Recent content by Paranoid_Loyd

Politicians say we have no business having these assault weapons, they are only used for killing large numbers of people quickly. When you say "Then why do police have them?", they try to explain that it's for protection. Funny how that works.

I have 9 cameras that run to a dumb POE switch. The trunk port of that switch runs to a firewall which only allows access to/from the Blue Iris and specific PC's. I am going to rent out my house and I'm thinking of taking the BI with me, and putting in an NVR instead. I see two 16-port models...

We took the approach of using host-based firewalls (that aren't Microsoft). We found over 40 Microsoft applications that phone home for one reason or another. Our rule set only allows signed MS applications to communicate with the domain controllers over specified TCP/UDP ports. Everything else...

Southern Yankee said he's running multiple storage (redundancy). I have a redundant drive array, but it's only one storage device. This is different. While I can recover from a failed drive, SY can recover from a failed system. 8 gold did run me about $1200. I wanted the piece of mind that I've...

No, I would never attempt to recover a raid forensically or otherwise, while it's still running. That's a non-starter for more reasons than the one you ran into and a strong candidate for corruption. I never even considered running multiple storage. Holy cow, are you folks rich or something...

My host is running 4 CPUs x Intel(R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-2637 0 @ 3.00GHz (16 cores). I found the best results by applying 8 CPU's to the BI platform. I am thinking of just using a physical host and a RAID 0 setup. Much faster. The only limit is physical space and disk size. This is why I was...

This looks like what I needed to see. I don't know why I didn't think of checking out the individual camera settings in BI, but I didn't. I had a couple cameras incorrectly configured. Thanks for your help! I'm not terribly concerned about sun exposure because the cameras will only see direct...

Hey everyone, I've put together a system and have been tinkering with it prior to expanding and wanted to get your thoughts (and prayers) and advice. I've picked up a Dell PowerEdge R720 with ESXi 6.7 running a couple VM's (BI & DNS/DHCP). I added 8 x 4TB WD Gold disks to give me a RAID 5...

I've had surprisingly good results with 2MP Starlight Turret Varifocal IP Camera (IPC-T2231T-ZS). It really lights up the night and has a very decent image at night. If strong nighttime lighting isn't a necessity, I'd try out the 4MP Starlight Turret IP Camera in 2.8mm (PC-T2431T-AS – 2.8mm). It...

The issue isn't POE, it's cable length limits. In very general terms, your limit is around 328 feet (100 meters) per run. You're not wrapping these things around the building, are you? Assuming worst case, you can half-split the distance by placing your POE switch in the middle. If you plan on...

Yes, I see the same thing. I checked my DNS lookups from mu camera VLAN and have these: amcrestview.com dh.amcrestsecurity.com update.easyviewercloud.com They appear to be checking for updates. However, if some state-sponsored group wanted to launch an attack from within, this would be a great...

Hi everyone, I'm close to pulling the trigger on purchasing and deploying my system. I picked up a Dell R720 for a trade and after looking at its current config, am rethinking deployment. This system has 8x6TB drives, giving me 42-ish TB of storage (in RAID 5) if needed. However, it also has a...

And the model I quoted above only has white light. Think it would still be responsive to an IR flood? I don't really want white light emanating from my cameras all night as some are near bedrooms. I'd disable the light but would love IR

I didn't notice that there were no red lights on that model. I looked up the specs but it doesn't list if it's sensitive to 850 or 940 mm wavelength IR light. Most are good with 850. Is that the trend for newer gear?

This one seems to meet the requirements, no? A bit more expensive but maybe the best bang for the buck? https://store.ipcamtalk.com/shop/4mp-colorvu/