Hi all, so I saw the very helpful rundown of what you need to choose for hardware specs based on megapixels per second, however it seems slightly dated, and perhaps a bit overkill based on some systems I've seen mentioned on the odd post, but looking to get some input from you guys for cpu choice.
Ideally, this setup will have 12 8mp dahua cameras running at 4k resolution, 15 frames per second, using h.265, which according to the hikvision storage calculator will need about 100tb for motion detection only storage at medium complexity. (I have a feeling that will be more than needed, but a little extra storage time won't hurt.
Now, this apparently is close to the max of what blue iris can handle, and apparently would require a 10 core processor, however that seems pretty overkill, since I've seen people mention pretty high MP setups that hit well below 50% cpu usage, so I'm guessing that I don't actually need to go with some insane processor. Unfortunately since this is my first crack at a system this large I don't have any hands on idea of how it will actually perform.
I added three similar cameras to my home setup, and had to add a dedicated gpu as the xeon's I have don't support quicksync, but it barely changed my cpu usage at all. (yes, I know xeons aren't great for blue iris and they suck power, but I use my rack mount machines for more than just blue iris)
This system will purely be acting as a blue iris server so high cpu usage isn't really a concern for other applications. I'm also curious if for an h.265 setup intel and quicksync is still the best option, or if a 3rd gen ryzen processor and a gtx 1060 or something like that might be a better option?
Looking forward to hearing your replies and excited to roll out the first system that I've handled with this many cameras.
edit: Oh yes I'll likely be using direct to disk recording and using the cameras in build time and date overlay so that blue iris isn't handling that overlay, and is just doing the motion detection and recording.
Ideally, this setup will have 12 8mp dahua cameras running at 4k resolution, 15 frames per second, using h.265, which according to the hikvision storage calculator will need about 100tb for motion detection only storage at medium complexity. (I have a feeling that will be more than needed, but a little extra storage time won't hurt.
Now, this apparently is close to the max of what blue iris can handle, and apparently would require a 10 core processor, however that seems pretty overkill, since I've seen people mention pretty high MP setups that hit well below 50% cpu usage, so I'm guessing that I don't actually need to go with some insane processor. Unfortunately since this is my first crack at a system this large I don't have any hands on idea of how it will actually perform.
I added three similar cameras to my home setup, and had to add a dedicated gpu as the xeon's I have don't support quicksync, but it barely changed my cpu usage at all. (yes, I know xeons aren't great for blue iris and they suck power, but I use my rack mount machines for more than just blue iris)
This system will purely be acting as a blue iris server so high cpu usage isn't really a concern for other applications. I'm also curious if for an h.265 setup intel and quicksync is still the best option, or if a 3rd gen ryzen processor and a gtx 1060 or something like that might be a better option?
Looking forward to hearing your replies and excited to roll out the first system that I've handled with this many cameras.
edit: Oh yes I'll likely be using direct to disk recording and using the cameras in build time and date overlay so that blue iris isn't handling that overlay, and is just doing the motion detection and recording.