Alpha Navigational/Surveillance
Computer
With 4 (8 optional) PoE
ports, the Alpha is the foremost marine fanless NVR (Network Video
Recorder)
Utilizing 32nm Intel® Core™ i7/ i5 processors, the
Alpha Navigational/Surveillance Marine computer features Intel® Turbo
Boost and Intel® Hyper-Threading technologies (2 cores, 4 threads), as well
as on-processor graphics and 4Gb of DDR3 1066 memory. In addition,
Alpha provides a wide variety of display configurations and rich I/O
interfaces including two Intel® GbE Ethernet ports, 4 COM ports, 4 POE, 6
USB, 8 GPIO, 2 SATAII, 2 eSATA, and audio interfaces. The Alpha is designed
for a broad range of applications which demand intense graphics performance;
including Navigational and surveillance/security applications.
The two solid state hard drives are configured RAID 0.
This means that they mirror each other, so backups are automatic and in real
time. Also, should one drive fail, ( extremely rare in a solid state drive)
the computer will continue on the second drive. When the bad drive is
replaced it will automatically mirror. The hot swappable feature will
allow you to remove one drive to use your data in a remote location without
having to shut down the computer.
PoE (Power over Ethernet) allows you to power your
network cameras using the same cable you would for the video signal, simplifying
wiring.