Synology DVA3221

[timblaktu]

I'm trying to decide on a "hub" for a new surveillance system, and although I do have a Synology NAS that will run Surveillance Station, it's pretty long in the tooth and I anticipate abysmal performance. I will be running four or five 4MP cams at probably 15fps.

After adding up the cost of a new server to run blue iris (or ZoneMinder), the total $$ is not far from the Synology DVA322's current price of around $1600.

I was surprised to see zero hits on this topic. Is this because everyone's using blue iris?

Would love to hear anyone's real-world first-hand experience, or even speculative opinions on this product.

 

[Old Timer]

Blue iris is $58 and a PC can be picked up on Epay for $200-300. I have around 24 cameras running Blue iris on a PC that can be found for $200. Just add a WD purple drive, or backup to your NAS you already have.

https://store.ipcamtalk.com/shop/blue-iris-software/

That's a lot less then $1600

 

[fenderman]

Four your load a 120 dollar i5 6500 elite desk would be overkill.

 

[timblaktu]

Thanks. This is good feedback. I've been reading about BI's appetite for CPU and perhaps overestimated the hw requirements for a performant, responsive system.

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[fenderman]

Thanks. This is good feedback. I've been reading about BI's appetite for CPU and perhaps overestimated the hw requirements for a performant, responsive system.

Choosing Hardware for Blue Iris

Buy refurbished. Don't build or buy new. The most cost-effective Blue Iris computers are refurbished business-class systems such as "HP EliteDesk" and "Dell OptiPlex". You can usually get a good deal by searching [URL='http://www.ebay.com/']Ebay[/URL] for specific CPU model numbers, and...

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Blue iris is VERY efficient with the new substream feature added recently see wiki. Most of the threads were written before this feature was added. By way of example, I have an i5-3570 system running 11 cameras 7x4mp 2x5mp and one 8mp all at about 15fps using the substream feature - the system runs at 40 percent load (this particular system is not actively displaying the cameras but running as a service, but even when logged in via teamview and the console open we are at 50 percent). Even without using that function you would be at a max 20 percent load using a cheap i5-6500.