Hello IPcam folks!
I was hoping with more experience in building Blue Iris "servers" could weigh in here to give me some hardware recommendations / suggestions. I've read the Blue Iris Recommended Specs, but I can't quite find what I'm looking for when focusing on hardware decoding or hardware offloading so that the dedicated machine that's acting as my BI server won't be maxed out at full tilt 24/7. What are you using for a GPU that will help the BI server decode / record the video feeds in the most efficient way possible?
Here's my situation, probably similar to what others are doing, just more IP cameras. My Blue Iris “server” will be handling …
I understand the need for a good (fast) storage subsystem, plenty of RAM (probably going to go for 16 GB or more) and a core i7 processor (or better) with QuickSync, but what I’m mainly looking for are any recommendations for graphics adapters or anything else that can help make the system perform better under the load of twenty-six (26) IP cameras and a 24/7 remote viewing station (I'm thinking about using a Raspberry Pi 3 (or 4), connected to the network via the gigabit Ethernet port to run Chromium and direct it to allcams.htm page so that our 24-hour, manned, supervisor desk can watch the active cameras via a 60 inch LCD HDTV on the wall).
Thanks for the advice and suggestions!
I was hoping with more experience in building Blue Iris "servers" could weigh in here to give me some hardware recommendations / suggestions. I've read the Blue Iris Recommended Specs, but I can't quite find what I'm looking for when focusing on hardware decoding or hardware offloading so that the dedicated machine that's acting as my BI server won't be maxed out at full tilt 24/7. What are you using for a GPU that will help the BI server decode / record the video feeds in the most efficient way possible?
Here's my situation, probably similar to what others are doing, just more IP cameras. My Blue Iris “server” will be handling …
- At present eleven (11) Hikvision 4 megapixel IP cameras @ 12 frames per second (with ONVIF enabled, 8192 Kbps, H.264, direct-to-disk / ‘limit decoding unless required’ option enabled for each camera)
- Within the next couple of months I will be adding fifteen (15) additional cameras to the system, all of the same variety as the other eleven (11) cameras to bring the system to a total of twenty-six (26) IP cameras
- The network switching and PoE are solid with a good, 10 Gbps fiber backbone between the switches and plenty of bandwidth to spare across the whole switch fabric
- I’ve devoted two (2) NIC ports on the existing server
- One NIC port is dedicated to the VLAN that all of the IP cameras are attached to
- The other NIC port is dedicated to the regular administration VLAN that we would use to access the Web UI
I understand the need for a good (fast) storage subsystem, plenty of RAM (probably going to go for 16 GB or more) and a core i7 processor (or better) with QuickSync, but what I’m mainly looking for are any recommendations for graphics adapters or anything else that can help make the system perform better under the load of twenty-six (26) IP cameras and a 24/7 remote viewing station (I'm thinking about using a Raspberry Pi 3 (or 4), connected to the network via the gigabit Ethernet port to run Chromium and direct it to allcams.htm page so that our 24-hour, manned, supervisor desk can watch the active cameras via a 60 inch LCD HDTV on the wall).
Thanks for the advice and suggestions!