Re: Recommended Security Camera Equipment - IT roles?

[Cal Frye <cjf () CALFRYE COM>]

Hi, Chris,
Our situation may be unique, but I suspect most are. Our office of Safety and
Security is located in a converted single-family house, so space and wiring are
concerns. Hence the division revealed below. CIT has complete ownership of our
cameras covering our lab equipment, more general gear is described here:

Faigle, Chris wrote:
> Hi. May I please also ask what roles IT vs. Campus Police has in terms of:
>
> -         Ultimate ownership of the project

It's all theirs.
> -         Design of architecture

We do that more or less as their consultants.
> -         Installation of cameras and wiring

We and our electrical shop coordinate that.
> -         Supporting servers and associated network

Networking remains our responsibility. The server and monitoring gear is located
in our CIT machine room, where there is A/C and UPS to suit.
> -         Video archiving

What tapes are maintained are handled by our operators, as it's very like the
backup tape rotation they're already doing.
> -         The actual monitoring of the video

Safety and Security. If they need to consult the archive, they come over here
and hang out for a while ;-)
>
Hope this is helpful.
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