Possible to Record IP Camera to Redundant NVRs?

[DahuaIPNewbie]

I have six Dahua 4MP IP cameras and a Dahua NVR with 8 channels ePOE and 8 channels POE. The cameras are wired directly to the NVR - no WiFi. Is there a way to record the image from each IP camera to two NVRs without using WiFi? When I had the same setup with HDCVI and DVR Dahua products, I had the cameras attached to a distributor which then allowed two DVRs to record each camera image. Thanks!

 

[bigredfish]

Not sure where Wifi plays a role, but if you had the cameras wired to a switch on your LAN first, and both NVR's also wired to the switch, then they could be recorded to two separate NVR's.

 

[fenderman]

You can also stream from one NVR to the other. Simply add the NVR as a camera and change the channel number. The suggestion by bigredfish is better because the second NVR does not rely on the first and you implied you are seeking redundancy. A hard disk failure in the primary nvr can easily put it in a boot loop killing the stream to the second.

 

[bigredfish]

You can also stream from one NVR to the other. Simply add the NVR as a camera and change the channel number.

I didnt know this, I always wondered when I saw the other NVR come up in the device search...

 

[DahuaIPNewbie]

Thanks all. I'm completely new to all of this IP stuff. My setup is Cat6 from each individual camera directly to the NVR ePOE ports. I mentioned WiFi because I was told I could also view/record the images via the web but my simple brain understood camera to NVR. ePOE was an education for me!

 

[bigredfish]

Yes once you get connected, use the Web browser interface to manage the NVR and the cameras.