Trespassers W 0 Posted February 25, 2015 Hi All, newbie here with some system design questions. I recently installed 3 Hikvision DS-2CD2032-I bullet cameras for my home surveillance system. The cameras are connected to gigabit network switch through POE injector. On the recording side I have Hikvision 7608 NVR connected to the same network (I am not using NVR's POE ports). I really like the cameras (image quality, variety of settings, etc.), but I am not very impressed with the NVR. The native interface is clunky, remote access is difficult due to Mac plugin problems (could not get it to work so far), lastly I don't like the NVR's motion detection settings - unlike cameras it doesn't seem to have the advanced mode and I am having hard time setting it up to record only 'real' motions instead of almost everything (snow, rain, etc.). I also have Synology 211j NAS, had it for a few years, really like it, but it is getting old and I am going to upgrade it soon. I tried playing a bit with the Surveillance Station and it seems to be more user friendly, but it runs way too slow on 211j. My thought was to upgrade to Synology DS414, switch to SSS and get rid of the NVR. My question: what are the pros and cons of switching from dedicated NVR to SSS? Would I lose a lot of functionality by making this switch? Any advice is greatly appreciated! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
