I currently have 6 X 5mp cameras running on BI (still on v4) on a Win 10VM hosted on Unraid. The processor is Intel Xeon E3-1230v5 and 4 of the available 8 threads are currently allocated to BI. This processor does not offer Quick Sync, and even if it did, the (Supermicro) motherboard doesn't support this feature.
Initially, all 8 threads were needed by BI, but this left little processing power for other activities. I took the plunge and installed an Nvidia P2000 and passed that through to the BI VM. At the same time, I made some other tweaks to the system (direct to disk, lowered the FPS, set the overlays on the camera) and this lowered the demands on the processor to my current state.
I'm now at a crossroads and would like upgrade my hardware due to further demands on the server in other areas. I had been looking at upping the core/threads count and was considering going down the AMD Ryzen route. On further investigation, I decided to leave the server as is and move the BI install on to a bare metal Win 10 unit running an i7-6700 with 16GB of RAM. This frees up my server processing resources (and removing my need/running cost for the P2000) and allows me to be more efficient by using Quick Sync.
My new PC arrives next week and would like to upgrade to BI v.5 as part of that process, while I’m still in the mood to make changes. My plan is to use a sub stream and H.265 (both options not available to me currently) and somewhere down the line use AI for more efficient triggering.
Would I be better to upgrade to v.5 now on the VM and then move the licenses and configs across to the new machine next week, or would I be better to move the license and configs across first and do the BI upgrading to v.5 afterwards?
Initially, all 8 threads were needed by BI, but this left little processing power for other activities. I took the plunge and installed an Nvidia P2000 and passed that through to the BI VM. At the same time, I made some other tweaks to the system (direct to disk, lowered the FPS, set the overlays on the camera) and this lowered the demands on the processor to my current state.
I'm now at a crossroads and would like upgrade my hardware due to further demands on the server in other areas. I had been looking at upping the core/threads count and was considering going down the AMD Ryzen route. On further investigation, I decided to leave the server as is and move the BI install on to a bare metal Win 10 unit running an i7-6700 with 16GB of RAM. This frees up my server processing resources (and removing my need/running cost for the P2000) and allows me to be more efficient by using Quick Sync.
My new PC arrives next week and would like to upgrade to BI v.5 as part of that process, while I’m still in the mood to make changes. My plan is to use a sub stream and H.265 (both options not available to me currently) and somewhere down the line use AI for more efficient triggering.
Would I be better to upgrade to v.5 now on the VM and then move the licenses and configs across to the new machine next week, or would I be better to move the license and configs across first and do the BI upgrading to v.5 afterwards?
