Hi all,
Just joined today and have to say this is a great resource and I have learned a lot reading through the wiki, cliff notes, and forum topics over the last couple weeks as I plan out my system. Thanks to all that have dedicated their time to help folks like me out getting started. I plan on getting 10-5442T-ZE cameras and either the 5216 with PoE or the 5432 without PoE. I already have PoE switches so don't really need it in the NVR, but I want the cameras on a separate subnet and the 5216 without PoE only has one ethernet port while the 5400 series has 2 (only looking at 5432 instead of 5416 because of availability). So I think the biggest thing for me is noise level, as it will be in a closet, but it shares a wall with our bedroom so want to minimize noise. The 5216 with PoE is significantly cheaper and I don't need really need 4 HDD vs 2 HDD, or the extra number of channels, so if the 5432 without PoE isn't significantly less noisy than I don't know it is worth paying more for it. It seems both can be noisy from what I have read on this forum, but not sure if any has an idea of how these two compare to each other in this regard. Thanks for any suggestions!
Just joined today and have to say this is a great resource and I have learned a lot reading through the wiki, cliff notes, and forum topics over the last couple weeks as I plan out my system. Thanks to all that have dedicated their time to help folks like me out getting started. I plan on getting 10-5442T-ZE cameras and either the 5216 with PoE or the 5432 without PoE. I already have PoE switches so don't really need it in the NVR, but I want the cameras on a separate subnet and the 5216 without PoE only has one ethernet port while the 5400 series has 2 (only looking at 5432 instead of 5416 because of availability). So I think the biggest thing for me is noise level, as it will be in a closet, but it shares a wall with our bedroom so want to minimize noise. The 5216 with PoE is significantly cheaper and I don't need really need 4 HDD vs 2 HDD, or the extra number of channels, so if the 5432 without PoE isn't significantly less noisy than I don't know it is worth paying more for it. It seems both can be noisy from what I have read on this forum, but not sure if any has an idea of how these two compare to each other in this regard. Thanks for any suggestions!
