transfers it into an electronic form, sends it to
the DVR for storage, and/or to a monitor for live viewing. If
the video is stored on a DVR, it can be retrieved at a later
date and viewed on the monitor at that time. Since CCTV became
digital (it used to be a totally analog system several years
ago), the system’s components seem to mimic a personal computer
system in many ways. Although a CCTV DVR is not a personal
computer, it has processors and