I am not in the office today but I will share some screenshots of the software I use and the resources it takes when I can more easily VNC into some good examples. I use Exacq and the licensing is more, but my hardware requirements are tiny, as in SUPER small. I prefer this in larger deployments as there is less expensive special hardware to break and or maintain. I need to be able able to use almost any system, any time if and when a failure happens. My hardware requirements are so small I literally never worry about the hardware in any of my deployments as any basic machine will work fine.
Here is my system at home for example. This machine is using 9 3mp IP cameras, 1 2mp camera, and 5 analogs. With the client closed the software runs as a service, no need to run the client at all on the machine doing the recording if you do not want to. If I need to review footage the client runs on any machine so I can review the footage without messing with the actual NVR machine so it gets less load if I want. I can review on the machine too of course, but in my cases the NVR is usually out of the way so using the software on my desktop or laptop is easier.
This is with the client closed of course, but it is actively running and recording on motion. The example I'm showing you is a three year old i3 machine with only 2gb of ram.
I can show some some better 20-30 3mp camera examples later if you want easily enough also running on just an i3 with 2gb. Normally I use i5s now just because, but I have 10-12 cameras in some locations running on old single core Pentium systems! Saves me on power, heat, and general wear and tear on a super high end system. In three or four years if I want to replace the old machine it is easy, any normal machine will work fine thus saving me upgrade headaches. With the number of cameras and systems I have I need that part to be as easy as possible!
I'll share some more info later when I have access to real numbers for you.
Here is my system at home for example. This machine is using 9 3mp IP cameras, 1 2mp camera, and 5 analogs. With the client closed the software runs as a service, no need to run the client at all on the machine doing the recording if you do not want to. If I need to review footage the client runs on any machine so I can review the footage without messing with the actual NVR machine so it gets less load if I want. I can review on the machine too of course, but in my cases the NVR is usually out of the way so using the software on my desktop or laptop is easier.
This is with the client closed of course, but it is actively running and recording on motion. The example I'm showing you is a three year old i3 machine with only 2gb of ram.
I can show some some better 20-30 3mp camera examples later if you want easily enough also running on just an i3 with 2gb. Normally I use i5s now just because, but I have 10-12 cameras in some locations running on old single core Pentium systems! Saves me on power, heat, and general wear and tear on a super high end system. In three or four years if I want to replace the old machine it is easy, any normal machine will work fine thus saving me upgrade headaches. With the number of cameras and systems I have I need that part to be as easy as possible!
I'll share some more info later when I have access to real numbers for you.
