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    New BI PC Build w HDDs in RAID 1 (mirror) Redundancy

    After years of frustration with kludgy LTS/Hik NVRs, I'm finally abandoning ship for Blue Iris. Currently spec'ing out a high end PC for a build in early Jan. Will likely be Intel Core i7-14700K 3.4 GHz 20-Core based. I will probably 20 cams in total (mix of 8MP and 4MP). It will likely be in...
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    Refurbished old i5-2400 System for BI, Have HDD Questions

    I just refurbished an old i5-2400 system with the following spare parts i had and planning on 2-4 2MP PoE Cameras. Intel Core i5-2400 16GB of RAM 180GB SSD 2TB Storage (3x 1TB HDD of a iRST Raid 5) Win10 Pro 64bit RAID Supported MB Basically an old system I had laying around and spare 1TB...
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    Direct to disk questions

    I'm curious about the real world experience of those using this configuration since I've seen more than a few recommendations of using this to bring down CPU usage. What kind of I/O throughput didn't work for you and what did you do to fix it? Increase spindle count? Change raid type? Assuming...