Recent content by paul080803

Thanks that is helpful. Will gradually go up to 14 cameras. If I do as sebastiantombs suggests and split them across two drives then it sounds like 6tb (2x 3tb) or 8tb (2x 4tb) will give more than the 14 days I want.

Since the new year work has been very busy, with no time to buy and install cameras. But back looking at it again. Thanks to all the advice on here today I purchased an Elitedesk 800 SFF with I7-6700, 256gb ssd, 8gb ram and Win 10 Pro. So I need to buy 2 HDD now and possibly some more RAM...

Thanks, really helpful. Found a 800 G2 SFF machine with I7-6700, 16gb ram and 240gb ssd. Will then get a pair of purple drives as suggested and not connect it up to a NAS. Hopefully that future proofs things for when the cameras go rabbit mode

Thanks for all the replies! So a ssd in the BI machine is a must. A more powerful cpu is needed. Cameras will be different for each location. Reason for a NAS is driven by the desire for disaster failure for the one in the house. It felt like an opportunity to kill 2 birds with one stone. I...

Hi All, New member and straight in with a question. I am starting to buy the necessary parts for a BI machine, cameras and a nas for storage and likely a Plex Media Server. First time doing anything like this, so steep learning curve! Go easy on me please. As a background. Detached house...