Easily store surveillance footage from Milestone XProtect and Nx Witness to a reliable QNAP NAS

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	Best Video Surveillance Storage for Milestone XProtect^® and Nx Witness™

With QNAP NAS integration, you can leverage secure, petabyte-level, scalable, and cost-optimized storage for surveillance solutions.

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Build a Professional VMS storage platform with QNAP NAS

QNAP NAS is a robust, reliable, and easy-to-use all-in-one integrated storage appliance that can serve as external storage for VMS, or as a server running the VMS. Both scenarios offer an easy-to-manage and cost-effective video surveillance storage solution.

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No Need for Architectural Changes

Seamlessly store surveillance footage from VMS platforms without installing extra software.

Secure and Reliable

RAID protection, multi-layered backups, access management, and Immutable Storage provide comprehensive protection.

Cost-efficient

Flexible storage expansion units and an easy-to-use storage management interface ensure high ROI for surveillance storage.

Scenario 1

QNAP NAS supports SMB/FTP/NFS/iSCSI protocols as the storage platform for Milestone XProtect® and Nx Witness™. Deploy remote backups, hybrid cloud backups, and Air-gap offline backups or JBOD units to realize well-round and reliable data backup and archive solutions.

Scenario 2

Run Virtual Machines for Nx Witness™ on the same NAS, leveraging SSDs for smooth VMS operation while storing recorded videos on high-capacity HDDs.

Why choose QNAP NAS to store surveillance footage?

	QNAP NAS	White-label servers	Other NAS brands
Storage Capacity	Large, supports drives up to 24TB, with NAS providing up to 30 drive bays	Large	Large
Expandability	High, flexible and simple	Requires self-deployed management software	High, more complex management
Backup Features	Complete, with snapshots, remote backup, and disaster recovery	Requires self-deployed management software	Depends on brand and model
Security	High, with RAID, encryption, access management, and immutability	Requires self-deployed management software	Depends on brand and model
Cloud Backup	Seamless hybrid cloud backup with HBS	Requires self-deployed management software	Depends on brand and model
VMS Platform Integration	High, seamlessly integrates Milestone XProtect and Nx Witness	Requires compatibility testing	Lacks integration for both solutions
Access Performance	High, with multi-core computing and high-speed networking, ensuring smooth playback of large recordings	Depends on brand and model	Varies by brand and model, often lacks high-speed NAS models
Storage Costs	High cost-performance, flexible software-hardware integrated solution meeting various budget needs	High hardware costs, additional software required, high maintenance costs	More economical, but lower configuration flexibility and high software complexity