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wow you guys are aggressive over here on this forum! haaaa. never knew my questions would turn into this!

Using Axis cameras does it limit the functionality and features?

I'm just wondering about pricing for Avigilon as mentioned before. Core or Standard. Does Avigilon work well with most of the Axis cameras?

Thanks a ton for all the advice guys! How much is the Avigilon licensing? I don't really see any good info on the web for the pricing. The product features look really good. Is Avigilon similar to Exacq when it comes to processor and RAM needed?

New to the Surveillance technology but years of experience on the network/systems design and management side of the tech world. So thanks a ton for all the valuable knowledge here. I searched but didn't find exactly what I was looking for. I'm building my first surveillance system and in need of a bit of advice on choosing software and the system hardware. As a reference point for my questions I will be using Axis M11, Axis P3364, and Axis M1354. cameras, 1280x800 resolution, 10 FPS. Total of 20 Cameras. 24x7 recording. Only doing recording - no Live viewing. Viewing would be recorded playback only from a client computer occasionally. Blue Iris vs Exacq Vision - performance based questions 1. How does the data storage for recorded video compare for these two programs? Does one take up more storage? Or do they encode exactly the same? 2. Does this calculator apply to these programs? http://www.supercircuits.com/resources/tools/security-nvr-storage-calculator 3. It seems most people are using i7 processors here. Is that better for these programs than say a new Xeon E5-2403 processor? 4. From what I read RAM doesn't make much difference? Is this true for both programs? (assuming I have at least 8GB RAM but sounds like no need for more than that) 5. Would a RAID 5 array with 7200RPM drives be sufficient for the recorded storage drive? Or does it need to be RAID10 or 15K RPM drives? 6. Any advantage to run the software on Win7 vs Server 2008/2012? 7. For my primary function of straight recording and occasionally viewing recorded video does it matter whether I use Blue iris or Exacq Vision with these 20 cams? Primary goal here is to make sure I have enough horsepower to record the camera streams. Thanks for all the help and time!