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You would have no problem running 20 cameras with a i3 or i5 with Avigilon. Feel free to PM me for pricing as Avigilon does not have online sales.

Why not just believe us? For the 5th time now it works!

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? The encoding is done on the camera for storage will be the same. 2. Does this calculator apply to these programs? http://www.supercircuits.com/resources/tools/security-nvr-storage-calculator I would recommend using the using the manufactures tools for calculating bandwidth and storage. Below are links to Axis and Exacq. Sorry I could not find Blue Iris https://exacq.com/config/ http://www.axis.com/products/video/design_tool/v2/ 3. It seems most people are using i7 processors here. Is that better for these programs than say a new Xeon E5-2403 processor? With Exacq and only 20 cameras a i5 will be fine. But you will need a lot more CPU power for Blue-Iris 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) Exacq is a 32bit program so anything over 2GB is a waste 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? 7200RPM will be fine 6. Any advantage to run the software on Win7 vs Server 2008/2012? No 7. For my primary function of straight recording and occasionally viewing recorded video does it matter whether I use Blue iris or Exacq. Blue Iris only allows you to view one camera at a time and they do not have timeline that will allow you to scrub video. Exacq has multi camera payback and has a timeline where you can scrub video BUT you have to pull the video from the server to you client machine before you can scrub. With megapixel camera this be like watching paint dry. Exacq does have a thumbnail search feature but there are better optional if the most important feature for you is searching recorded video. I know I sound like a broken record but I would recommend you look at Avigilon or HD Whitness for a VMS. Both have multi-camera playback, scrub bar, pixel search and thumbnail search. Since you only have 20 camera's Avigilon will be cheaper .

I would recommend above or below the camera. If you mount the light next to the dome there is a chance the light could reflect off the dome and would cause issues at night.

If your TV is HD I would skip the analog camera. A 720x480 camera stretched to 1920x1080 doesn't look that good. I would use a HD-SDI camera with a HD-SDI to HDMI converter. This way you will have a full HD camera on your display.

Without knowing what the end user is looking for you can't recommend cameras. Yes if you have enough bandwidth you can use the current data lines but if they are used for the fire panels I would speak with the fire alarm company before you use them.

Do not agree for example in Avigilon I can pick ONVIF "driver" and connect to number of different cameras the only difference is some will give just video some will give you video and motion recording since the specific question was does hikvision have camera side motion detection with avigilon? can you please tell us? i have no experience with avigilon, but i know hikvision does not have camera side motion detection with onvif s rated nvr. Yes motion detection works with Avigilon.

Want to know pricing for what?

Just find it interesting that you review site is on their main page.

I serviced a Exacq system with 88 5MP Arecont cameras on one server.... to my surprise it worked I also think Exacq's limit on the Z series is 400Mbps.

You are promoting Wrightwood alot... How much money are they paying you?

Here is a sample from our thermal solution. This is with the older model DRS. 0PUbvwwKbgU

Are you the end user if so have you contacted your integrator?

What is affordable price point for you ? I think for a thermal imaging surveillance camera I would probably hope to pay between $300 and $667 or so. Sorry that is not going to happen at this point

So your router doesn't have NAT Loopback configured. NAT loopback... where a machine on the LAN is able to access another machine on the LAN via the external IP address of the LAN/router (with port forwarding set up on the router to direct requests to the appropriate machine on the LAN). Without NAT loopback you must use the internal IP address of the device when on the LAN.

Do you have the same router at each location? Also this is NOT an issue from a network loop. If you had a network loop none of your devices would be able to communicate with each other.

Viginetip I am sorry but this not a Avigilon issue. I have used many Cisco, Netgear, Trendnet and HP PRO switches with Aviglion cameras without issue unless the network wasn't configured properly. Can you please post a network diagram of how this system is setup?

Pavel is correct you will only see this issue with H.264 compression. Switch the camera to MJPEG mode and the smearing will go away and you will drop some frames.

This looks like a bandwidth issue. What does the ping times look like when you ping the camera from the server? Also as Ak said do a bandwidth test from your server to the camera location.

Really please post some before and after images.

Gigabit to the camera is not needed but like everyone said you need a Gigabit back bone for 5-10 + camera systems. Think of it this way: Say your cameras are set at 10Mbps per second and you have 24 of them connected to a 28 port switch. You now have 240Mbps data that you need to get to your NVR/Server. This is where you need a Gig or better connection.

I bet you I could install a Avigilon camera and get it connected to the server in a 1/3 of the time it takes you to install and configure that camera with Milestone . Not to mention bet they don't come with free 24/7 phone support and a 3 year warranty with advanced replacement. In the end all that matter is if the end user is happy with the solution so if those cameras work for you that's all that matters.

Those prices are high for Avigilon cameras.

When you enter the ip address try to put the port number after it x.x.x.x:8080 They do both server and camera side motion detection so you try setup the camera side motion detection and see if that helps.