Right now my security camera system is a L5639 OC'd with 24gb RAM and onboard SATA from the Gigabyte motherboard. It's a bit overkill for the 6 cameras we have now so I'm thinking of selling it, and making a VM for windows(any version i'd imagine) to run Blue Iris on.
I would be running it on an ESXI box running E5-2683 with 64gb RAM, 10gig, LSI+2gb cache controller for RAID10 of 4x4TB (or 4x2TB that I have now, not 100% yet.) for my security storage drives, as well as my NAS data. I'm trying to keep it 'in one' to keep power down. I'm also debating using 2x300gb 15krpm SAS drives for the Security/Cameras ONLY and keeping the other drives for NAS/general usage.
Any other esxi info I could use I'd appreciate it as this will be my first ESXi experience.
(This server is for my home dev/projects)
I would be running it on an ESXI box running E5-2683 with 64gb RAM, 10gig, LSI+2gb cache controller for RAID10 of 4x4TB (or 4x2TB that I have now, not 100% yet.) for my security storage drives, as well as my NAS data. I'm trying to keep it 'in one' to keep power down. I'm also debating using 2x300gb 15krpm SAS drives for the Security/Cameras ONLY and keeping the other drives for NAS/general usage.
- Are there any problems running my security system / Blue Iris in a VM? It just seems "weird" to me to combine THIS thing into a VM, but maybe that's my mind...
- Is there better software than Blue Iris that does what it does? (I'm ok spending up to $300 if it does a lot of good stuff.)
- I recall someplace reading (on a forum) where you could spend $200 for VMWare something another, and get a little more from ESXI and/or vsphere/center/etc ??? Anyone have info on that I can't find the thread.
Any other esxi info I could use I'd appreciate it as this will be my first ESXi experience.
(This server is for my home dev/projects)