Know the moment recording stops. Any camera, any site.
Recording failures are invisible while they happen and expensive when discovered. Continuous recording monitoring watches the archive itself, so a camera that stops being recorded becomes an incident within your check interval - not a surprise weeks later.
Monitoring the archive, not the indicator
Most systems report recording state from configuration: the schedule says record, therefore the dashboard says recording. IOSentra reports from evidence: it queries each recording system for the segments actually written per camera and tracks their freshness continuously.
That evidence-first approach means the things that break recording in real estates - schedule mistakes, channel licensing, storage exhaustion, crashed recording services, stream drops between camera and recorder - all surface the same way: fresh segments stop appearing, a check fails, an incident opens for the exact camera.
What continuous recording monitoring gives you
Per-camera freshness tracking
Every camera has an expected recording cadence; segments older than the threshold fail the check.
Gap detection
Interruptions are captured as measurable gaps with start and duration - not vague 'camera had issues' reports.
Retention tracking
The oldest available footage per system is tracked against your required retention window.
Recovery confirmation
When recording resumes, IOSentra re-verifies real segments before an incident closes - fixed means proven fixed.
History you can show
Recording health over time per camera and site - evidence for audits, SLA reviews and vendor disputes.
Alert discipline
One storage failure taking down 32 channels is one deduplicated incident, not 32 alerts.
Built for accountability
Recording monitoring closes the loop with your operation, not just your dashboard. Confirmed recording failures can open service tickets automatically, routed by site and system type to the internal team or vendor responsible under the SLA. The dispute-ending question - was this camera recording on the night of the 14th - gets a documented answer.
Recording monitoring FAQ
How fast is a recording failure detected?
Within your configured check interval for that system - frequent checks on critical channels, relaxed cadences where minutes matter less.
What is the difference between recording monitoring and recording verification?
Verification is the check itself - confirming real segments exist right now. Recording monitoring is that check run continuously over time, plus gap tracking, retention tracking and the incident workflow around failures.
Does it work across different recorder brands?
Yes - the same freshness checks run through vendor drivers for Hikvision, Dahua, Uniview, Hanwha Vision, ONVIF Profile G devices, and VMS platforms like Milestone XProtect, Nx Witness and Bosch BVMS.
Can recording failures create tickets automatically?
Yes. Incidents flow into IOSentra's ticketing with automatic routing by site, system type and SLA, including escalation when deadlines approach.
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Every camera records. Every device communicates. Every issue is tracked. Every ticket is resolved.
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