School Bus Camera DVR Data Integrity & Service Life Using Hard Drives
The most significant determination of the service life of a Vehicle Surveillance Camera Digital Recorder is the memory storage device used within the DVR.
The past use of computer hard drives in pupil transportation camera solutions resulted from the fragile Hard Drives being the primary large memory storage model. I witnessed sites with 50% failure of the fragile hard drives in the first few months of use. After repeatedly replacing the fragile hard drives, it was evident they were nearly useless as rock solid, reliable, and high “G” impact storage devices for a mobile application that routinely had extremes in high heat and sub-freezing winter temps.



The longevity or “expected service life” of the school bus video surveillance cameras depends on many variables.
Below are just a few of the variables that can affect the life span of both the low-cost school bus camera systems as well as the professional Industrial Grade Forklift HD Industrial Operator Safety Camera Systems employed in the material handling markets and the 5th Wheel King Pin Terminal Trailer CS1 Spotter Yard Mule Cameras provided for Yard Jockey Shunt Truck King Pin Trailer CS1 Spotter Yard Mule Cameras that can help highlight potential risk management issues with rolled over trailers and property damage when the operators do not get a secure kingpin 5th wheel lock before moving trailers in the yard or on the road.


Environmental conditions such as: Moisture - Forklift HD Industrial Operator Safety Cameras operating outside must be waterproof, like the Industrial Grade Terminal Yard Jockey Shunt Truck Spotter Yard Mule Cameras used in large warehouse yards.

Environmental conditions such as: Vibration—Vehicles operating off-road for agricultural applications, heavy-duty constriction, and mining will also require the added protection of steel locking cases, which are offered in the Industrial Grade Forklift HD Industrial Lift Truck Camera Systems.

Quality - The mechanical grade of the hardware and components hardware will also affect the longevity of a system solution.
Affordable School Bus Child Safety Camera systems were developed and manufactured with cost as their primary feature.
They contain different high-quality components than the Professional Industrial Grade School Bus Video Surveillance Camera Solutions, which typically cost several hundred more per system.

When you purchase the Professional Industrial Grade School Bus Video Surveillance Camera Solutions, you receive a much higher-quality system with better environmental protection, improved intrinsic security, much stronger cables, and the ability to provide a waterproof IP67 system to prevent the moisture outside from damaging the electronic components inside.

While there has been no forensic investigation to the longevity of the Affordable School Bus Camera Systems we provide for pupil transportation, we regularly work with customers who have been running our Low Cost HD School Bus Child Safety Camera systems for the last 10+ years and in most cases what seems to be the biggest DVR related issue they have is the PC Motherboards have a small watch type battery to maintain the time, date and vehicle ID#. When that battery no longer holds a charge, the DVR loses the Time Date Function, and while the DVR may still function, it should be replaced with a new DVR just to ensure should you require the Time Date and Vehicle ID# in a court case, it will be there.


We have not been selling the Professional Industrial Grade School Bus Video Surveillance Camera Solutions system for long enough for them to fail in the field. Due to the fact they are produced with higher quality components and with much more rugged components and developed for much more hostile environments, it is reasonable to surmise they will have a service life of at least 10 years, maybe much longer.


Many common in-vehicle surveillance camera systems are well suited for their applications as long as the insides of the vehicle remain dry and with the understanding that the Low-Cost HD School Bus Child Safety Camera systems they may employ in other applications will simply not last as long as the professional Industrial Grader Forklift Cameras type systems.

Paratransit Driver Safety Camera Surveillance Systems may not require the longer lifespan of the Industrial-Grade solutions, as the vehicle may simply not last that long.

Elderly Day Care Shuttle & Assisted Living Transportation Vehicle Video Camera systems, likewise, may be short-lived or chartered vehicles, so unlike Special Needs Wheelchair School Bus Video Surveillance Systems, they may not be expected to be on the road for up to 20 years.
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Depending on what they transport, non-emergency medical transit camera surveillance systems may be in the middle between Affordable School Bus Camera system-based solutions and the higher-cost Alternative School and juvenile Detention Bus Security Camera systems.
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Should you have any questions or concerns or require more information about Testudo Lifetime System Warranty School Bus Camera Systems, various applications or School Bus Student Transportation Video Camera Recorder configurations, please let us know. We will be happy to offer our 35+ years of market experience in sales and service of digital recording devices to respond to your concerns or questions.