We present the details of the different solutions that were implemented to develop a successful project.
by Pivot3
Pivot3 and Lenovo provide a modern, centralized safe city infrastructure for Major Cities in South America.
About the client: At an elevation of more than 8,500 feet and more than 8 million inhabitants, Bogotá is the capital and largest city of Colombia and the prosperous political, economic, artistic and sports center of the country. It is a diverse and multicultural mix of residents in 20 localities, or neighborhoods, that form an extensive network of neighborhoods with a mix of colonial and modern architecture. Known as the heart of the Andes, Bogota is responsible for more than half of tourism in Colombia.
The challenge: In 2016, the security team responsible for the safety of citizens and visitors in Bogotá was operating with a technology mix of 14 contracts signed and implemented over many years. The city had 2,000 cameras, well below the international standard for cameras per capita. Of those 2,000 cameras, only 1,500 were operational; some were obsolete, others had been vandalized, and others were simply out of order. Many of the cameras, from brands such as Pelco, Bosch, Indigo and others, operated as islands, without centralized supervision or management.
The city realized they needed to upgrade to an infrastructure platform with mission-critical capabilities developed for the demands of the Safe City and Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives. Specifically, they needed a platform that offered resilience and the ability of a security operator in any location to view any camera across the city. The platform also needed the ability to scale from the current 2,000 cameras to support, manage and view streams from 5,000 cameras spread across 18 different districts. Security equipment was severely limited by limited space in the data center, so it was essential that the solution met the rigorous storage requirements for all cameras in a space that took up less than two racks.
The solution
The city selected the Pivot3-Lenovo Safe City solution, which included 30 Lenovo servers and 20 storage-only devices running the Pivot3 intelligence engine. The first phase of implementation includes 5 PB of capacity for the city's central administration, with an additional 10PB scheduled for the second and third phases to support the city's 18 counties. The city is adding 1,600 PTZ cameras and 43 high-resolution fixed cameras in the first stage, plus nearly 1,700 PTZ cameras in later stages.
By providing higher density, higher throughput, and better resilience, Pivot3's proprietary erase coding enabled the city to optimize floor space use with a high-performance solution that could scale linearly as city requirements grew. Space, power and cooling requirements per PB were 20 to 40 percent more efficient than competing solutions, including HP, Dell and a DVR solution. The camera density supported by the Pivot3-Lenovo solution allowed the city to meet its limited floor space requirements.
Lenovo's servers had the ability to provide the right hardware configuration to support the raw processing power required by the high number of cameras. In addition, Pivot3 software offers the ability to maintain high performance, preventing image degradation and frame loss.
The city's solution also includes Intelligent Security Systems ( ISS)'s SecurOSTM video management software, which offers streaming capability designed for high camera count environments. In addition to the feature differentiation of the combined solution, Lenovo's network on the ground in Colombia was vital in providing the level of daytime and six-hour support required by the city.
In addition to traditional video surveillance, the Pivot3-Lenovo infrastructure supports analytics and other security programs. The solution's virtual environment gave the city the flexibility to support any operating system required for the selected security and analytics software. The Pivot3-Lenovo solution will be integrated with the Bogotá telephone company's fiber networks throughout the city.
The results
The Pivot3-Lenovo Safe City - IoT solution provides enterprise-grade infrastructure for large-scale surveillance of Bogotá and its municipalities. Infrastructure is managed from a central location, which greatly simplifies management and increases the city's awareness and ability to monitor and respond to an incident. The solution can scale processing and storage capacity simultaneously with each added device, or scale storage capacity independently as needed, as the number of cameras increases.
Customer Testimonial
"With this new scalable edge computing solution, the city's security team can view any camera, regardless of brand across the city from a single location, which will greatly simplify operations," Rafael Padilla, Systems Integrator, Safe City project of the City of Bogotá.
Project information
Pivot3 Case Study
Safe City Solution
Industry
Government
Location
Bogota - Colombia
Key challenges
• Number of surveillance cameras that do not meet international standards.
• Outdated surveillance infrastructure did not provide central monitoring
• Unreliable surveillance systems expose the city to risk.
Solution
• 30 hyperconverged servers and 20 storage devices with 5PB capacity only with an additional 10PB planned for phases two and three
• Integrated SecurOSTM video management software from Intelligent Security Systems
Business Benefits
• Simplified management and open architecture improve effectiveness by allowing operators across all control centers to view video data from across the city
• Reduces risks and liabilities by eliminating data loss and downtime
• Modular scalability allows the city to expand counts and camera capacity as demand increases
• High-density solution fits a limited floor space, reducing space, power and cooling requirements by up to 40%
