CPU consumption on blue iris is dependent on many factors...mostly on the total megapixels of the camera...What is the resolution of the 8 cameras you are using? NVR's should be placed in an unexposed location..the dell micro or hp elite desks are pretty small...that are not big and ugly.I'm evaluating BI, so I'm running on my 15 month old I5-NUC (haswell), to evaluate. I have no crashes after 8 days of continuous recording of 8 cameras ( network speed of cameras are : 5,3,3,2,2,2,2,2 Mbits/sec). Its MJPEG recording so these data rates stay close to rates I listed. Right now NEW,Alerts and storage is written to USB3 drive. BI is run as service using SSD drive, OS also on same, CPU utilization is 25% via 71 threads, TEMP is 48C, NUC Power is 5W, Freq is 1.3 GHz. NUC is quiet, USB drive not, but I'm evaluating. Goal is to add few more cameras and display on UHD TV infrequently when I get it. Its for home or someone elses. Big and ugly not considered.
NUC is very nice, I remember paying 3k for PC long ago, couple hundred bucks more for what I want isn't a big deal. Waiting for Skylake, then pull trigger.
Shower got rid of my rotten egg smell, regards, MartyO
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Federman, why did you say this costs $900. again rotten apples
I think he means using Transcend ...I didn't go cheep, this PC is purely for surveillance, nothing else, 4 gig Ram is plenty plenty C: 64gig plenty For OS and BI , D: 128gig For one day of recordings , E: 5TB for over a month of stored recording.
Please explain what is wrong with each choice
Nice SSD!
I once bought faster-than-normal RAM and tried it at various speeds and had no perceptible difference. Probably because I was only benchmarking games.
I think he means using Transcend ...
for ssd, the most reliable options are intel, crucial and samsung..there is no point in placing one days recording on an sdd - that adds zero value.
right, my point is that there is no reason to send the data to the ssd then to the usb drive...simply record direct to the usb...over a month of surveillance data is available with the setup, live recording is done on 128gig SSD then automatically sent to USB drive.
right, my point is that there is no reason to send the data to the ssd then to the usb drive...simply record direct to the usb...
No its not..But its better for performance and when playing back older video, its better to have current video recording on a different drive while view simultaneously. Hey have a good weekend.
Please explain what is wrong with each choice
Intel's most recent integrated GPUs are especially sensitive to changes memory bandwidth, as you can see in the charts above. We tested both the Core i5 and Core i7 NUCs with both 1600MHz and 1866MHz RAM, and the differences are quite pronounced. Both the HD 6000 and Iris 6100 score between five and ten percent higher in our graphics benchmarks when they use 1866MHz RAM instead of 1600MHz RAM. Geekbench's memory scores show an even larger improvement, closer to 20 or 25 percent.
There is nothing 'wrong' with your choices. It seemed to me that you were calling Fenderman out since he apparently indicated that these were in the $900 range
Here is a quote from an article reviewing the NUC i7
http://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2015/03/mini-review-intels-powered-up-core-i7-broadwell-mini-pc/
When I build a system - I try to make sure it is what I called 'balanced' If I am paying extra for the fastest cpu - then I feel I should also get comparable components (memory and storage). I also try to purchase from the 'approved' list whenever possible.
I was fortunate enough to snag 8 gb of gskill 1866 ram (approved list) for $60 from NewEgg Business - they were sold out of it within a couple of hours
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820231706
I agree with Fenderman - this is not the most cost effective way to go for a Blue Iris system
If cost is not an issue then you can use Avigilon vms with analytics on a much less powerful NUC...Blue iris is awesome and I use it exclusivly, however there are better options if cost is a non issue.Cost effective is not something I strive for on this stuff. NUC works, its small and quiet and NOT expensive. Thanks for info from Ars. Cost effective on everything means I don't buy toilet paper unless I live in California.