AHouseman

Hi there. I posted here once before asking about moving my system to the cloud, and it looks like that's a crazy idea based on bandwidth usage/pricing. I am now in a position where I am looking to replace our current software with something else. Our current server runs Exacq, and has been nothing but trouble for us. The trouble might be completely on our end, but dealing with their support has made us want to move onto another company. Our current set up has 15 cameras all running at low FPS/Resolution (10 FPS, 640x400 resolution.) They are all set to motion record, and record about 2 gigs a total on regular business days (Monday - Friday.) The number one thing that I have liked about our current Exacq software is the ability to schedule exports of the footage (I currently export data once at noon and once at midnight every day) into easier to sort/view file types. We are required to back up our camera footage for a long time (years!) so the ability to minimize the size of our recordings is very important to us. I was hoping that someone here might have an idea of which direction I should attempt to go with this project. I have spoken with the vendor that sold us our current software, but they appear to be a one trick pony and do not really offer anything else. Any guidance toward any software, or even a good vendor who could help me out would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Thank you for the reply. I do not have a firm budget on the project, but I know we spent quite a bit on our first license with Exacq. We use Vivotek cameras (which appear to be one of the better supported brands fortunately.) Live monitoring is required, one local site 24/7. Our Exaq has failed on us twice, and began deleting footage well before it was supposed to based on time/storage restrictions. Every time I mention that, I feel the need to mention that the problem might be 100% on our end. Their software might be fine. However, their support has been horrendous. Most of the cameras run .h264 (one randomly runs MJPEG for some reason, but that can easily be taken care of) Right now, the idea is to run the software on a Dell R410 (4x1.8ghz, 16gb of RAM, 3 500gb HDs @raid 5) I'm thinking some sort of a NAS situation is going to be unavoidable, but my first step is the pick out the software which will initially record the video. Thank you both for your replies, I will look into the suggestions!

Hi All, I run a 15 camera set up for the company I work for, and am running into issues with our local server on a very regular basis. I was wondering if anyone had any suggestions on a company to use to take the entire set up to the cloud. We are looking to minimize our local maintenance. It looks like any sort of long term storage is out the question, but would love to be able to script the export of the files to either a local server or some other cloud service. Any guidance would be greatly appreciated! Thank you.