They make 6tb drives now? So you only need 1 drive then, right? On Tue, Jul 14, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Rory McCann <rmm.li...@gmail.com> wrote:
> +1 > > One of the companies I work with does a lot of video surveillance. They > were using iSCSI Buffalo TeraStations for one of the jobs (50+ cameras for > a Casino). > > Rory McCann > MKAP Technology Solutions > Web: www.mkap.net > > > On 7/14/2015 12:41 PM, cstann...@gmail.com wrote: > >> A 2-3TB HD should be all you need for over 30 days of storage with >> motion-based recording... Put the triggers to be sensitive, there is no >> reason to be recording when absolutely nothing changes on screen. >> >> ------Original Message------ >> From: Nate Burke >> Sender: Af >> To: Animal Farm >> ReplyTo: af@afmug.com >> Subject: [AFMUG] Large Single Volume Data Storage Options >> Sent: Jul 14, 2015 12:27 PM >> >> I'm getting ready to install a 20+ camera system for a customer that >> want's 9-5 Full Time Recording with 30 days storage. So he can go back >> and check work comp cases to see if employees were really hurt on the >> job. My Calcs come in at needing around 4-5tb of storage to accomplish >> this, so I'd like the server to have 6-8tb of storage for some >> overhead. Rather than building out a server with a bunch of drive bays, >> RAID Card and mirroring/striping drives etc, I was wondering if anyone >> has used an External JBOD enclosure for this? I'm thinking like a DROBO >> unit or similar. Any Caveats to watch out for? Is there too much disk >> IO to have this work well over a LAN, USB 3.0, or Thunderbolt >> connection? What other (Affordable) options am I missing to get a bunch >> of storage in a single volume for the NVR? >> >> Nate >> >> >> >
