MOSS™ Managed On Site Servers
Managed On Site Servers or MOSS™ - a new VMS purchase option
What is MOSS™?
MOSS™ (Managed On Site Servers) is a unique, maintenance, subscription fee service where VMS Co. delivers optimised video management and analytics servers to your site. These servers are owned, managed, maintained and warrantied by VMS Co., at your site, in a similar manner to how a datacentre manages its Cloud servers.
The MOSS™ subscription is classed as a maintenance fee and falls within the operational budget of a business. The servers are delivered as part of this maintenance service (like a router is delivered within a broadband service). The MOSS™ servers are not new, but use fully refurbished hardware that is in perfect condition, with a minimum Next Business Day Warranty of 5 years, with other (SLA's) service level agreements available. This is why our MOSS™ maintenance service is environmentally sustainable, meeting (ESG) environmental, social, and governance standards.
Why MOSS™
VMS Co.’s unique, MOSS™ maintenance subscription has many of the benefits of a Cloud service, including affordable, monthly subscription payments; managed servers; upgrade capability; full warranties and comprehensive technical support. However, unlike Cloud, video streaming and broadband costs are kept low, on a local server, and there is less dependence on unreliable broadband or WAN networks.
MOSS™ has all the benefits of a purchased server and many of the benefits of Cloud.
How MOSS™ fits in:
| OPTIONS | MOSS™ | Purchase | Cloud | |||
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Payment |
Subscription |
Capital payment |
Subscription |
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Budget |
OpEx |
CapEx |
OpEx |
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Managed server? |
VMS Co. |
Integrator |
Datacentre |
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Server owner |
VMS Co. |
Integrator |
Datacentre |
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System expansion* |
Subscription |
Additional server |
Subscription |
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Net Zero |
Good |
Poor |
Datacentre Policy |
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Secure access** |
Local/Remote |
Local/Remote |
Remote only |
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Simple configuration |
Local/Remote |
Local/Remote |
Remote only |
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Failure modes |
Low |
Low |
High |
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Streaming cost |
Low |
Low |
High |
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Bandwidth cost |
Low |
Low |
High |
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Mission critical |
Proven |
Proven |
Unproven |
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Warranty |
VMS Co. |
Manufacturer |
Datacentre |
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SLA |
Flexible |
NBD |
Datacentre |
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Power consumption |
Local |
Local |
Remote |
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Failover resilience |
VMS dependent |
VMS dependent |
Provider |
*MOSS™ allows mid-term system upgrades for site expansion.
**Many high security applications allow no remote access.
