I'm a long time Unifi Protect user, have done quite a few deployments, tends to be my goto. I like their camera selections, I prefer to use POE / wired cameras and leverage the overall unified network / protect environment, seems to be a good solution for those that I help out with it.
That said, I have a friend, building a new very large home. Was looking at a Unifi Dream Machine, about 15 cameras and a half dozen access points for the place, but subject to change.
The one thing he is not keen on is having the video stored on premise, in case of a total loss of the property like in a fire. He will have the network bandwidth to be able to stream to the cloud, not something that many of the folks I work with do in rural areas (one of the reasons I like Unifi Protect).
Looking for some guidance on a few options:
1) Stick with Unifi and work out a way to stream video (rtsp) offsite or to backup the triggered events to cloud storage.
2a) Stick with Unifi for networking but use a different POE wired camera system and a cloud based NVR solution
2b) Different networking and different POE wired camera system and a cloud based NVR solution
For 1, would like to know what has worked for folks in doing either rtsp or triggered event backups to cloud
For 2a/b, been out of the other camera world for a while. What company has a good selection of indoor and outdoor cameras these days, architectural quality. Higher end finishes in this place. POE would be highly preferred, PTZ not required at all but some very wide angle / 360 stuff would be nice for interiors like what Unifi is offering now. And of course what cloud based NVR solutions. All while combining these two things (Camera and Cloud based NVR) into a package that could be comparably priced to what the Unifi solution looks like, which I think is tough.
That said, I have a friend, building a new very large home. Was looking at a Unifi Dream Machine, about 15 cameras and a half dozen access points for the place, but subject to change.
The one thing he is not keen on is having the video stored on premise, in case of a total loss of the property like in a fire. He will have the network bandwidth to be able to stream to the cloud, not something that many of the folks I work with do in rural areas (one of the reasons I like Unifi Protect).
Looking for some guidance on a few options:
1) Stick with Unifi and work out a way to stream video (rtsp) offsite or to backup the triggered events to cloud storage.
2a) Stick with Unifi for networking but use a different POE wired camera system and a cloud based NVR solution
2b) Different networking and different POE wired camera system and a cloud based NVR solution
For 1, would like to know what has worked for folks in doing either rtsp or triggered event backups to cloud
For 2a/b, been out of the other camera world for a while. What company has a good selection of indoor and outdoor cameras these days, architectural quality. Higher end finishes in this place. POE would be highly preferred, PTZ not required at all but some very wide angle / 360 stuff would be nice for interiors like what Unifi is offering now. And of course what cloud based NVR solutions. All while combining these two things (Camera and Cloud based NVR) into a package that could be comparably priced to what the Unifi solution looks like, which I think is tough.