Solved UBNT NVR + UBNT cam for small school?
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I've been asked to put together a video surveillance system for a small private (and non profit) school. Any reason not to go with a UBNT NVR, UBNT ToughSwitch PoE, and as many cameras as I need?
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Sounds like a good approach to me.
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I have it at home and it's really nice. I didn't buy the NVR though, just spun up a VM with the software.
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I'm looking to do this at home. Just having started on it yet.
The UBNT line is pretty strong for both the APs and cameras. Don't forget to put a UPS on the PoE and such.
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I, too, was thinking about doing this for the home in Texas.
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@scottalanmiller said in UBNT NVR + UBNT cam for small school?:
I, too, was thinking about doing this for the home in Texas.
I want to do this at our house, but the cash is not available at the moment.
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@gjacobse said in UBNT NVR + UBNT cam for small school?:
I'm looking to do this at home. Just having started on it yet.
The UBNT line is pretty strong for both the APs and cameras. Don't forget to put a UPS on the PoE and such.
UPS All the things. Here is my cable modem and ERL in the living room coat closet.
Need to get a Pi and setup power monitoring.
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I've been thinking about it for home too. I have a little Intel Atom D525 that will run Ubuntu, so maybe I can put the NVR package on that and test it out. That box doesn't support virtualization and I was just about to toss it, but this may give it new life.
Is it possible I found a good reason not to virutalize a server?
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@Mike-Davis said in UBNT NVR + UBNT cam for small school?:
Is it possible I found a good reason not to virutalize a server?
No, you made the decision to not virtualize already and are attempting reverse justification.
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@scottalanmiller If ESXi won't go on there, is it possible that Xen will? I have never used Xen, so this might be time to try it.
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@Mike-Davis said in UBNT NVR + UBNT cam for small school?:
@scottalanmiller If ESXi won't go on there, is it possible that Xen will? I have never used Xen, so this might be time to try it.
POssible, yes. Xen does not require hardware support for full PV.
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@Mike-Davis said in UBNT NVR + UBNT cam for small school?:
@scottalanmiller If ESXi won't go on there, is it possible that Xen will? I have never used Xen, so this might be time to try it.
KVM might as well. I've found Xen supports a much larger hardware base then VMWare does.
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@Mike-Davis said in UBNT NVR + UBNT cam for small school?:
I've been asked to put together a video surveillance system for a small private (and non profit) school. Any reason not to go with a UBNT NVR, UBNT ToughSwitch PoE, and as many cameras as I need?
As of right now, just know that if they need a specialty camera that UBNT doesnt make (like a PTZ one) you will have to switch the NVR software, UBNT-NVR software does not support 3rd party cameras.
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We have this exact setup at my office, works awesome. If the cameras are indoors, remove the plastic domes for best picture.
