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Chapter 1. Introduction
1.1 Overview
QNAP VioStor (hereafter referred to as NVR or VioStor) is the high performance 1U
chassis network surveillance system featuring Linux-embedded OS and powerful
surveillance features. It supports unique multi-server monitoring for up to
120-channel monitoring from multiple QNAP NVR servers simultaneously.
Moreover, the NVR supports over 300 network camera models from AXIS, ACTi,
Arecont Vision, Canon, D-Link, EDIMAX, ELMO, EtroVision, GANZ, iPUX, IQeye,
LevelOne, MOBOTIX, Messoa, Panasonic BB/ BL/ i-Pro, SANYO, SONY, TOSHIBA,
TRENDnet, VIVOTEK, and Y-CAM.
The NVR is a complete network surveillance solution which provides recording,
real-time monitoring, and remote data access. It supports recording in H.264,
MPEG-4, MxPEG, and MJPEG video compression. Besides, the NVR supports
diversified recording features, e.g. schedule recording, alarm recording, alarm
recording schedule, etc. In real-time monitoring, you can select to view the
channels (IP cameras) with different display modes or drag and drop to change the
display order of the channels flexibly. The NVR also intelligent video analytics,
including motion detection, missing object, foreign object, out of focus, and camera
occlusion. It offer smart control of PTZ cameras, instant alarm alert, digital zoom,
data search by date and time, timeline, and event. All the functions can be
configured by the IE web browser.
* MxPEG video compression is not supported by VS-201, VS-101, NVR-104.