BI Storage Settings

[Philly]

Hello:

Could you please share the best practice for local BI v.5 storage settings (new, old clips, etc.)

Thank you!

 

[looney2ns]

Blue Iris, WIndows, and BI database on a small SSD drive.
All recordings going to a Western Digital Purple drive.

Set all recordings to go to the "New" folder on the purple drive.
Set the allocation for the purple drive 10% less than it's full formatted capacity.
Do not set delete by age. Set to delete, not move to stored.
Set "stored" folder to 0 allocation.
Set "alerts" folder to 0 allocation.

 

[SouthernYankee]

If recording continuously on each camera, on the record tab, set combine or cut video to 1 hour and 4 GB. You really do not want really big files.

Verify your setting, on the BI status , look at the clip storage tab, there should NOT be an RED bars.

 

[Philly]

Blue Iris, WIndows, and BI database on a small SSD drive.
All recordings going to a Western Digital Purple drive.

Set all recordings to go to the "New" folder on the purple drive.
Set the allocation for the purple drive 10% less than it's full formatted capacity.
Do not set delete by age. Set to delete, not move to stored.
Set "stored" folder to 0 allocation.
Set "alerts" folder to 0 allocation.

Thank you! So, if set "Do not set delete by age. Set to delete, not move to stored" you meant I will delete when necessary, correct?

 

[SouthernYankee]

The NEW folder is set to delete, when the new folder hits the maximum defined size, Blue Iris will delete the oldest file and add a new file. You NEVER manually delete files in the normal BI operation.

 

[Philly]

The NEW folder is set to delete, when the new folder hits the maximum defined size, Blue Iris will delete the oldest file and add a new file. You NEVER manually delete files in the normal BI operation.

Thank you for the explanation!