Setting up Blue Iris....got a couple of questions

[Azman]

Hi,

So finally have got around to pulling my finger out and getting a camera installed. Purchased Dell Optiplex 9020 i5, purchased and installed my first cam from Andy (HDW2231R-ZS) and also installed the demo version of Blue Iris.

All seems to be working well so far and will purchase Blue Iris when I get paid in a couple of days.

I have a couple of questions though:

1. In the Status window there are a couple of errors displayed as follows:


The other thing that concerns me is the entry in the status window that I have highlighted for the server. I'm not sure what this is about.

Finally, I seem to have overallocated hard drive space.......



Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Please be gentle.

Cheers,
Aaron

Edit: Deleted status screen shot.

 

[awsum140]

First question is are you port forwarding anything on you router? That's a BIG no-no! Knowing the basics of you network configuration would help, too. IP range, switch type, router are the basics.

Next is that screen shots are needed of your storage setup and we need to know what size drives are installed.

 

[Azman]

Hopefully I’ve got the correct info here you you. This might be quite a long response. Please let me know if you need any more info.

I’m not sure about port forwarding, but I do have an Emby Server and torrent download ‘Deluge’ on my home PC (not my BI PC). Screen shot of what I think you are after below. I think that Emby and Deluge have set these up as part of their install, I certainly haven’t entered them into the router/modem myself.




Here is a diagram of how I have setup my network. Please note the Emby PC IP address is incorrect in the diagram, it should be 192.168.1.18.



Switch type is: TP-Link 8 port (4port POE) model number TL-SG108PE

Modem/Router: Billion BiPAC7800NL – I’ve had it for years.


Emby PC

IPv4 Address: 192.168.1.18

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254

DHCP Server: 192.168.1.254

BI PC Ethernet 1

IPv4 Address: 192.168.1.8

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254

DHCP Server: 192.168.1.254

BI PC Ethernet 2

IPv4 Address: 10.0.0.1 (static)

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway: 192.168.1.254

DHCP Server: Not enabled

IP Camera

IPv4 Address: 10.0.0.10 (static)

Subnet Mask: 255.255.255.0

Default Gateway: 10.0.0.254

DHCP Server: Not enabled


Storage Info:

Size of storage hard drive is 2T

 

[Walrus]

Put the stored limit size to 0. You have over allocated by putting 2tb for new AND 2tb for stored. You aren't using stored (you shouldn't be). Set new to 100GB less than the usable space on the hard drive (1762 of the 1862)

 

[awsum140]

Ya beat me to it, Walrus! Stored is probably not needed unless, and until, you actually need to store something long term for evidence, as an example. BI will manage disk space well but does need a little "overhead" because of file sizes so leaving a little free space, typically 10%, is a good idea.

 

[looney2ns]

After a discussion with @bp2008, I set my 4tb Hd with 10gb of free space. It has been happy as a clam for a couple of months now.
Limit size is at 3715GB

 

[bp2008]

Note that when you set a size limit in BI, the units probably won't match whatever you are reading to learn your hard drive capacity. It takes a little trial and error. Set it close, check the "Clip storage" tab in the status window to see how much you have unallocated, then go back and revise your allocation.

As for the first issue, BI can log your public IP address to the log file as an error (Configured in BI Options > Web server). This is probably what happened. It would be wise to delete that screenshot or blur out the public IP.

 

[Azman]

Thanks guys, over allocation is sorted now.



Also, just wanted to double check that I have setup the network correctly. Including IP addresses and topology.

Any feedback is very welcome.
Cheers,
Aaron