Baileyb

Hi everyone, I'm looking into a IP system around 4 cameras atm (would like to upgrade in future). The Hikvision seem a good make to go for at the moment and the price is fairly decent for what i require it for. (Residential low crime area) But the issues i'm having in this minefield is where to store the footage. I could go down the NVR road. But i do have a storage system here (HP Smart server with round 13TB of storage. Which is accessed via my network. (Run XBMC etc through it) My home is networked with cat5e cable in all rooms. But none outside. So a few questions if anyone has any imput that would be most welcome. 1) Is NVR is the best thing to buy with it's own 1TB/2TB storage. 2) Could i buy a mini nvr and then add the storage to this? 3) Where does the software come into play with all this? 4) Would a switch be required to connect this to my network so a quick doodle would be Camera 1 > Camera 2 > All connected to a switch > connected to my home network > My storage Camera 3 > ^ Camera 4 > Mini Nvr Hopefully this makes sence.

Thanks everyone for their imput/comments. Think will go down the Camera (x4) into > POE > Connected to network > hopefully get the software to recognise my storage (Hp smart media server)

Hi everyone, Looking to get some great advice and information from these forums