It may be a bit of a gamble, but hopefully it will work out. I took delivery of some bits and pieces the past week: intel i5 nuc dual drive (msata + 9.5mm 2.5 hdd/ssd), 2x4gb ram, 120gb msata, 2tb purple wd drive (already had a spare hdd enclosure, keyboard, mouse), windows disc etc. paired with a touch screen. Put it together, installed windows 8.1 and am giving ivms 4200 a whirl. Since axxon is not showing the 2732 domes and not the most user friendly.
I'm cautiously optimistic that it will work out, as this little i5 @ 1.3 ghz (2ghz turbo) is not like some high ghz quad core i7 monster that has plenty of extra power in reserve. Opted for msata for the base drive to avoid hdd slowness, and futureproofing. Then for 8gb ram instead of 16, as that seemed too much. Did 2x4 as that supposedly is faster due to being dual channel, vs one single stick of 8. 2x2 might be enough, but futureproofing. (also should this not pan out, the nuc could be a small general use system) One could use the 2nd drive slot for a laptop drive to record onto. Initially I was going to do that, but then worried about heat. So went external for recording.
Win8 of course is a bit different, so that some neat system monitoring utilities from earlier generations that just put numbers in the tray or taskbar, don't work. Performance monitor raises the cpu, so after some hunting, found a little program that floats on top, has various options, and has transparency adjustment too.
My two little worries are cpu usage and heat.
Ivms with 4 3mp cams at 1920x1080, on top of windows; keeps the overall cpu needle at 25% ( It hovers 19-20-22-28-30-31) And I'm a bit worried how high that is going to go, as more cameras will get added later, and I have not seemed to record motion yet (rtfm some more?) ... plus we wanted to keep the ivms client open on screen for easy reference. So we would just have the storage server recording and save the ivms client cycles). And part of the issue is, I think, is that ivms doesn't seem to let me select the substream for the mosaic, which might save some cpu cycles as far as downscaling for the viewscreen. Then add remote access / streaming? It could get a bit intense for the little cpu.
The unit does run a tad warm to the touch. The utility is saying the cpu is 67C, msata drive 40C, and worryingly, the motherboard cpu temp is stated as 123C ...
Wonder if that is an error? Or a problem ... May have to contact intel.
May have to increase ventilation?
Network i/o 2MB/s (must have things on somewhat average settings or vbr)
Ram used is 1.76gb
I may test other software too, I just need to catch up on some settings first, ivms recording, remote viewing, updating the bios on this thing (press f7 during boot, but never works with two keyboards tried)
Matching approved parts was key. Plus need an adpter for mini displayport or mini hdmi, which I forgot to order ... then worst buy wanted $50 for $5 cable.
Anyway: intel nuc D5420WYKH, Crucial CT120M500SSD3 & CT2CP51264BF160B are the main bits in this thing.
To be continued.
I'm cautiously optimistic that it will work out, as this little i5 @ 1.3 ghz (2ghz turbo) is not like some high ghz quad core i7 monster that has plenty of extra power in reserve. Opted for msata for the base drive to avoid hdd slowness, and futureproofing. Then for 8gb ram instead of 16, as that seemed too much. Did 2x4 as that supposedly is faster due to being dual channel, vs one single stick of 8. 2x2 might be enough, but futureproofing. (also should this not pan out, the nuc could be a small general use system) One could use the 2nd drive slot for a laptop drive to record onto. Initially I was going to do that, but then worried about heat. So went external for recording.
Win8 of course is a bit different, so that some neat system monitoring utilities from earlier generations that just put numbers in the tray or taskbar, don't work. Performance monitor raises the cpu, so after some hunting, found a little program that floats on top, has various options, and has transparency adjustment too.
My two little worries are cpu usage and heat.
Ivms with 4 3mp cams at 1920x1080, on top of windows; keeps the overall cpu needle at 25% ( It hovers 19-20-22-28-30-31) And I'm a bit worried how high that is going to go, as more cameras will get added later, and I have not seemed to record motion yet (rtfm some more?) ... plus we wanted to keep the ivms client open on screen for easy reference. So we would just have the storage server recording and save the ivms client cycles). And part of the issue is, I think, is that ivms doesn't seem to let me select the substream for the mosaic, which might save some cpu cycles as far as downscaling for the viewscreen. Then add remote access / streaming? It could get a bit intense for the little cpu.
The unit does run a tad warm to the touch. The utility is saying the cpu is 67C, msata drive 40C, and worryingly, the motherboard cpu temp is stated as 123C ...
Wonder if that is an error? Or a problem ... May have to contact intel.
May have to increase ventilation?
Network i/o 2MB/s (must have things on somewhat average settings or vbr)
Ram used is 1.76gb
I may test other software too, I just need to catch up on some settings first, ivms recording, remote viewing, updating the bios on this thing (press f7 during boot, but never works with two keyboards tried)
Matching approved parts was key. Plus need an adpter for mini displayport or mini hdmi, which I forgot to order ... then worst buy wanted $50 for $5 cable.
Anyway: intel nuc D5420WYKH, Crucial CT120M500SSD3 & CT2CP51264BF160B are the main bits in this thing.
To be continued.
, as my little nuc, but it has too many cables sticking out of it to be comfortable in a drawer. I think all but one port is filled. 
