Spec Advice

[Geek N aHalf]

Hi All,
New to the forum and IP cameras systems as well, so please forgive my ignorance.
I've been commissioned by work to design and install a security IP camera system. It's the first one I've ever did, so I hope I got it right. (yes, it would have been better to ask first then buy and install, but I didn't..)
Here's the specs:

1ea. Dell R510 (we had this laying around, I just added upgraded CPU and mem)
-w/12TB storage
-2 slbv7 X5670 2.9 GHZ/12MB 6C CPUs
-64GB memory
-server 2016 essentials
-Blue Iris

8ea. GW8571MIP IP cameras. Basically 4K with motorized zoom lens

2ea. FS728TP-100NAS connected by a 250Meter OM3 Multi 50/125 Mode fiber cable.

My issue:
I need to get my frame rates up, my video is herky jerky, extremely slow (even in playback) and skips; meaning one minute something is there and the next its across the screen. I have the FPS on the cameras set to 30, the I frames on the camera set to 30 fps, BI set to 30fps for each camera in the properties, and direct to disk recording set for all cameras. I looked through all the documentation and unfortunately, I can't seem to find the answer that I'm sure is right in front of me..

I'm going to continue to look through documentation, however any suggestions is greatly appreciated, and sorry if this is the wrong forum category..

R

 

[SouthernYankee]

Welcome to the forum.

Please read the cliff notes in the wiki. Also read other items in wiki. The wiki is in The blue bar at the top of the page .

Drop the frame rate to 15 in the camera. Change cbr to vbr.

I will assume that all cameras are hard wired.

A network diagram should be helpful.

What is the cpu utilization ? Screen shot on the task manager , cpu and processes.

The windows system must be a clean install, no other crap on the PC.

 

[tangent]

8 year old xeon processors really aren't ideal for recording video. You waste a lot of electricity and end up with an under-performing system.

A refurbished 6th or 7th gen i7 is a better choice.

 

[Geek N aHalf]

Thanks for the replies.
Tangent, do you have recommendations for server build? Eventually we are going to have up to 26 cameras, I would like something that I can upgrade as necessary when I add cameras.
thanks!

 

[tangent]

building it yourself isn't cost effective. Any 7th or 8th or 9th gen i7 should do the job.

 

[Geek N aHalf]

ok, thanks

 

[tangent]

Eventually we are going to have up to 26 cameras

There's more info in the wiki at the top of the page.

More specifically, it depends on the bitrate of the cameras which is related to the resolution, frames per second, and compression.

 

[bp2008]

If you've got the budget to buy new, the 8th and 9th generations are much better. i7-8700K, i7-9700K, or i9-9900K.

You could make 26 cameras (mix of 2/4/8 MP) work on a lesser CPU, but more compromises would be made with the frame rates and/or limit decoding settings.