nayr
IPCT Contributor
not the docking station, thats for people doing system images to computers.. or doign offsite backups and want to take just the raw disk and swap a new blank one in.
scenerio:
Guest: 'whats this big button do? <press>'
You: 'Nooooooo, you just crashed the cameras'
I'm Looking at this mediasonic pro bow which has two more bays than what i was looking for but it has one of the highest ratings. I especially like the status lights.
http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-list..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1N3A69SP0ZBPVVYFCCE5
Media/Data racks, they are all standardized.. a standard server rack is 48U high, ie it could hold 48 1U servers that look like this:
If you need to protect all your equipment, a secure mini-size rack cabinet is what you need.. http://www.monoprice.com/category?c_id=105&cp_id=10516
you can often find used cabinets/racks on craigslist or recyclers for a fraction of what they cost new, since nobody wants to ship em.
bolt all your computers, switches, equipment inside a rack and then bolt it to a floor and then put a lock on it and while it wont be completely impossible to disable or steal.. it will be alot fucking harder take alot more time than just grabbing a mini-pc off a shelf and tossing it in a bag.. espically if you torque the fuck out of everything so it needs power tools to remove.. you can even get security bolts that stop em without the right tools.. come in with a welder and tack the bolts securing the cabinet to the concrete floor in, then they need a grinder.
sounds like you need a pretty small locking cabinet, just the NVR, PoE Switch, and perhaps cable modem/wifi, put it some place discrete, hidden inside a closet or disguised under a fake facade.. its not a big facility so if they have enough time int here they will find it unless you get very clever.. and if you get that clever, dont share it with anyone, even us
it surely can, its effectively a weak faraday cage once you ground it.. (and you should ground it)
might consider an external PoE access point, tha'd get the WiFi out of the cabinet and to a more central and better location..
bluetooth probably wont be an issue, but if it is you can put the RF dongle on the end of a small usb extension cable, to get it closer to your keyboard/display.. I had to do this for my NVR.. its in the bottom of my cabinet and a wireless mouse would not work form my living room couch (output goes to TV), so I ran a 15ft usb cable out of the cabinet and into the floor joists under the living room.. now its only like 6ft away and only goes through some hardwood floors, works great from anywhere upstairs.. (I use a wireless track ball mouse for NVR, no keyboard other than OSD one, track balls work awesome for PTZ's)
Also extend your alarm system so there is a door contact on your equipment cabinet, that way anyone who forces the door open is bound to set the alarm off.. if they managed to get this far without triggering it.. it'll also prevent you from accidentally arming the security system if the cabinet is open.. ive seen cabinets with both a small microswitch and a magnetic contact switch wired in a series hooked to an alarm.. this was capable of knowing that the cabinet was not only closed, but also locked.. thats great for preventing you or your employees from purposely or accidentally leaving things unsecured (common attack from those you hire: steal your keys, unlock the cabinet, return your keys while your distracted)
How about using a Power line Ethernet Adapter kit to remedy the wifi connection problem?
I would get an wifi access point like this
http://www.amazon.com/Ubiquiti-Netw...d=1460920817&sr=8-1&keywords=wifi+accesspoint
And mount it in your office ceiling or wall where you want the wifi to be the strongest at and plug it into your PoE router/switch.
Bill