Recent content by JuliusTheodore

It was announced a few days ago that BlueCherryDVR has been released 100% Open Source. I don't know what that means for your specific needs, but that appears to be where things stand now.

Well....alrighty. Thank you, don't know what I thought I was or wasn't seeing the other day.

I'm not finding that camera IPC-HDW2231RP-ZS available at Andy's store. Is there a current equivalent, "go-to" cam?

Re: Help me select hardware: dome cameras; POE switch; monitoring software; storage s To record to the hard drives, he's recommending a stand-alone Network Video Recorder (similar to your cable's DVR): 16ch Dahua Non-PoE NVR (4216-4k)

LastPass. Not sure if it would be applicable in your situation though as it's for websites (only?)

I want to be either one of you when I grow up :cool: I have decades of experience with Windows admin and development, and zero with Linux. But I love a good challenge. Do you see any issues (conceptually) with running BlueCherry on one box but storing all the files on a different FreeNas box...

Which POE switch did you get?

I apologize for hijacking this thread! In my case there are three GigE ports on the router (Apple Airport Extreme). Although I do have an 8 port gig switch connected to it, I don't know what the uplink specs for it are or if there's a bottleneck there. It's a $25 D-Link switch IIRC. I'm not in...

That makes perfect sense! (now to go see what the switch in my router really is....)

[/INDENT] Hi nayr, why are you moving all connections to the one trunk switch, instead of using the built-in ports of the router? My assumption is that everything else is equal, gig ports etc. I'm not a networking guru, just wanting to understand why one would do this. Could be easier to...

Those are most certainly analog cameras. Pretty much the opposite of what everyone here was suggesting. A stand-alone digital / IP camera set requires more budget for that many cameras. Roughly double, according to some advice you got earlier in the thread.

Very cool! Thanks for doing the full on walkthrough of Blue Cherry.

Thanks so much! I'll check that out this weekend.

Be sure to contact him via PM, not just this thread.

FYI I rec catalog via PM. Good stuff, will be ordering soon.