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Thanks for the links. I see what you mean about Reolink, there are loads of threads on this which I am still working my way through! Hikvision and Dahau is what most people suggest so will look at their models. I guess if someone did break in and it was low light conditions I would be gutted if...

Ouch! :)

Thanks fenderman for input on this. Servers are eye waterinly expensive when you put it up against the cost of buying high spec desktop towers. We really only use Dell warranty for parts and diagnostics as no engineer can get on site due to our remoteness. Just had to send a Dell server down...

Thanks Spuls. I was actually going to go the Reolink route having watched a youtuber channel called The Hookup that reviewed them. Although I can't quite articulate why we are going to spend big on the server and save on the cameras!

Thanks so much for doing the work for me and suggesting two Dell servers. And for bringing my attention to a TPU as AI accelerator. Looks like this is a relatively new technology and we have never considered this when looking at server specs before. I had a quick read and it looks like the...

Thanks for the advice of spending the budget on Ram rather than dual processors. Will certainly make sure that the camera subnet is isolated from the internet. Thanks for bringing my attention to 'continuous+triggered' -motion triggering recording at a higher resolution makes sense as some days...

Thanks looktall for all suggestions. On the subject of networks, other users have discussed 1gb vs 10gb network but will have a look at the costs. By the time we implement this 10gb switches might be the norm!- I believe they are becoming more prevalent. Would have to make sure we used Cat6A...

Quest100- Thanks for your views on keeping storage on the server and not connecting a NAS. I will read up on distributing the cameras evenly over drives- I guess that is a feature in blue Iris. On the storage media- good to know surveillance grade hdds should be enough and good idea that the...

Thanks Valiant and Looktall for views on this. That’s a good point about SSD as primary recording. Although I was hoping to use large surveillance grade HDD’s (eg Ironwolfs) and rely on lowest frame rate possible and latest compression technology to bring down the size. But now I am wondering...

Thanks for raising this- yes, that is one I was going to look at after getting the server straightned out. Rather than one huge switch- it would probably be ten switches which could power by POE the cameras (say 5 cameras on each switch). But would need to be worked out with an ethernet...

What are your specifications for a high spec 'dream' camera server to run Blue Iris 50 cameras in a business environment? Or can anyone point me in the direction of a hardware calculator or another post that has tackled this? There are so many options to choose: Which processor? Should they be...