When choosing a VMS look at the hidden costs

While some Video Management Systems (VMS) may appear well priced, there are often additional costs.

• Check the costs for License per viewing work station?
• Maximum cameras before an enterprise license is required?
• Number of cameras per server?
• You may find that you need an additional server when you add just one more camera. How much storage is required?
• Many systems offer better compression, reducing storage costs and on going hard drive replacement costs.
• How much cooling do the servers require? Cooling costs ongoing money.
• Are there yearly license fees?
• Can the recording perform redundancy and at what cost?
• If your video information is important, shouldn’t be able to have a fail over redundancy?
• The reliability of the system?
• Technicians are not cheap. If you have an end to end solution from one vendor, the reliability increases and the support is from one source.