Zoris1 0 Posted October 7, 2015 Recently bought 6 hikvision (ds-2cd2032f) 4 mm IP 3 megapixel cameras for my home which is 2 stories & 3300 sqft. List of items have looked at. -6 hikvision cameras (already purchased) -cat 5 or cat 6 ethernet cable -Hikvision-made 4 Channel NVR with 4 POE Interfaces, 2 SATA Interfaces for 2 HDD -RJ45 Mini 10/100Mbps 8 Ports Fast Ethernet Network Switch For Desktop PC -WD My Cloud 4TB personal cloud storage (NAS) Questions: 1)Do I need all of the above listed items? 2)Is there anything else missing & should look into purchasing? 3)Once the NAS is full, will it record over what is already there? 4)Planning to record by "motion"; about how many days would the NAS handle? 5)What would the connection map look like? 6)Do I still need a software, such as blue iris? 7)Does my computer have to be on 24/7? How about if I want to take it with me elsewhere? Will that impact the setup? Thank you! I'm new to this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Securame 0 Posted October 7, 2015 6 cameras and a just 4ch NVR, why? You need a 8ch NVR if you want to record the 6 cameras. You do not need the NAS (unless you want to have recording in two places, in case your NVR or NAS gets stolen). Your computer does not need to be on, in fact, you do not need a computer at all. And you do not need Blue Iris or any other software if you plan on using a NVR. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
