direct to disk

I have tried searching on the forums but couldn’t find an answer. Is direct to disk recording limited to the 8kbps that the streaming is, or is that only for re encoded video? I was wondering if I set my bit rate to the highest in the web interface for the camera will it record at that bitrate...

I recently started playing around with the demo of Blue Iris and i think this is the route that i am going to go for a small home system. I typically deal with Pelco for work, but that is complete overkill for what i am trying to accomplish. Looking at the spec for BI, its is pretty broad, and i...

I'm curious about the real world experience of those using this configuration since I've seen more than a few recommendations of using this to bring down CPU usage. What kind of I/O throughput didn't work for you and what did you do to fix it? Increase spindle count? Change raid type? Assuming...