RSTePos 0 Posted January 13, 2011 I have an installation with 20 IP cameras. For the server machine I'll be using a Pentium Quad core with 4GB of Ram and a 2TB drive running Windows 7 and using Eyesoft (from Novosun). According to the software the recommended display requirement is 256MB and stipulates that as it is only for 2D a high end card is not needed. The supplier providing the machine and software has quoted the machine with an nVidia Cuda 512MB card and states that the card was built for that software. Now I don't mind paying for a high end card, I just want to know how necessary a cuda (massive multi-processing) card is for an installation of this kind (and size). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
MarcoZandrini 0 Posted January 24, 2011 I would bet that the price difference between the 256MB card and the 512MB card (both wiht the same graphix engine) isn't very much money. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted January 24, 2011 The supplier providing the machine and software has quoted the machine with an nVidia Cuda 512MB card and states that the card was built for that software. Now I don't mind paying for a high end card, I just want to know how necessary a cuda (massive multi-processing) card is for an installation of this kind (and size). Wow, a card built specifically for one relatively obscure NVR package? Better jump all over that! While it appears Eyesoft IS designed to take advantage of a CUDA-enabled card, I doubt that it's really necessary... I suspect disk I/O will be a bigger issue for you. Still, if the price point is right, there's no reason NOT to go CUDA... but I'd do some shopping around first, as it sounds like this supplier is trying to work an upsell on you, probably something that benefits him more than it does you. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Razesdark 0 Posted January 26, 2011 What about the Nvidia Quadro FX 580 ? The quadro range is based on more proffesional based graphical use. (PS. Isn't 512 a tad low with 20 IP camera's ? Specially if ever go h.264? ) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted January 26, 2011 Video memory has nothing to do with the number of cameras... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RSTePos 0 Posted February 18, 2011 While it appears Eyesoft IS designed to take advantage of a CUDA-enabled card, I doubt that it's really necessary... I suspect disk I/O will be a bigger issue for you. As the customer is not concerned with keeping the data for long and that the recording will be transaction and motion based we're using a single SATA 500GB drive. If I had it my way it would be 2 x 1TB HDD's striped. But the director always gets the last word eh! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Soundy 1 Posted February 18, 2011 While it appears Eyesoft IS designed to take advantage of a CUDA-enabled card, I doubt that it's really necessary... I suspect disk I/O will be a bigger issue for you. As the customer is not concerned with keeping the data for long and that the recording will be transaction and motion based we're using a single SATA 500GB drive. If I had it my way it would be 2 x 1TB HDD's striped. But the director always gets the last word eh! Disk I/O has nothing to do with how long you keep the data and everything to do with the disk keeping up with the flow of data from the cameras. That said, I would avoid striped or spanned disks at all costs - the loss of one disk then leads to the loss of ALL the data. My preference is for a SEPARATE system drive, and a dedicated data drive; or, if they're worried about the data, a pair of mirrored data drives. Sure, the director gets the last word, but if that drive dies, requiring time to rebuild the system AND losing all their data, guess whose fault it will be? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
