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Dorsey Pender

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I only have 4 cameras. I need an inexpensive mini PC. I bought one of these and am running W11 fine. I can get an 4TB M2. Anyone using a Beelink?
 
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OK, there are a bunch of Beelink PC's, which one did you buy! Are you asking if it will run BI or just if anyone is using a Beelink Mini PC specifically or are you asking if anyone is using a Mini PC to run BI
 
fenderman said:
stop buying this junk and buy a used desktop off ebay with a legal windows license.






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Thanks for the advice, I will keep it in mind.
 
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Dorsey Pender said:
I’m asking if anyone is using a Beelink?
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I currently have an Intel NUC 12 Pro NUC12WSHi7 running Proxmox 8.2.4 (ZFS mirror) with BI 5.9.6 (4 cameras) installed on a Windows 11 VM alongside a few other Windows, Linux VMs as well as LXC containers. It's been working great for several years but I'm upgrading to the Beelink SER8 AMD Ryzen 7 8845HS. When I get setup, I'll spin up a Blue Iris VM from a backup and let you know how it performs.
 
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I have a Beelink that I use.... as a micro computer that runs a display in my kitchen that shows the status of my home automation system. It works great for that. I wouldn't try to run BI on it. How are you going to save the recordings?

I use a older computer (i7-8700) that I picked up off EBay for about $200 to run BI on.
 
The Automation Guy said:
I have a Beelink that I use.... as a micro computer that runs a display in my kitchen that shows the status of my home automation system. It works great for that. I wouldn't try to run BI on it. How are you going to save the recordings?

I use a older computer (i7-8700) that I picked up off EBay for about $200 to run BI on.
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I suppose it depends on your storage needs. My NUC is using a 2TB SATA SSD and 2TB M.2 NVMe in a ZFS mirror on Proxmox and then USB passthrough an external 12TB HDD to the Blue Iris VM. Video is migrated from the BI VM to the external HDD when the VM storage hits about 95%. In total, I get one month's worth of 24x7 video recordings. Those Beelinks appear to be great products though.
 
alteredstate said:
I suppose it depends on your storage needs. My NUC is using a 2TB SATA SSD and 2TB M.2 NVMe in a ZFS mirror on Proxmox and then USB passthrough an external 12TB HDD to the Blue Iris VM. Video is migrated from the BI VM to the external HDD when the VM storage hits about 95%. In total, I get one month's worth of 24x7 video recordings. Those Beelinks appear to be great products though.
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I realize there are solutions to add storage. However the main reason to get a NUC is if you need the small size IMHO. There is no other reason to deal with the negatives that come from such a small form factor unless you really need the small form factor. If you are going to add USB storage, why not simply use a slightly larger form factor that can support internal hard drives? Also, most SSDs and NVMes aren't designed for 24/7 recording (or you are going to pay an arm and a leg for a device that is rated for that constant use cycle), so that's not a great solution either.
 
The Automation Guy said:
I realize there are solutions to add storage. However the main reason to get a NUC is if you need the small size IMHO. There is no other reason to deal with the negatives that come from such a small form factor unless you really need the small form factor. If you are going to add USB storage, why not simply use a slightly larger form factor that can support internal hard drives? Also, most SSDs and NVMes aren't designed for 24/7 recording (or you are going to pay an arm and a leg for a device that is rated for that constant use cycle), so that's not a great solution either.
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I've only had a positive experience for several years with my setup. Low power, small form factor (so can be hidden), newer/faster hardware than an old desktop, etc... Both my SSD and NVMe devices are consumer grade Samsung Pro models and have been going for several years with 24/7 recordings. What were your negative experiences with this type of setup that made you go a different route?
 
alteredstate said:
What were your negative experiences with this type of setup that made you go a different route?
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1 - cooling - these small devices are so small that they don't have very good cooling. Depending on the device and how you use it, they can easily experience thermal throttling.
2 - expandability - with no PCI slot and no internal storage expansion, these NUCs a pretty poor choice for a NVR.
3 - price - why pay a premium for a tiny device that has these limitations? A slightly larger device will cost less and generally not have these limitations.

Again, I'm not saying NUCs are bad. I own and use a Beelink device myself. But there are much better choices for a NVR solution IMHO.
 
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bendover said:
I have beelink and they are better than any used Windows 98 PC you can get off ebay. Also windows is the most unstable OS you could run and only used by betas. If you want to be a sigma giga chad, use linux.

I use Arch btw.
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Hmmmm...nice user name.

Being or running "better than any used Windows 98 PC" is not something to write home about, IMO.
 
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bendover said:
I have beelink and they are better than any used Windows 98 PC you can get off ebay. Also windows is the most unstable OS you could run and only used by betas. If you want to be a sigma giga chad, use linux.

I use Arch btw.
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No one is telling you to buy a 20-year-old PC on eBay... Use your common sense... It is cheaper and safer to buy a used Dell or HP that is only two to three years old... It will be significantly more powerful and won't have Chinese firmware... You can enjoy the malware you paid for...
 
fenderman said:
No one is telling you to buy a 20-year-old PC on eBay... Use your common sense... It is cheaper and safer to buy a used Dell or HP that is only two to three years old... It will be significantly more powerful and won't have Chinese firmware... You can enjoy the malware you paid for...
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Dell and HP products are also manufactured in China...just saying.
 
alteredstate said:
Dell and HP products are also manufactured in China...just saying.
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Do you not really understand the difference between manufactured in China by an unknown China company that writes the bios firmware vs assembled in China? Iphone is also made in China but does not have the security issues of a China company shit phone.
 
fenderman said:
Do you not really understand the difference between manufactured in China by an unknown China company that writes the bios firmware vs assembled in China? Iphone is also made in China but does not have the security issues of a China company shit phone.
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I do understand the difference, but Dell, HP, Apple, etc... are not immune from "tampering" during the manufacturing process. Plus, you cannot say 100% that Dell, HP and Apple do not sub-contract Chinese developers for some or all of their product's firmware. You also have no proof that Beelink firmware contains Chinese malware nor have there been any reports of this. You're giving too much credit to "U.S." companies that care nothing about you most of which are influenced/controlled by foreign interests.
 
alteredstate said:
I do understand the difference, but Dell, HP, Apple, etc... are not immune from "tampering" during the manufacturing process. Plus, you cannot say 100% that Dell, HP and Apple do not sub-contract Chinese developers for some or all of their product's firmware. You also have no proof that Beelink firmware contains Chinese malware nor have there been any reports of this. You're giving too much credit to "U.S." companies that care nothing about you most of which are influenced/controlled by foreign interests.
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Nothing is immune. But there are no checks and balances with china companies. There have been plenty of reports of beelinks arriving with malware on their systems with preloaded windows (google is your buddy). Much harder to detect it in the firmware.
Dell and HP have billions in financial interest to prevent their system from coming preloaded with malware. If beelink is caught with malware it they would just reopen under another cute china name.

Apple dell and hp are not outsourcing their firmware to unknown china entities. They would have to be insane.
 
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