storage

Hello, I am running 8 cameras, 4 which are on continuous recording. I would like to save the continual recording cameras to my NAS because it has much more storage space and the other "motion detection" cameras to the internal storage of the server. Is there a way to configure individual...

Hi all, Couple of questions, A) I know that you can set a limit to the amount of storage to use on a disk that the cameras use, but is there a way to have certain cameras only store for like 2 weeks, while the others store until the disk is full. B) I have the cameras store as normal on the...

If I change the storage location folder size and clip age (make them a little less), will Blue Iris apply those settings to the current clips stored or will I need to manually delete some clips until I get below the new storage limits?

I have a new security system with a 4 terabyte HHD and a 256 gigabyte M.2 SSD. What would be the best storage configuration for this setup? Can I keep the OS and BI together on the M.2 and use the HDD for both new and stored footage or CAN and should I keep new footage on the M.2? Any help...

Greetings Folks ! New to blue Iris as my very first install a few months back !! Strange issue here : Prior to 4/20.2021 all recordings are in the raid 5 win 10 Pro server D drive (1 tb) and sent over to a blue iris folder on an external e drive with 10 Tb On 4/21 thru 5/11 2021 recordings...

I have a number of IP cameras at different locations both for security and to monitor wildlife around the garden. The cameras are pretty basic like eg Foscam C1's and other generic makes but although most of them have SD card storage, I'd really like to be able to FTP to a central storage from...

Hi, I have a situation where I need 90 days of storage for 25 cameras at 720p and 10 fps. My best idea right now is to use two 16 channel NVRs and open them up and install two 8 TB hard drives into each NVR. I already have the Lorex equipment so for better or worse I need to use Lorex. As far...

Hi All I have a nest doorbell and also a couple of dahua ip cameras. I find the nest is such a pleasure to use , being able to scroll through the recording instantly, compared to the ip camera that I seem to give up as it is so slow reading off the sd card. Is there anything equivalent to Nest...

Gripe warning: I dont understand why BI has option to limit space allocated on a per-folder basis. That isn't the reality for folders storing video, which is dynamic. Folders do not have space constraints in normal PC situations, the drives do. I'd be limiting my space if I limited say folders...

Can anyone help me identify the cause of this that appears on the bottom of the BI4 window? This appears on a fresh BI4 install on a new W10 Pro PC. The BI DB is on C: drive (NVME drive) and the clips are stored on AV rated drive label T: I exported .reg from Win7 pc to new Win10 pc...

Hi folk, need help to find the right settings for my needs. I have an unlimited google drive storage, so I am using it to backup all my security stuff coming from my cams. Each 15 minutes I copy new stuff from my BlueIris server to my google drive. My question is around what I do for the...

I'm trying to connect to NAS from browser interface (IE11). I go to storage, storage management and click on the "Net HDD" tab. Whenever I try to add my NAS it returns the error "Domain error". Mounting type "SMB/CIFS", then I put in the user name and password hit test and get the error I...

hello I have 9 nine camera system that record on continuous. Each camera generates a 24GB file every. the customer wants 6 months of storage. I calculated roughly 50TB. I don't have room in the computer to add that about of storage. Also I would like raid 5 can some one please recommend

I may not be able to continue using my "no-name" Chinese camera unless I can find a work-around for a problem which just cropped up. After registering with the Chinese manufacturer everything was working fine and I wanted to just keep recording to the uSD card I put in the unit. I logged into...

Hi, I've a working BI with continuous recording set up for 3 cameras. I've install BI on a SSD and I'm recording on 2 drives: One for a RLC423 and a RLC410 (reolink) Another one with only another RLC411 The problem is: I've got these error messages with F:// -150GB and E:// -250GB (I've already...

hey guys! New here and been roaming the forums looking for advice on what camera setup to go with. A lot of the more detailed posts are getting a bit more dated so thought I should post and get some current suggestions. I operate a commercial storefront, and storage facility. We currently have...

