Applies to: Cloud Gateway

Summary

The Hanwha Vision Cloud Gateway is a hardware device that greatly expands the list of camera models compatible with Hanwha Vision OnCloud VSaaS (Video Solution as a Service) solution.

OnCloud VSaaS enables you to subscribe to a cloud service to manage your video system, instead of managing on-prem servers.

The purest OnCloud deployment only has cameras and either Edge or Cloud storage. However, for existing cameras that cannot support either of these directly, Cloud Gateways offer a migration strategy.

A Cloud Gateway extends OnCloud compatibility to legacy Hanwha Vision IP cameras and third-party cameras that cannot run the CloudConnector app.

It achieves this by transferring the responsibility of communicating directly with OnCloud and the Internet away from the camera, and taking it on itself.

Direct-to-Cloud Camera Background

OnCloud supports Hanwha Vision Direct-to-Cloud (D2C) cameras by installing the CloudConnector app on the camera’s Open Platform.

• Edge Recording - The most popular deployment is Edge (local) microSD card recording, which keeps the recording on-premises and does not consume upload bandwidth to record video. These cameras can trail four weeks of Cloud recording for backup.
   

• Cloud Recording - D2C cameras also support Cloud recording, with the redundancy option of using the in-camera microSD card for trickle-back recording in the event of a network outage.

  NOTE: D2C cameras require direct access to the Internet.

Cloud Gateway

A Cloud Gateway acts as a bridge between cameras and OnCloud. There are two types of Cloud Gateways: Cloud Gateway Recorder (CGR) and Cloud Gateway Appliance (CGA).

• Cloud Gateway Recorder (records locally)
  
  
  
  Records 16-32 cameras, which can be any Hanwha Vision IP or third-party camera model. 
  
  Contains up to 40 TB onboard storage, which substitutes as the local storage for cameras instead of the microSD card.
  
  Can be configured to maintain a one-month backup in the Cloud.
  
  Includes dual NICs to isolate the private camera LAN from the WAN, if necessary.
  
  A CGR ignores a camera’s Edge storage.

• Cloud Gateway Appliance (records in the cloud)
  
  
  
  Streams up to 16 cameras for recording in the Cloud.
  
  Supports Cloud-based recording for any Hanwha Vision IP or third-party camera.
  
  Survives temporary network outages by leveraging Hanwha microSD Edge-based recording, or compatible third-party cameras.

Comparing D2C, CGA, and CGR

CGR Quick Comparison

There are two CGR models with different camera, throughput, and storage capacities.

AI Metadata Design Considerations

There are a few design considerations when choosing between D2C cameras, and cameras that communicate via a Cloud Gateway:

• Cloud Gateways propagate Hanwha Vision AI metadata to OnCloud.
   
• Cloud Gateways do not propagate third-party camera AI metadata at this time.
   
• Cloud Gateways are not supported by SightMind at this time.