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To select the right ReadyNAS for my Axis Camera
Hello everyone!! I'm new to ths form. I need to buy ReadyNas for my Axis cameras and I have different brands of Axis like P1405-LE/ P3214/ M3046-V and also some other Brands like Dahua and Hikvision...
Thank you for the support -
Basically I need a storage area to record the video.
I know Axis has their own application which can be installed in the mobile but is it possible to connect this application to the ReadyNas and play back any video?
Thanks.
alsalmioxy wrote:
I know Axis has their own application which can be installed in the mobile but is it possible to connect this application to the ReadyNas and play back any video?
I'm not an expert on Axis. But if Axis Companion software does what you want, then you could use it with a ReadyNAS.
You'd need to install the Axis software on a PC (which would need to be on 24-7). Then you can mount a NAS network share as a PC drive letter, and use it as if it were local. Axis Companion might also directly support NAS network shares (I never used it, so I don't know).
Their recommendations are here: http://www.axis.com/us/en/support/faq/FAQ115869 A ReadyNAS RN314 meets these requirements (as do the RN500 and RN600 series). WDC Red Pro disks would be suitable; you could also use WDC purple drives which are designed for surveillance.
Though AXIS recommends Intel processors, the RN214 also has enough performance to do this job.
AXIS recommends a UPS - which makes sense for any NAS. You can protect the PC and the NAS with the same UPS if you get one of reasonable size. I use Cyberpower myself, many people also like APC.
If the AXIS software runs as a service (with a different user name than that with which you normally log in, such as SYSTEM), you would need to map a drive that is accessable to that user. Drive mappings are user-specific in Windows, and running such applications as a service is common so that it runs even with no user logged in. Mapping a drive that is accessible to SYSTEM is not trivial (I'm not sure the old methods for doing it still work under Win10), but it can be done via a startup task if you can specify a different user name for the service. Using a symlink is sometimes a better option in these cases, as that is user independent unless you place it in "My Documents" or anywhere else user access is restricted.
Personally, I use Blue Iris as my software for a mix of cameral types. It's quite reasonably priced, but does require that you have a PC on which to run it, but so would the Axis software unless there is a Linux version. I use a ReadyNAS as the backup device for the files. Since I can remote into the software to view files, there is no need for instantaneous NAS storage of the files. And since it's a backup process, not a continuous one, NAS speed and availability are not important factors.
With a fast enough NAS with enough memory, I suppose the camera software (Blue Iris, Axis, or whatever) could run in a virtual Windows machine on the NAS. But having a separate real PC is just way simpler and cheaper unless you have another reason for such a capable NAS.
Sandshark wrote:
...Mapping a drive that is accessible to SYSTEM is not trivial ...
I agree.
But since AXIS goes to the trouble of providing specifications for suitable NAS, I figured that their software likely wouldn't require heroics to configure a network share for their video repository.
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