CCTV Storage

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, University St Mark and St John, Plymouth should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Dear University St Mark and St John, Plymouth,

Under the freedom of Information Act – I was hoping to obtain the following information:
Name(s) of person telephone number and email address of person responsible for managing CCTV and the Data. Who is responsible for purchasing CCTV and Data Storage of CCTV.
I also seek answers to the following questions:
How many cameras do you manage today? Is that growing?
How do you store and manage your video today? (Network Video Recorders? Enterprise Storage?)
Has your company ever lost video, or experienced poor-quality playback of video files?
How critical is video to your company? What is the impact of not being able to access video or record video?
When was the last time you refreshed your surveillance storage hardware?
Do you have an upgrade/refresh date? If so when?
What is your budget for the refresh?

Yours faithfully,

Jay Rouf

DP and FOI, University St Mark and St John, Plymouth

Dear Ray
Thank you for your Freedom of Information request. We will respond to this within 20 working days and you can expect a response by 31 May at the latest.

Regards

Sharon Holley
Library Services Co-ordinator
Plymouth Marjon University
T: 01752 636700 (ext: 4206)
[email address]
www.marjon.ac.uk

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DP and FOI, University St Mark and St John, Plymouth

Dear Mr Newcombe

 

Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request concerning the
above. I can confirm that the answer to your request is as follows:

 

Name(s) of person telephone number and email address of person responsible
for managing CCTV and the Data. Who is responsible for purchasing CCTV and
Data Storage of CCTV. Same for both - David Franklin,
[1][email address], 01752-636700

How many cameras do you manage today? 32

Is that growing? Yes

How do you store and manage your video today? (Network Video Recorders?
Enterprise Storage?)  HikVision NVRs and Qnap TS-EC1280U-E3-4GE-R2 48tb RM
NVR Seagate Skyhawk drives

Has your company ever lost video, or experienced poor-quality playback of
video files? NO

How critical is video to your company? Not critical.

What is the impact of not being able to access video or record video?
Small impact

When was the last time you refreshed your surveillance storage hardware?
Currently refreshing

Do you have an upgrade/refresh date? If so when? Currently refreshing,
upgrades are in process of being budgeted with existing supplier

What is your budget for the refresh? £4,000 awaiting approval

 

I trust that this satisfies your request, but please do not hesitate to
contact me if you require any further clarification.

 

Yours sincerely

 

Norman Jope

Academic Standards Officer and OIA Point of Contact

Quality and Academic Standards Unit (Room W120c)

Plymouth Marjon University*

T: 01752 636895 (external) ext. 2095 (internal)

[2][email address]

[3]www.marjon.ac.uk

 

 

*Plymouth Marjon University is a trading name of the University of St Mark
& St John

 

 

 

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