Store on server or iSCSI NAS.

[chesterfield 0]

Now that I have found a provider that will sell me the software I want for my domestic use I have another decision to make.

 

I can either use a standalone server and have the software record direct to that or theoretically I could create an iSCSI link to a raid device located away from the server.

 

My thinking behind this is that should intruders break into the premises and also remove the CCTV server as part of a robbery, then I have no footage. If however the server is actually recording to a NAS drive located in another part of the building (attic) then if they remove the server, the footage would still reside on the NAS box located elsewhere.

 

I would envision a server with two NICs, one on the same subnet as the cameras etc and the other NIC dedicated to the iSCSI link.

 

Has anyone set up a NVR in this manner? Any positives/negatives of doing things this way?

[hardwired 0]

I've done a system the way you describe, but in your case, I'd just get the NVR mounted somewhere secure, and have the client software displayed on another PC somewhere open and obvious, and a thief would think the viewing PC is the recorder.

[Soundy 1]

I'm doing this on several sites, except I don't bother with separate NICs, or with putting the NAS and cameras on separate subnets:

 

 

Switch is a Cisco with eight 10/100 PoE ports and two gigabit combo ports: DVR and NAS both connect to the GbE ports; cameras all connect to the PoE ports, with two of those ports used for uplink to the rest of the network, and one for the NAS's console port. This has been a rock-solid setup on close to a dozen sites now, with up to seven cameras ranging from 1.3 to 5MP.

[ssmith10pn 0]

We do it but we are using HBA fiber cards from the server to the NAS.

[hardwired 0]

Avigilon Enterprise also allows redundant recording and failover capabilities natively. You do have to buy matching licenses for each server, though.