Awesome Thanks. See some i5s on craigslist in Small form factor. Most of these systems come with 250 to 500GB HDD. Am i ok to use small SSD or SATA drives then have separate NAS for most storage space or do i need to have local storage on the desktop for blue iris software?
If i buy NVR, does that mean i no longer need blue iris? any recommendations on a system that can used many brands of camera including nest. Rather have open system then something that locks me into a single brand.
Recently remodeled house and ran cat 6 throughout house (inside /outside). Wify let me setup an IT closet so have ups, switch, sonos, hue, hdmi matiix with simple control software in small rack. I setup a cisco 28 Gbit poe switch thinking i would connect to ~8 POE IP Cams outside, as well as...