Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras
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@Mike-Davis Just spotted that they only recommend 20 cameras with the appliance. Probably better off using the software on a VM, even if you have to build a server for it.
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50 cameras from the start, so what are they looking for at the most?
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@Breffni-Potter They might add a few more. It's a school and they are talking about adding two more classrooms, so that could 3 or 4 more, but probably not many more than that. It also depends on if the cameras deployed in the initial roll out give them the coverage they are looking for.
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I think that going over 50 is just going to have to be a bit of an experiment. That's all that there is to it.
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I have a server with RAM and CPU on site. I'll probably want to add some drives and see how it goes.
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And if it's too much strain on it, you could make two separate VMs for something like the East and West side.
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I'd rather go increasing the IOPS way (more disks, adding some caching or even switching to full flash if needed, etc.).
Splitting things doesn't make sense unless his host doesn't have enough resources (cpu, ram), can't be upgraded and he needs a second one. But even then, i'd go with a single beefier one. -
@Kris_K said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
I'd rather go increasing the IOPS way (more disks, adding some caching or even switching to full flash if needed, etc.).
Splitting things doesn't make sense unless his host doesn't have enough resources (cpu, ram), can't be upgraded and he needs a second one. But even then, i'd go with a single beefier one.Generally I agree. I just don't know why they stated the 50 camera limit, that doesn't make much sense if more IOPS would solve the issue. I'm worried that there is something problematic in the software.
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@scottalanmiller said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
@Kris_K said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
I'd rather go increasing the IOPS way (more disks, adding some caching or even switching to full flash if needed, etc.).
Splitting things doesn't make sense unless his host doesn't have enough resources (cpu, ram), can't be upgraded and he needs a second one. But even then, i'd go with a single beefier one.Generally I agree. I just don't know why they stated the 50 camera limit, that doesn't make much sense if more IOPS would solve the issue. I'm worried that there is something problematic in the software.
I didn't look at any documentation on the software version, only the appliance. They still give a 50 camera limit on the software?
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@travisdh1 said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
@scottalanmiller said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
@Kris_K said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
I'd rather go increasing the IOPS way (more disks, adding some caching or even switching to full flash if needed, etc.).
Splitting things doesn't make sense unless his host doesn't have enough resources (cpu, ram), can't be upgraded and he needs a second one. But even then, i'd go with a single beefier one.Generally I agree. I just don't know why they stated the 50 camera limit, that doesn't make much sense if more IOPS would solve the issue. I'm worried that there is something problematic in the software.
I didn't look at any documentation on the software version, only the appliance. They still give a 50 camera limit on the software?
Check on their forums and see what kind of answers you get... It may juts be that's the recommended maximum or something.
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@travisdh1 said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
@scottalanmiller said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
@Kris_K said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
I'd rather go increasing the IOPS way (more disks, adding some caching or even switching to full flash if needed, etc.).
Splitting things doesn't make sense unless his host doesn't have enough resources (cpu, ram), can't be upgraded and he needs a second one. But even then, i'd go with a single beefier one.Generally I agree. I just don't know why they stated the 50 camera limit, that doesn't make much sense if more IOPS would solve the issue. I'm worried that there is something problematic in the software.
I didn't look at any documentation on the software version, only the appliance. They still give a 50 camera limit on the software?
Isn't that the ONLY place that it gives the limit?
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Just go with an Axis system
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@Jason said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
Just go with an Axis system
Why Axis? This is an honest question. I have set them up before, but a vendor gave us the cameras, so the cost of the cameras wasn't an issue. They also gave us a license of some software that I don't really care for. The camera's were nice, but seems like they cost way more than Ubiquiti.
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Axis is very high end stuff. NTG used them a bit. Very good quality.
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@Mike-Davis said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
@Jason said in Ubnt NVR more than 50 cameras:
Just go with an Axis system
Why Axis? This is an honest question. I have set them up before, but a vendor gave us the cameras, so the cost of the cameras wasn't an issue. They also gave us a license of some software that I don't really care for. The camera's were nice, but seems like they cost way more than Ubiquiti.
Axis is all around a much better system. Ubiquiti stuff is fine for very small deployments but I wouldn't use it for something of this size
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Axis is good, it's not cheap, however. You'll pay a premium for that. At fifty or more cameras, that can add up.
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It looks like the cameras are almost double the cost. What about the NVR software? Can anyone make any recommendations? It looks like if you go with their software you pay ~$30 per device on top of the software license. (which I can't seem to find pricing on.) Does anyone have any experience with Axis pricing?
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It's been a long time since we bought Axis cams, so I'm afraid that I can't say.
