Need a cctv system for an indoor office with the following features

[hikvision-guy]

I need to purchase a system for an indoor office and need the following:

1. 24/7 recording
2. Nightvision mode or at least being able to see in the dark in an office when it's night or when the lights are off
3. Instant cloud recording

The office needs at least 15 cameras, and I don't know if cctv companies provide cloud storage for this many channels

Please advise me, thank you

 

[wittaj]

By night vision do you mean in color? If so it will still need light, either from the surroundings or white light from camera. Or is infrared OK.

Instant cloud and better systems don't go together - what is more important - local control with 24/7 recording with better cameras or instant cloud like consumer grade thst compresses the crap out of images but likely motion only?

 

[looney2ns]

If you want a good reliable CCTV system, forget the cloud nonsense.

Purchase real cameras like THIS ONE, and team it up with either a matching NVR or a PC with Blue Iris installed.

 

[hikvision-guy]

By night vision do you mean in color? If so it will still need light, either from the surroundings or white light from camera. Or is infrared OK.

Instant cloud and better systems don't go together - what is more important - local control with 24/7 recording with better cameras or instant cloud like consumer grade thst compresses the crap out of images but likely motion only?

Is there a way to upload all channels to a server?

 

[hikvision-guy]

If you want a good reliable CCTV system, forget the cloud nonsense.

Purchase real cameras like THIS ONE, and team it up with either a matching NVR or a PC with Blue Iris installed.

What about uploading to a server? Like ftp

 

[BelMa]

Is there a way to upload all channels to a server?

Synology Surveillance has something called C2 that apart from save the records locally, saves them simultaneously on his Cloud, where can be accessed anywhere.

Not exactly what you're looking for, but close... and won't be cheap, sure...

 

[lewic]

Forget the cloud recording.... those only do event recording and since not all event recording will catch everything..... sometimes the recording won't get triggered so it won't get recorded. Get an NVR. Get your cameras. Add an SD card in each camera for times that the cameras lose contact with the NVR as there will not be recording at that time. If utilizing this function (ANR) then make sure the cameras are powered by an external POE switch which is also plugged into a UPS. The video streams can also be recorded onto an off site "server" like a NAS or google drive, etc. Makes more sense to not depend on cloud as someone can come in and cut the cable line, break the fiber optic which causes the network to be down. If no power then no network. Sure you can use a UPS on everything but much easier to have enough power for cameras than needing to support the load for every piece of the puzzle.

So to list again....

1. Record to camera - ANR recording with SD card in each camera.
2. Record to NVR
3. Uploads video to off site server.