I have an Unraid server that I plan to set up Blue Iris on rather than buy another dedicated computer. The server is a Ryzen 9 5950x with 32GB RAM and a 42TB array. No GPU. It is primarily a low-user Jellyfin media server but I already have a couple VMs on it as well. I set up the BI demo in one of them to test my 4 new cameras (3xT54IR S3s and a Dahua VTO from Andy), and it seems to run OK, but I want to put it in it's own VM. So what would be the optimal settings (CPU, RAM, etc) for that VM? Should I pin/isolate cores for it? I have already ordered an extra NIC to bind to the BI VM as well. How much disk space should I allocate to store say, a rolling month worth of continuous video from those 4 cams? I don't want to do motion based recording, the years I used Ring has taught me that is absolutely not the way to go.
Also a side question, all of my network gear and the server are on a pretty beefy UPS. However to keep the network up as long as possible during storm season (it can do about 2½ hours) the server shuts down after 10 minutes on battery. The cameras will be on a PoE switch and have SD cards in them. The server shutting down was never a problem with Ring since it just goes to the cloud, but now it will be. Is there any way for BI to pull the video in from the SD cards once power is restored?
Also a side question, all of my network gear and the server are on a pretty beefy UPS. However to keep the network up as long as possible during storm season (it can do about 2½ hours) the server shuts down after 10 minutes on battery. The cameras will be on a PoE switch and have SD cards in them. The server shutting down was never a problem with Ring since it just goes to the cloud, but now it will be. Is there any way for BI to pull the video in from the SD cards once power is restored?
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