Just wanted to stop by and say thanks to all of you for posting good questions and great answers. I've been visiting this forum for quite a while and leaned quite a lot without asking a single question.
From this research I have been able to begin to build my own video security system that currently has eight mixed Hikvision IP cameras with five more on their way from China (AliExpress). All of the cameras are linked to Cisco small business 300 series Gigabit POE switches via Cat 6 cables. At this time I have chosen to use Blue Iris as my monitoring software on a custom box with an Intel i7 CPU, 64gb of 1600mhz RAM, 256gb SSD op sys drive, 8 teribites of storage and a decent NVIDIA graphics card. The only thing I have left to add to this setup is a better NIC.
Im leaning towards this one:
Intel EXPI9402PT PCI-Express PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter - Newegg.com
Anyway, thanks again, keep up the good works.
From this research I have been able to begin to build my own video security system that currently has eight mixed Hikvision IP cameras with five more on their way from China (AliExpress). All of the cameras are linked to Cisco small business 300 series Gigabit POE switches via Cat 6 cables. At this time I have chosen to use Blue Iris as my monitoring software on a custom box with an Intel i7 CPU, 64gb of 1600mhz RAM, 256gb SSD op sys drive, 8 teribites of storage and a decent NVIDIA graphics card. The only thing I have left to add to this setup is a better NIC.
Im leaning towards this one:
Intel EXPI9402PT PCI-Express PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter - Newegg.com
Anyway, thanks again, keep up the good works.
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