Question about possibly trying Blu Iris and keeping NVR as a backup

[Wolf4Ever]

I was able to get a 730xd with 2 xeon 4c 8t cpus and around 50TB of storage and 64GB of ram, but only putting around 10TB for nvr until the sas fail or I get bigger nas drives to replace the sas with.

I want to also use part of the server for a plex server and file storage. So should I run windows and shared folders or like prox mox, truenas and docker/jail plex and run windows in a VM.

I know the cpus I have don't have quick sync, but I have a quadro p400 in it for now until I find something better that is not overly priced. For now just wanting to try the trial and see how it works and if I can stream 1 or 2 off plex and not interfere with nvr side.

 

[Flintstone61]

what NVR?

 

[Flintstone61]

I have had luck with Amcrest Dvr's and NVR's pushing cam data to BI as they are Dahua ( Oem's with less features)
I have had no luck with Nightowl ( Hikvision Oems) Dvr's porting to BI. Although some models do.
Not sure about the IP versions of Hikvision.

 

[looney2ns]

Those xenon's are a power hog room heater.

 

[Wolf4Ever]

Those xenon's are a power hog room heater.

Yea, but I don't mind this was free. It maybe out of date for them but great for me.

 

[Wolf4Ever]

I have had luck with Amcrest Dvr's and NVR's pushing cam data to BI as they are Dahua ( Oem's with less features)
I have had no luck with Nightowl ( Hikvision Oems) Dvr's porting to BI. Although some models do.
Not sure about the IP versions of Hikvision.

I have a Dahua NVR, didn't know you could pass through from a NVR to BI or a server. I meant no longer use the NVR and keep as a back up if needed. For now I figure I'll stick to what I know. I put Windows 10 LTSC on it and will try out that way for now. I messed with prox mox/truenas but for as little as I'm doing I don't wanna mess with Linux/BSD or learn any of it.