I need to wall mount my hardware and think I should do a 19" x 26" wall mount rack case. I would put 2 POE+ 24 port switches, patch cable, power bar and computer/server. I think a 12U is plenty for this. I need ~30 cameras for a car wash.
Having said all that I am at analysis paralysis. I have been looking and rack mount servers but they tend to be much deeper 33"+.
Today, I have the idea of using my desktop as the brains and adding a NAS for all the TB drives I need.
So, any issues with putting a desktop in a server rack case and adding a NAS for the storage? Will Blue Iris be okay with such a config?
The servers I am looking at on eBay are usually Xenon and do not have quick-sync. Desktops give me more options. It would be great if I can use my personal tower for the IP Cam system and then I can get a fresher tower for personal use.
TOWER SPECS:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version 10.0.19044 Build 19044
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-G53L7TO
System Manufacturer Alienware
System Model Alienware X51 R3
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU 6e3
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz, 2701 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Alienware 1.2.15, 5/29/2019
SMBIOS Version 2.8
Embedded Controller Version 15.07
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer Alienware
BaseBoard Product 026CD3
BaseBoard Version A00
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State On
PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.1806"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 15.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 8.03 GB
Total Virtual Memory 18.3 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6.51 GB
Page File Space 2.38 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes
Having said all that I am at analysis paralysis. I have been looking and rack mount servers but they tend to be much deeper 33"+.
Today, I have the idea of using my desktop as the brains and adding a NAS for all the TB drives I need.
So, any issues with putting a desktop in a server rack case and adding a NAS for the storage? Will Blue Iris be okay with such a config?
The servers I am looking at on eBay are usually Xenon and do not have quick-sync. Desktops give me more options. It would be great if I can use my personal tower for the IP Cam system and then I can get a fresher tower for personal use.
TOWER SPECS:
OS Name Microsoft Windows 10 Home
Version 10.0.19044 Build 19044
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name DESKTOP-G53L7TO
System Manufacturer Alienware
System Model Alienware X51 R3
System Type x64-based PC
System SKU 6e3
Processor Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-6400 CPU @ 2.70GHz, 2701 Mhz, 4 Core(s), 4 Logical Processor(s)
BIOS Version/Date Alienware 1.2.15, 5/29/2019
SMBIOS Version 2.8
Embedded Controller Version 15.07
BIOS Mode UEFI
BaseBoard Manufacturer Alienware
BaseBoard Product 026CD3
BaseBoard Version A00
Platform Role Desktop
Secure Boot State On
PCR7 Configuration Elevation Required to View
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United States
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "10.0.19041.1806"
Installed Physical Memory (RAM) 16.0 GB
Total Physical Memory 15.9 GB
Available Physical Memory 8.03 GB
Total Virtual Memory 18.3 GB
Available Virtual Memory 6.51 GB
Page File Space 2.38 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys
Kernel DMA Protection Off
Hyper-V - VM Monitor Mode Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Second Level Address Translation Extensions Yes
Hyper-V - Virtualization Enabled in Firmware Yes
Hyper-V - Data Execution Protection Yes