Blibli Entrusts Synology's Solution for Warehouse Surveillance

PT Global Digital Niaga has 20 warehouses in Indonesia. It is very important to maintain stable logistics and warehouse operations in the E-commerce industry. Therefore, the surveillance system in those warehouses are of great significance. 

More than 500 IP cameras are running 24/7 to monitor the warehouses and PT Global Digital Niaga needs to save the footage for the last 50 days. The old surveillance system was not scalable and didn't have NVR device with more than 9 channels. In addition, it doesn't support the whole functions of the ONVIF cameras. Functions like PTZ control and motion detection cannot even work. The manufacturers themselves cannot solve these issues, which rattles IT admins.

So they surveyed for some new solutions, one of them is Windows server-based VMS, which requires different kinds of licenses for both the operating systems and VMS. Needless to say, it was expensive. 

Before decided to adopt Synology's surveillance solution, PT Global Digital Niaga had been using Synology NAS as its file server and internal website's platform. From the very beginning, they have been very satisfied with the stability and technical support from Synology. That's the reason why they chose Synology as their surveillance system. It has been 4 years since PT Global Digital Niaga started using Synology products, and there are over 40 devices used across Indonesia, all from different product lines. The user-friendly interface, stable performance, abundant features, and a cost-effective price are the reasons why PT Global Digital Niaga chose Synology.

Synology NVR supports Windows AD and is able to join the company's Windows domain. Seamless integration into the company's original account system greatly eased the deployment difficulties. On top of that, 20 warehouse managers who don't come from tech backgrounds can work with the system without any setbacks thanks to the intuitive user interface.

Compared to the old surveillance system that integrated VMS with Windows File Server, the new solution saved about 80% of the total cost. In addition, users don't need to pay for software updates or cameras' migration from one NVR to another. Furthermore, users can use features like CMS and recording server backup for free with Synology Surveillance Station.

Surveillance Station supports remote website browsing, the IT managers in the headquarters and warehouse managers can access the system anytime as long as there is Internet access. Whether they're using Live View to check on the warehouses, or using Smart Search to find the footage they want, it is more efficient than ever. PT Global Digital Niaga has been using many features that Synology Surveillance Station provides, such as combining motion detection with multi-channel streaming, recording with high resolution when motion is detected, saving storage when recording continuously. With Surveillance Station, users can even allocate different amounts of storage quota to different cameras, controlling storage consumption directly from the source.

Synology protects data from any safety issues and ensures business continuity. RAID along with the redundant power supply unit ensures not only redundancy against data loss but also maximum service uptime. It's also very flexible in terms of camera selection. Users don't have to choose certain camera brands when they want to scale. There are more than 7,200 IP cameras on Synology's compatible list, but even if a camera isn't on the list, users can still use it as long as it follows the ONVIF standard. There's nothing easier than expanding storage capacity on Synology devices. Synology allows users to expand storage online, so they can add an expansion unit or a new HDD without interrupting the recording task.