I'm eyeballing this one but waiting until ComputerKing has it on sale again. It was sold out March 1st.
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I'm eyeballing this one but waiting until ComputerKing has it on sale again. It was sold out March 1st.
Any tips on finding out the ME driver Firmware version Before purchase?
Haswell refresh is showing some nice Passmark score improvements for less $ according to PassMark Intel vs AMD CPU Benchmarks - High End . Certainly not a deal breaker, would be nice upgrade path option though.
Haswell refresh is showing some nice Passmark score improvements for less $ according to PassMark Intel vs AMD CPU Benchmarks - High End . Certainly not a deal breaker, would be nice upgrade path option though.
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The power consumption makes sense when the cpu is maxed like that..however, that system should not be pegging at 95 even with all cameras recording...not sure what the problem is though..
Right now, with no cameras triggered CPU is at 42%, mem 1.28G uptime 9days21hours50minutes. Version 4.0.1.14 according to BlueIris for iOS. BlueIris is minimized.
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Aside from the blue iris ios, are you actively streaming to another device?
What is the usage when blue iris is maximized and displaying the cams?
Is there a monitor attached to the server or are you logging in remotely? if so what are you using?
iOS is the only device to which is streaming on demand.
I haven't noticed any usage difference with BI maximized.
There is a monitor attached through a KVM switch. I do not login remotely to the server.
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It's been a couple months and everything is working well. The Purple drives are doing fine and with 2 cams @3mp the cpu is about 11-13% in performance monitor. I need more cams and will probably get more of the same when I figure out the aux lighting.
I'll be getting some auxiliary lighting this week. I'm thinking that will allow me to set the exposure time to at least 1/30 or faster and leave it there day/night and hopefully fewer bugs triggering motion.
So far the TS 140 Xeon E3-1225 v3 has been a good deal. I ended up paying $284.0 for the TS 140 with no HDD.
Thanks again for all the helpful advise
I'll be getting some auxiliary lighting this week. I'm thinking that will allow me to set the exposure time to at least 1/30 or faster and leave it there day/night and hopefully fewer bugs triggering motion.
So far the TS 140 Xeon E3-1225 v3 has been a good deal. I ended up paying $284.0 for the TS 140 with no HDD.
Thanks again for all the helpful advise
I would strongly suggest AGAINST the WD Purple drives. In the last couple of weeks my company has seen a glut of them returned for failures. (We are an IT Systems Company). I've had great success with the Seagate Surveillance drives, they are a lower price point, run a touch cooler and quieter IMHO and we haven't had a single one come back.
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I got it from Amazon I think it was Computer upgrade king. Looks like their price has gone up some and Amazon appears to be selling it direct for $319.0 now. It listed for $324.99 when I bought it. With my discount it came to ~$284.0
According to my cheapo watt meter the TS140 70A4001LUX is drawing 37 watts @120 Volts.
Looking at PCNVR for Hikvision cams. Saw this thread. While looking for hard drives, found this
http://hdd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/WD-Purple-2TB-2014-vs-Toshiba-DT01ACA200-2TB/2662vs2736
where it says Purple drives special firmware has to be activated for PC to be of any use.
"The AllFrame technology however is only enabled when used in conjunction with a supported host controller, most of which are only found in dedicated NVR (Network Video Recording) devices. As a result there is no benefit in using this drive in a HTPC to record video streams, because the surveillance specific functions won't be enabled"
Any comments from experienced users? Note benchmarks show much better performance for most of higher rpm drives.
http://hdd.userbenchmark.com/Compare/WD-Purple-2TB-2014-vs-Toshiba-DT01ACA200-2TB/2662vs2736
where it says Purple drives special firmware has to be activated for PC to be of any use.
"The AllFrame technology however is only enabled when used in conjunction with a supported host controller, most of which are only found in dedicated NVR (Network Video Recording) devices. As a result there is no benefit in using this drive in a HTPC to record video streams, because the surveillance specific functions won't be enabled"
Any comments from experienced users? Note benchmarks show much better performance for most of higher rpm drives.