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Regarding the choice of the two monitoring methods, On – and cloud, many people are actually quite confused like me. They don’t know which one should be chosen to be the one that suits them. After all, these two methods have their own opinions and characteristics… Then today, I will talk about it and talk to you carefully, hoping to give some insignificant reference suggestions to those in need! First of all, we must explain the two basic concepts of On- and Cloud to everyone clearly. Otherwise, no matter how much you say, it will be useless and fart, not! On – To put it simply, all the hardware, servers, storage devices and other messy things in our monitoring system must be placed in the venue we bought or rented. All management and maintenance work must be done by ourselves or specially hired technicians! Cloud, simply put, stores surveillance video and video information on the remote server of other cloud computing service providers. When we usually use it, we can access it directly through the network connection. We don’t need to do the hardware to purchase and manage it yourself~

1. Cost considerations: On – In this way, it usually requires a lot of money to be invested at the beginning. You have to work hard to pay for the server, storage hard drive, and those devices. If the device is broken or aging and needs to be replaced, it will be a considerable expense! But on the other hand, from the perspective of long-term, if the use time is longer and longer, the subsequent money it needs to pay will be relatively stable and will not be a big expense all at once; while cloud, it usually pays in the form of (equivalent to the way we usually rent things for monthly or annual payments), and the money invested is relatively small at the beginning. For small or individuals who cannot afford a lot of funds at once, they may feel much less pressure and much easier! However, you have to calculate the accounts carefully. If you continue to use it for several years, the accumulated expenses may be paid than On – you will invest much more money at the beginning, and you must not ignore this point simply!

2. Flexibility and aspect: On – This thing is relatively poor and rigid. If you want to increase the number of cameras or expand the storage, you have to buy new hardware equipment again, and you have to carry out very complicated and troublesome setups and work. The whole process is quite time-consuming and effort-consuming, and it cannot be done simply in one day, two days, three or five! Cloud seems to be more flexible and flexible in this regard. If you want to increase the number of cameras or adjust the storage capacity, you just need to click the mouse from above and modify the plan. It is simply as easy as buying things online at home. You don’t need to tinker with those headache-inducing hardware yourself!

3. In terms of maintenance and management: On – We need to arrange professional IT personnel to carry out daily routines, such as small problems in the server, software needs, data backup, etc., and all of them have to worry about them yourself. If the technicians are not professional enough or don’t take care of it for a while, the monitoring system may have problems prone to us, which will lead to us not being able to use it! As for cloud maintenance and management, basically all cloud providers are responsible for the maintenance and management of servers, software updates and upgrades, and we don’t have to worry about these messy and troublesome tasks. We just need to use the monitoring service with peace of mind and everything will be fine! However, there is also a disadvantage to this, that is, we have to rely entirely on the provider. If we accidentally encounter unreliable ones, if there is something wrong with it or the service is interrupted, then we will be in trouble and unlucky!

After talking about these keys, there must be many people who are still full of doubts in their hearts! Now I will choose a few questions that everyone asks a lot and answer them perfunctorily! Q: On – or cloud, which one has better performance and makes people feel more reassuring? A: This question cannot be generalized and simply said that who is better and who is worse! On – If it is, because we are really controlling the data in our own hands, it seems that it should be more theoretically? right? But the prerequisite is that you must have professional and strong measures, otherwise, you will easily be invaded and compromised by those hateful ones, and the data will be the same as those in the hands of others. Maybe they will be deleted directly or leaked! Cloud providers generally have very professional and awesome teams to do it. The security technology may be much better and better than we do ourselves, but because the data is stored on other people's servers, we can't see or touch it, and we always feel that it is not as solid and stable as it is! So no matter which method you choose, you have to take the measures in place to be at ease and have a good sleep! Q: Under what circumstances is it better to choose On – and under what circumstances is it better to choose cloud? A: Generally speaking, if you are relatively large, have very high data requirements, have enough money, have enough IT resources and technical personnel, and plan to use this monitoring system for a long time, then choose On – maybe compare; if you are small or team, there are not too much funds and fewer staff, and you also hope that the monitoring system is very simple and convenient to use, and you don’t need to spend too much effort to manage and occasionally need to take a remote look, then cloud may be considered a good thing!

In general, whether to choose On- or Cloud is not something that can be decided by just a simple pat of your head. We must comprehensively consider many factors such as cost, usage scenarios, safety requirements, and our own capabilities. After more weighting and weighing, we can only make the relatively wisest and safest? right! (But tens of millions, please remember to refer to the official suggestions! If you have headaches in equipment procurement and don’t know which one is cheaper to choose, you might as well take a look at the global procurement services for weak current intelligent products provided. Maybe it can help you solve a lot of real troubles and save a lot of money and thoughts on orders!) My personal opinion, some immature views, may not be accurate, there is no absolutely perfect, anywhere, and anyone who uses it says high-quality monitoring methods. As long as it can just meet our actual needs, use it with peace of mind, and don’t spend more money, that is the best one for us, which is the so-called "if the shoes are suitable, only the feet know"! Therefore, everyone must make good choices based on our real situation and don’t spend money to get upset! Otherwise, when I think of it in the middle of the night, I will pat my thigh and say I regret it!