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Testing 500 terminals

Suprema is on a mission to revolutionise the biometrics security market. 2015 saw the release of two key products that will serve as the cornerstone of the revolution.

First, BioStar 2, Suprema’s Biometric Open Security Platform that will serve as a basis for all the future terminals to come. Second, BioStation 2, Suprema’s ultra-performance fingerprint access control and time and attendance terminal.

BioStation 2 will change how biometrics is infused with security. It is highlighted by its reliability and performance, even when pushed against its limits. The most important aspects of physical security are securing scalability and reliability within the system. A key element in achieving these characteristics is the high-performance of the system. BioStar 2’s architectural philosophy is based on securing such aspects.

BioStar 2 is suitable for enterprise level applications with up to 500 doors and 20 000 users. It is built with efficiency in mind and is optimised to operate on as little resources as possible.

To demonstrate this, Suprema set up a simulation comprising 500 BioStation 2 devices in a test to process 20 000 users at a single site. To see the power of the new system architecture, 20 000 users were transferred to 500 devices at once. Using Hyper Data Transfer, the system was able to transfer a total of 10 000 000 users’ data simultaneously, using very little resources.

The asynchronous data transfer mechanism ensures that the data is transferred quickly. As the device does not have to go offline during the process, the terminal can still be used while the transfer is taking place.

In this high traffic environment, test firmware was loaded and the terminals were switched onto auto-identification mode. During this test authentication entries were being recorded randomly across the system and the real-time log reports updated on the system. It was noted that even while the network and services were being put through its paces the server operated normally.

A key strength of BioStar 2 is its ability to cope under network failures. The distributed intelligence of the system allows the terminal to continue to provide secure access and collect logs. Once the network has recovered, locally collected logs are transferred to the system automatically without hassle.

This was demonstrated by disconnecting the network connection between the server and devices by unplugging the network cable. The system showed the devices as disconnected and logs were no longer being recorded. Even though the network was down the device still functioned normally.

View Suprema’s video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KkA_OvbdbVg

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