Storj as UniFi Drive backup target

[jammerdan]

@Ottetal

I’d be great to be able to use StorJ directly for all video streams from security cameras.

There is this old and huge thread that I have started

Has Storj ever looked into the cctv market?

We are seeing some actors on the cctv market and those could be interesting for Storj. Generally speaking, it is common to use the cloud for cctv recordings. There are manufacturers of cctvs and recording hardware or closed software, which could be interested to directly implement access to the Tardigrade network and maybe earn some comissions. Also there are cctv cloud provider like https://www.cameraftp.com/ that need a cloud infrastructure for their service, which also might be intereste…

There I have been trying everything to convince Storj that the security industry with their needs to store camera streams of millions of cameras worldwide could be a great potential to seek partnerships from that industry.

If UniFi could be such a partner, I’m not sure, because they offer their own hardware storage solutions. I believe that Storj could partner mainly with suppliers of software NVR solutions.
Regarding UniFi, the option to back up to any S3-compatible storage has been requested in their community in the past. The demand for such solutions is definitely there and not only there.
Storj integration could start as a backup target, but with Object Mount, Storj storage might even be feasible as the primary storage target. With no cost for ingress it sounds like the perfect idea to store the camera streams directly off premise.