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deantae
Oct 16, 2017Aspirant
ReadyNas 3138
I have a ReadyNas 3138 which has a Quad Core Atom processor and I want to use for surveillence storage. We have three surveileence records with about 150 cameras. How do you think this system will ho...
StephenB
Oct 16, 2017Guru - Experienced User
Any guestimate on the MB/s the cameras will require?
- deantaeOct 17, 2017Aspirant
Not sure. I'm recording at 8 fps on majority of the cameras and 6 fps on the rest using H264.
- StephenBOct 17, 2017Guru - Experienced User
deantae wrote:
Not sure. I'm recording at 8 fps on majority of the cameras and 6 fps on the rest using H264.
The bitrate is what matters. Also, whether the cameras are only recording on a motion alert of some kind, or if they are always recording.
It should be possible to get some sizing from your current storage system (perhaps with some help from your network IT guys). Most servers collect ethernet stats, so you would be able to get some average loading from that.
- SandsharkOct 17, 2017Sensei - Experienced User
Are you trying to record in real time to the NAS, or is it backup storage for files captured on the DVR(s)? If it's backup, you probably won't have a problem. If it's real time, do I read your message correctly that the DVR(s) send(s) three multi-camera streams to the NAS, not one per camera? One per camera sounds like pushing your luck. Three might be OK.
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