Kipod enables a truly global search of video content objects through thousands of locations. Unlike conventional video management systems (VMS), Kipod is based on next generation technologies, widely adopted today by IT giants such as Google and Amazon:
Kipod private cloud platform
Сonventional video management systems
Video content search engine
Global search through all the sites
Big data indexing
Facet object filtering
Site-wide search only
No multi-site search
No big data search capabilities
Virtualization
Docker lightweight containers
Less hardware resources required
No orchestration available
No automatic deployment scaling and management
Orchestration
Kubernetes production grade orchestration
Automating deployment, scaling, and management
No orchestration available
No automatic deployment scaling and management
Storage
Ceph object storage
Inexpensive, scalable and self-healing
RAID-based file systems
Expensive, non-scalable and difficult to repair
Database
Cassandra database
Linear scalability and proven fault-tolerance
MS SQL Server or similar
Difficult to scale and to backup
Analytics
Video and audio analytics based on deep learning
Higher accuracy and better generalization
Video and audio analytics based on feature analysis
Lower accuracy and generalization
Server platforms
Linux family
Open source
Windows family
Proprietary software
Client platforms
Web-based fully featured UI
Linux, Windows, Android, iOS apps
Windows-based app required
to access all capabilities