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Would it be possible for, off the top of your head, to tell me about what I should expect to pay for (not including labor or cabling... just the bare necessities) for 4 outdoor day/night cameras (midwest climate) 6 indoor normal industrial lighting and one PTZ camera? The POE sounds very attractive, so possibly something that would handle the switching of that calibre as well as a capture card that will support the system. I will probably put it in a used dual 3.06 xeon system I have with 5- 500GB HDs. It doesn't have to be super-accurate... but if you wanted a system that was 'middle-of-the-road' as far as quality, price, and features (I really liked the axis cameras and have noticed that they seem to be the 'industry-standard' so maybe based on using some of their gear) I understand if this is a lot of work and no one has time. But any ideas would be appreciated!

Thanks for such a quick reply! I have actually just ventured back to this site from looking at some Axis gear online. Another place I have checked out was video insight. I believe another poster had recommended these in someone else's thread. I may have overemphasized price a bit in my previous post, though. I'm certainly not opposed to spending money on this project because I would like it to have a bit of a 'wow factor' for the owners (which is why I liked the video insight web site). I had no idea tho that the system running this would be so small... I was actually checking out dual xeon systems and the like, so thanks for saving me a couple grand already! Any other ideas?

Hi, everyone! I've been browsing through some of the posts here and I believe I've got enough information to start asking some intelligent questions: I'm the IT manager for an Ethanol manufacturer; we're in the process of building our plant and are to the point where I'm about a month away from needing to install my network as well as a security camera system. The network will be no sweat, however, I've never done a CCTV system, but would like to in order to cut down total cost. As far as our needs, I think we're only going to need to keep our recordings for less than a month. I would 'like' to have no more than 16 cameras with some outdoor, some indoor (in the plant itself) and possibly a few in our control rooms (PTZ?). I would also like to set this up such that I can view the cameras accross the network. I will be installing the network with Cat6 and will be using a gigabit switch so bandwidth is of little concern. I plan on building the DVR myself and am open to suggestions for that, also. We're an HP shop, so I plan on using some type of HP rackmount server either a DL320 or 380, but as everything else, that's up in the air, too. As everyone else, I would like to get the best product for the best price, but am at a loss for who's actually good and who isn't. In my field, you can generally look at specs and tell, but since i'm new to this, I was hoping someone might be able to make a recommendation for either a total system or at least some places to go to look. Thanks for any help!