Blue Iris Dedicated Server Hardware Req

[mioduz]

researching security camera setup for my new home/shop. Debating on whether i want to use an off the shelf NVR from any one of the big names, or to build a blue iris box. I thought I had some towers kicking around that I could re-purpose as NVR but i just dusted off what i thought could be the best machine and its apparently 11 years old and wont even boot to post.

My question lies in how much computational power do I need to allow for Blue Iris. I suppose I do not want to short change my self on a tower now so we will assume I am going to run 8 6MP cameras (though I have not fully decided on quantity or which camera to buy yet)

HP workstation Z620 2x Intel Xeon, 2.4 GHz E5-2609, 2TB, 8 GB NO OS - Newegg.com+

2x Intel Xeon E5-2606 Quad Core @2.4Ghz

8Gig ddr3 1600

Does this tower have the "ass" to handle blue iris. I presume if the PC is too slow to compute efficiently things such as motion triggers and alerts will begin to fail or work less efficiently which of course I do not want.

 

[SouthernYankee]

Read the wiki. It is in the blue bar on the top of the page. Read the cliff notes.
Use an i5 or i7 processor.
Xeon uses to much power.

 

[mioduz]

I just breezed through the Wiki, thanks for pointing that out. I was concerned with the XEON power consumption. after I made my original post i did a quick calc on power cost to run a box similar to what i had posted and came up with around $250 a year at Idle. Which seams a bit wild. Also the noise on those machines can be ridiculous sometimes.
So in searching would something like this be a better candidate??
Refurbished: Dell Optiplex 9010 DT i7-3770 3.40GHz 4GB 500GB Win 7 Pro 1 Yr Wty - Newegg.com
Bare in mind I have 16 Gig of DDR3 Ram on my desk that I would replace what is internal already

 

[SouthernYankee]

I would add an SSD for BI and the os. Also add a 4tb drive for storing clips, . You can upgrade the harddrive later. if possible go to Windows 10 pro.

 

[SkyLake]

HP Elitedesk or Prodesk Small Form Factor (SFF) with Intel i5 or i7 (at least a Gen 4 processor) are ideal machines for Blue Iris, with plenty of power overhead, low power consumption, ready built, small.. Windows 10 x64.

Windows with Blue Iris on a SSD, and then the recordings on a separate 4tb hdd