older dual 2450 xeon rack server or newer tower w/ i7 CPU for new BI server?

[mike mcclelland]

Good morning!

Looking at replacing an aging BI server running a quad core non-HT Xeon CPU (RAID-5 & 32 GB RAM). Wondering if an older dual 2450 Xeon rack server (also RAID and 32 GB) or newer tower w/ i7 CPU, 32 GB, O/S on SSD and storage on a platter drive) would be a better system to manage 15-20 cameras? Noise isn't an issue, it's in a construction environment.

Thanks,

Mike

 

[mat200]

Good morning!

Looking at replacing an aging BI server running a quad core non-HT Xeon CPU (RAID-5 & 32 GB RAM. Wondering if an older dual 2450 Xeon rack server or newer tower w/ i7 CPU would be a better base to manage 15-20 cameras? Noise isn't an issue, it's in a construction environment.

Thanks,

Mike

Hi @mike mcclelland

Remember to check the notes on blue iris cpu requirements.
Choosing Hardware for Blue Iris | IP Cam Talk

Also check if the Xeon's in question have "Quick Sync Video"

 

[mike mcclelland]

Hi @mat200,

No, the Xeons do not have QSV. They are E5-2450L CPU's. I was wondering if all those those cores (16 cores total on a dual core system) would be better than 4 QSV enabled cores on an i7-4770-based workstation.

 

[aristobrat]

Blue Iris Update Helper

Type in one of the CPU models that you’re considering and see if there are any results.

MP/s is a better way to compare performance between systems, so watch that column.

 

[mike mcclelland]

sorry, what is MP/s?

 

[aristobrat]

Megapixels per second.. the amount of data coming from the cameras.

The number of cameras isn't important (to a point), .. it's the amount of data the cameras are sending to BI. Someone with a 15-20 camera system could easily have them configured so they make a lot more (or a lot less) MP/s that what your 15-20 cameras would make. This is why it's almost impossible to compare systems based on just the camera count alone.

 

[mike mcclelland]

Ah, got it. Thanks. I should be running about 225 MP/s. though my Samsung/Wisenet cameras are stuck at 1 FPS, so my actual MP/s is closer to 150.

off topic, but any idea why a samsung/wisenet camera direct view would be 5 fps, but BI only shows 1 fps?

 

[aristobrat]

Maybe BI is connecting to a substream?

 

[mike mcclelland]

Sorry, not following. It's Blue Iris connecting directly to a single camera, not seeing anything about substream options in camera settings or BI settings.

 

[aristobrat]

Sorry, not following. It's Blue Iris connecting directly to a single camera, not seeing anything about substream options in camera settings or BI settings.

Some cameras have multiple streams that can each be set with different encoding options. I'm not familiar with your cameras, so just thought I'd mention in case it might apply.

My experience with BI in regards to FPS is that BI just reports what the camera is sending it across the network.