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    Share your BlueIris PC specs

    Good numbers. Can everyone agree to add a power consumption column? I haven't grabbed recent numbers. All I remember for this system is comparing power consumption between 8GB and 16GB, without BI running. Going from 8GB to 16GB added 1.5W of idle consumption. Four 4GB 1600MHz 1.5V sticks for...
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    Share your BlueIris PC specs

    I still think it's far better than trying to browse dozens of threads trying to find CPU usage + specifications details. Since the January release, it has been difficult to figure out how hardware-accel performs on different CPUs, but from my experience in comparing an i7-920, i7-2600, i7-3770...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    Whew - have some numbers. Heading out so I will review them later. I also found that I don't have the "cpu-to-100%-when-disabling-or-enabling-cameras" issue on this system. Will try a complete wipe and reinstall on my dedicated camera system to see if it resolves itself. This 6700k system has...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    100% - cpu idle % = total cpu usage time. This is what BI shows - system total CPU usage, and it's what I'm pulling from the task manager. System idle at 96% = 4% total CPU usage. This is also boosted, so for real comparisons to higher loads, one must cap it and disable turbo boost. I forgot...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    Yes, the difference is twice the number of pixels to check. I never mentioned 2MP cameras, other than I have one 2MP cam that I disabled when testing the 10-cam setup. Yes, you can underclock and compare to the same architecture CPU and get identical results. The only major difference between...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    If you test 5-cameras and find half the load as 10-cameras, in general 20-cameras will scale similarly. Yes there are other variables that may come into play, but in an identical system with the only difference being doubling identical cameras, my past experience has showed it scale. If you guys...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    I'll set it up for a few minutes. I don't know under which circumstances the CPU runs at base clock vs all-core-turbo so I will grab data at both 2.6GHz and 3.1GHz. The 6770HQ should sit at 3.1GHz with all cores loaded. It's easy enough to move the license between systems. Another thing BI does...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    I'd have to check, but I believe the last ones were Intel P3600-series pci-e SSDs. Crazy fast, but we still had issues. Went back to traditional drives and just expanded the replication to 12 servers to handle the load. Don't get me wrong - I love SSDs, but I wouldn't yet trust one SSD more...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    Just tried three sets of frame rate tests. Went into each camera and changed the frame rate, iframe interval, checked framerate in BI, and restarted BI service. Running on Windows 10 as a service. i7 3770 stock, all cams set to max bitrate each supports. Not sure if it matters, but all cams...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    Why not? I can spin up BI on my 6700K if you want, and clock it down to the same speeds if we want some raw data. My i7-3770 system runs great with my cameras. I'd need to add the system to performance metrics to get averages, but with most of the CPU time showing 6-8%, averaging 7%, on a stock...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    Personally I don't see high failure rates on my home systems, and I don't mirror SSDs. At work it's another matter. Around 10% over 2-years in workstations, 50% in datacenter over 1-year. The workstation don't have 20% usage - they are upwards of 70-95% filled. The servers, the webservers do...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    Iris Pro is better than the HD 530 graphics in the latest desktop CPUs. It supports Quicksync and will handle the h.264 streams in Blue Iris perfectly. To decode video streams, the GPU-part of the CPU has hardware designed to quickly process the h.264 video stream. The CPU-part can only run...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    A person should be able to run at least 30 cameras on that CPU, yes. I'd estimate roughly 50-60% full-core usage on that CPU (25-30% in Windows task manager, showing hyperthreading). 20x 3MP@ 15fps D2D utilizing hardware acceleration. I wouldn't be surprised if 40 cameras were possible. My...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    They are CPUs made for laptop/NUC usage. Lower power. 2.5Ghz base frequency instead of 3.4Ghz - roughly 25-30% slower. If you don't need higher speeds though (50+ cameras?), they are a good option, albeit priced higher for the performance you get.
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    If we're talking solid-state SSD, sure, you are just as likely to have other devices physically fail. In systems with a hard drive, the disk drive is the only critical mechanical component, and you have the most to lose from it. If you have a rapid recovery plan in case your hdd fails, then one...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    Yes you need mirrored if you don't want issues to appear/lower system uptime. I'm not using an SSD for storage - I've seen many SSDs die at work in workstations and SLC-based SSDs in servers in under 1-year of duty. Platter drive failures are more common than they should be as well - my older...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    Unless needing a large local archive, we don't need to use 3.5" drives. History shows that fewer and lighter platters generally last longer than larger, heavier drives with more and heavier platters. Not the rule, but 2.5" drives are generally fine. I'd still want at least two mirrored though...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    I only use a small x86 system for my internet router (4 network ports), but even the little case-cooled Celeron J1900 is a surprisingly little thing (and overpowered for router-duty, but it was under $200 and had the four Intel gigabit NICs I wanted). The new quad-core NUCs appear to be amazing...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    Refurb itself doesn't mean much now days. Manufacturer refurb normally looks new. Everything else is basically used. Not much of an issue with PCs though. If a PC isn't 10+ years old, it should last for many years without a single component going bad. Many "refurb" on places like ebay may be...
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    I agree with others - not a good price. That system is 2-years old. I recently picked up an identical, but 8GB memory, "used" business-class i7-4790 system for $240. It even came with a mid-range workstation graphics card (not useful for BI, but could be an easy sell for $50+) For $500 you can...
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    Q's Cheap Camera Shootout

    Watching this. I've created threads like this for other things on other forums. Glad to see someone else trying to provide raw data to the public!
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    Unless he's looking for a new system, a CPU like your 3770 is fine. Many 3rd-gen i5 and i7 systems are available used around $150, which would handle at least 30 cameras with headroom to spare.
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    Hardware Req for 16-20 3MP Cams

    It's simple - just get an i5-3570 or higher with 8GB of memory. With those cameras and settings, Windows 8 or Windows 10 running with hardware-decoding enabled in BI, should put you around 50% CPU usage on the 4-thread CPU. i7 is useless. Before I had hardware-decoding, I'd enable one camera at...
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    Share your BlueIris PC specs

    Added my system specs. I was looking for something like this over the years. Hardware-decoding really helps, with my BI service running under 10% utilization on an i7 3770 with 13 cameras (which is more like 20% as once an i7 hits roughly 50%, it doesn't take much to rocket up to 90-100% -...
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    Start of recordings dropping out

    I think I have fixed the issue. Completely disabled APM on the disk drives using Crystal Disk Info. There wasn't an issue with load cycle counts (only 200 over the life of the drive) or the idle-timer (disabled according to WDIDLE3).
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    Start of recordings dropping out

    Haven't tried that since noticing the issue. I'll give it a try. Currently set to HA+VPP for all cameras. Going to also try removing the Intel-RAID and try Windows RAID instead. Perhaps there's something weird going on there.
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    Start of recordings dropping out

    Hmmm, I'd need to check that out. Either way, I don't have the firewall on. Since it records fine if I manually trigger a camera, I don't see how the problem with be with anything except pre-trigger frames.
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    Start of recordings dropping out

    Such an annoying issue. E-mailed BI support.
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    Start of recordings dropping out

    Fresh Win7 install, then upgrade (for the free upgrade). Don't have antivirus installed or enabled the system. Things are controlled via pfsense router and zero outbound traffic is normally permitted from the camera system (temporarily allowed for software updates). A compromised camera system...
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    Start of recordings dropping out

    I was reviewing recordings and re-encode seems to drop frames also. This is already a fresh install. I exported my settings, reinstalled, and restored settings, after moving to Windows 10.
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