My 3rd camera (DS-2CD2232-I5) has no micro-SD Slot so the (thin) documentation indicates I am to record to a NAS. Does this include the internal/external drives on the macs in my network, ...OR are they quite literal...Ethernet connected external drives on my network? What about DVRs...

Hi, I am working with the Amcrest HTTP API 3.2017, I am interested in retrieving the system recording duration. I have ran through the API and cannot see to find exactly what I am looking for, but more or less I need to figure out the API URL that will return the first recording and last...

I have a WD 6TB Purple HD dedicated to BI "New" storage (d:\). I believe I over allocated the drive leaving only ~17GB free. Since I have 12 cams, each producing 1GB per cut, I think I'm too close and this will eventually cause problems. I don't know how to reduce or lower the New folder...

Hi all, I have a Dahua NVR with a listed 12 TB max (2x6TB) storage space. I found 10 TB WD drives online, is there any reason why these drives wouldn't work in the NVR? Currently running my 7 4k cams at 10 fps at 4k resolution with VBR setting on 8000 some. By my calculations, that not even...

Hello, I need to keep footage for about 12 cameras @ 1080p (15fps, H.265) for 90 days due to insurance purposes. I have calculated that it will be about 25-35 terabytes. I have tried all the calculators I can find and this keeps coming up as the estimated storage I need. Can someone please...

I have BI recording 5 cameras all on motion to my "C" drive (set at 10Gb), then moved to my "WD mycloud"(set to 500Gb). I have 41Gb free on "C" drive, and 1.2Tb free on WD mycloud. It works fine as a stand alone. But if I enable "run as windows service" I get RED writing in the lower status bar...

What do you guys use for calculating storage capacity requirements? I'm looking at storing the output of 60 cameras, H.264, 20fps, 7/24 recording, 60 days retention, 720p(1MP). This is a storage capacity only situation, I'd love to be able to size it within 10TB of what's needed if at all...

I just refurbished an old i5-2400 system with the following spare parts i had and planning on 2-4 2MP PoE Cameras. Intel Core i5-2400 16GB of RAM 180GB SSD 2TB Storage (3x 1TB HDD of a iRST Raid 5) Win10 Pro 64bit RAID Supported MB Basically an old system I had laying around and spare 1TB...

Building a system for blue iris. My options for storage are buy 3 WD purple 1tb drives for $150, or I can put 3 SSDs I already own in raid 1 to have 700GB. I'm leaning towards the free option because the build is costing me $1200 and thats not even including the 4 cameras I have to buy and the...

I purchased this hard drive enclosure: ORICO 3529RUS3 Tool-free Aluminum 2-Bay 3.5" SATA2.0 USB3.0&eSATA HDD External Docking Station RAID Function 2bay HDD Case I'm now shopping for (2) WD-Purple, 6TB drives. I see prices that range from $160 to $360 each. The difference seems to be the...

Hi all, I'm wondering if I can get some help and advice about which option to take for storage and recording of IP camera footage. I am about to setup 3 Hikvision PoE IP cameras around the outside of the house and I'm not sure whether to use a NAS, NVR or PC for the recording and storage...

Pardon my naivete, I'm pretty new to most of this stuff. I am trying to record triggered video from my Hikvision DS-2CD2412F-I(W) to a network drive connected to my router. I think I've actually made some decent progress and my current problem is that the setup has populated the network drive...

Hi all, We are looking to build a system with 86TB storage. Hikvision spec states it supports up to 8 NAS disks. So does this mean it only supports to 8 HDDs which if I use 6TB WD red would only go up to 48TB of NAS storage? In this case paired with the 8 SATA 2U 32ch Unit, we can only have...

I have two DS-2CD3332-I cameras and a Synology DS 213j with Surveillance Station (SS). I'm happy with in-camera motion detection and SS recording. The problem is the excruciatingly slow playback even when viewed locally on the same LAN. In Timeline mode it takes forever to move from one...