At the heart of the DataCom Video Surveillance Solution is the IBM Blade Center. Unlike a stand-alone server that needs multiple power supplies and fans, individual systems management, numerous cables and a lot of space, the IBM BladeCenter is compact and simple. The blade contains all the necessary components to run an application––processors, memory, I/O and storage, with redundant power and hot-swap capability.
In the end the Datacom solution was clearly our best choice. It is an IBM server based solution and comes with IBMs outstanding customer support, It will easily grow with our needs and is extremely user friendly. It was also very budget friendly.