We're organizing with my neighbors in a rural area to set up security cameras, and I'm in charge of the technical part as The IT Guy. The most prevalent brands here are Dahua and HikVision, I'm leaning towards Dahua.
Our plan is to have a camera at the corner of every unpaved road leading to multiple plots of land. Each camera will be managed by the group of the neighbors residing at those plots, so they won't be interconnected (which is also barely possible due to the large distances and horrible connectivity in our hilly terrain). We also do not want online connectivity and active monitoring for privacy reasons. The goal is just to store footage and be able to review it if anything happens, so standing nearby and connecting from a laptop via WiFi would be totally fine.
At the same time, according to the research I've done, standalone cameras with SD cards aren't suitable for our case: they're usually managed via apps and generally won't fare well when exposed to the elements on a post (the climate here is very rainy, similar to the Washington/Oregon coast).
So I've arrived at the conclusion that the best solution would be a well-protected camera + NVR on the same post (in most cases, there's no house nearby to install an NVR indoors). I suppose we can install an insulated and weatherproof box on the same post, with an NVR and maybe a router inside. But what would be the correct NVR for that task, and will it be able to sustain temperature changes between 0° and 40°C (32-104°F)?
Or perhaps my approach is wrong? Thanks in advance!
Our plan is to have a camera at the corner of every unpaved road leading to multiple plots of land. Each camera will be managed by the group of the neighbors residing at those plots, so they won't be interconnected (which is also barely possible due to the large distances and horrible connectivity in our hilly terrain). We also do not want online connectivity and active monitoring for privacy reasons. The goal is just to store footage and be able to review it if anything happens, so standing nearby and connecting from a laptop via WiFi would be totally fine.
At the same time, according to the research I've done, standalone cameras with SD cards aren't suitable for our case: they're usually managed via apps and generally won't fare well when exposed to the elements on a post (the climate here is very rainy, similar to the Washington/Oregon coast).
So I've arrived at the conclusion that the best solution would be a well-protected camera + NVR on the same post (in most cases, there's no house nearby to install an NVR indoors). I suppose we can install an insulated and weatherproof box on the same post, with an NVR and maybe a router inside. But what would be the correct NVR for that task, and will it be able to sustain temperature changes between 0° and 40°C (32-104°F)?
Or perhaps my approach is wrong? Thanks in advance!