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IT director recommends camera, storage and switch upgrades as hardware prices rise
Summary
Story County IT director reported many security cameras are end-of-life and proposed replacing ~75 cameras with a hybrid cloud model, advised a county storage array (SAN) refresh because equipment is end-of-life, and warned of rising hardware costs tied to memory and storage demand.
Colin Gers, Story County’s IT director, told supervisors the county’s non-Justice Center security cameras are largely on older, end-of-life systems and proposed a consolidated replacement: a new camera system with a five-year license/support arrangement and hardware refresh across roughly 75 cameras. Gers said that approach would provide hybrid cloud recording options, remove the need to maintain an on-site backend for every camera, and make it easier to add cameras in the future.
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