I have BI running on Win8.1 at a remote location and Win10Pro on my home location. For a headless system that just runs BI, I do not see what Win11 could possibly bring. I can't tell a difference between the 8.1 and 10 in terms of performance or operating.
Hardware spec for a BI machine.
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I think im going to go windows 10. Iv been running windows 11 and I do see a boost in performance for everyday tasks. I just dont trust it yet for running blue iris
Thank you for your reply
Flintstone61
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I have a copy of Win 8.1 pro from dell, and a retail copy.....sometimes I wonder if I wouldn't be better off runnnig that even past the point of support just so it didn't update all the time....but I'm not the Geek i thought i was .....i just get mad when i think of how Windows has moved to 11 with this internet connection required crap.
Setting up win 10 as we speak and ran the following tools to remove all the crapware
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GitHub - n1snt/Windows-Debloater: A script to debloat Windows.
A script to debloat Windows. Contribute to n1snt/Windows-Debloater development by creating an account on GitHub.
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GitHub - ionuttbara/windows-defender-remover: A tool which is uses to remove Windows Defender in Windows 8.x, Windows 10 (every version) and Windows 11.
A tool which is uses to remove Windows Defender in Windows 8.x, Windows 10 (every version) and Windows 11. - ionuttbara/windows-defender-remover
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GitHub - Sycnex/Windows10Debloater: Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware.
Script to remove Windows 10 bloatware. Contribute to Sycnex/Windows10Debloater development by creating an account on GitHub.
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The remote location uses satellite internet, and Starlink isn't available at the location due to obstructions. So i have had updates turned off for almost a decade. Been running fine. I upgraded the cameras from USB cams to Hikvision to AndyCams, and get BI updated. No issues there. It doesn't get pissy about updates. My daily driver is a Linux Mint and for me it works great. I am NOT a nerd that spends a lot of time playing/adjusting/tweaking it. If I need to do something, I just Google it, voila, a solution, it works.
You might reconsider your recording parameters, 24/7 versus on trigger only. Yes, you save some space, but you can easily miss important footage that is out of the trigger range. See the linked threads below.
Without the 24/7 recoding of these two cams, i could have never figured out this issue as the front door cam would not be triggered until the guy was on the porch.
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In this next thread, my overview cams caught the action, and they never would have picked up a trigger unless the perp was to come up onto the yard.
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Without the 24/7 recoding of these two cams, i could have never figured out this issue as the front door cam would not be triggered until the guy was on the porch.
Why I like Continuous Recording (aka 24/7)
So a guy came to the door yesterday, and while my wife did not open the door, it kind of spooked her out. She said he seem suspicious saying he found a driver's license on the lawn and wanted to know if it belonged to her. So when I got back from the range, I checked out the cams. This is one...
In this next thread, my overview cams caught the action, and they never would have picked up a trigger unless the perp was to come up onto the yard.
Use of Overview and LPR Cams to Document Midnight Vehicle Distributing Offensive Flyers on Lawns
We were out of town and I was checking my cams remotely one morning and noticed one of the Deputies that regularly patrol my subdivision had been at my front door. She has come to me a few times requesting video as she knows I have fairly good coverage of the streets at my corner. I noticed that...
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P1000, P620, P600, P400 are all half height cards and running max of 47watt -30watt.
Since I don't need the most powerful card out there with most cuda cores, I found a cheap $60 P620 and it's perfect for my needs.
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Flintstone61
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Since the new year work has been very busy, with no time to buy and install cameras. But back looking at it again.
Thanks to all the advice on here today I purchased an Elitedesk 800 SFF with I7-6700, 256gb ssd, 8gb ram and Win 10 Pro.
So I need to buy 2 HDD now and possibly some more RAM?
Would 4tb drives, set up in raid 1 give me about 2 weeks of recording from 12-14 cameras? I know there are variables with how the system is set up, but as a rough idea is 4tb storage enough?
Thanks to all the advice on here today I purchased an Elitedesk 800 SFF with I7-6700, 256gb ssd, 8gb ram and Win 10 Pro.
So I need to buy 2 HDD now and possibly some more RAM?
Would 4tb drives, set up in raid 1 give me about 2 weeks of recording from 12-14 cameras? I know there are variables with how the system is set up, but as a rough idea is 4tb storage enough?
sebastiantombs
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Don't bother with RAID. It's not worth the problems when a drive fails. Simply assign/split the cameras between the two drives so that all the cameras in one area are not on the same drive. That way if one drive fails you have the other view still available. If a RAID drive fails, it'll take a day to rebuild the RAID and things are likely to get "lost" in the process.
Flintstone61
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4 Terabytes is ok for a small number of cams. How many cams?
For reference one of my Blue Iris machines, is using 12 TB's across 18 cams.
and it appears as though I'm getting about 40-45 days of storage before over write.
8TB WD Purp + 5TB WD refurb- splitting the work. about 10 cams on 1 drive and 8 on the other.
For reference one of my Blue Iris machines, is using 12 TB's across 18 cams.
and it appears as though I'm getting about 40-45 days of storage before over write.
8TB WD Purp + 5TB WD refurb- splitting the work. about 10 cams on 1 drive and 8 on the other.
Thanks that is helpful. Will gradually go up to 14 cameras. If I do as sebastiantombs suggests and split them across two drives then it sounds like 6tb (2x 3tb) or 8tb (2x 4tb) will give more than the 14 days I want.
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I reduced mine to 4TB on a 12 TB drive recently (needed to use space on the drive temporarily). With 18 cams total, 14 recording continuous, several of those being 4K and 4MP cams recording at higher than normal rates, a couple of 5MPs at normal rates, and a bunch of other 4-2MP cams pretty much normal, looks like that left me with about 6 days. Assuming a similar mix and running at more normal rates you'd get two weeks splitting cams across two 4TB drives with a little head room.
Reminds me that I need to change things back...
Reminds me that I need to change things back...