Similar to #2, I would consider a commercial black-box security DVR instead of the server/application, but I have no clue which ones are safe (from Chinese backdoors) and reliable - suggestions appreciated.
A decent camera server will be power-hungry, and I'm actually trying to save power these days (giant servers are all shut down) App probably not as WAF-friendly, unless I develop something custom. Ring's over-all feature-set is arguably better. one-time purchase, no service "rent"ĬONS: Everything is local, if there's a problem with server, power, app, network - it's all on me. PROS: Everything is local, recording still works if no Internet. Probably Amcrest or Hikvision cams and either SecuritySpy or BlueIris for the software. IPCAMS and Server based recording: This is what I had, although I'd choose something other than Sighthound and get better cameras this time. No internet, no storage - that's probably the biggest negative, and one not easily overcome.Ģ. Monthly "rent" to Ring to make them useful - just not a fan of this model. No open standards or "local" connectivity. I was hoping the "wired" camera would be PoE, alas it's just power, the data connectivity is still wireless. PROS: good features, nice cameras, I like the over-all app function, two-way audio, siren, and lights built in to the cams.ĬONS: They're expensive ($200+ can get a nice IP cam these days), No wired LAN option. Ring Cameras: I like Ring, I don't have any presently, but I like their list of features and $10/month for unlimited cameras isn't horrible (although I'm still not crazy about paying it. I don't want Nest, I really don't like their storage/usage plans, so I've narrowed it down to a few options and wanted to see what you all are doing these days.ġ. I still feel the need for cameras, my wife more so than I, so I'm in the position to start from scratch with something. I've also recently decided to drop Sighthound, because well, I just didn't care for a lot of things about the product the more I used it.Īnywho. Just point me at one that doesn't suck in some way.Through a series of unrelated and unfortunate events, I've lost the bulk of my existing IP cameras. I'd also consider buying an appliance around $350 that works with ONVIF / Reolink cameras and will let me automate offloading video to a network share. Anyone have experience with hardware similar to mine? So I'm wondering about Zoneminder, which people suggest has fairly low CPU requirements to just write RTSP streams to disk but I can't find concrete examples of people doing this many cameras at high-res on servers that aren't grossly over-powered compared to my little R210 II. It's using about 10% CPU per cam - which is impressively low for all the motion / object detection features it has - so I won't have much room to expand without throwing dual-socket hardware at it. Of those, Sighthound seems to be the only one that can hit 8 on an E3-1240v2 without any tweaking.
Now I'm trying to figure out what to do on the NVR side.Ĭore requirement is that I want 1440p 30fps 24x7 recording for 8-12 cameras. I've settled on the Reolink RLC-410 on the hardware side - they do 1440p, 802.3af, and ONVIF at a great price.
The next phase of my home setup is incorporating security cameras.