bdog14 0 Posted November 10, 2015 Hey Guys, I am very new at networking so I hope there is a simple answer. I have multiple IP cameras I have been installing over some time that I will be connecting to my PoE switch soon. I have a Mac Mini running my Home File sharing server. I have 1 desktop 1 Tv and some other devices which use this Server on my Home Network which uses a NAS to file share. All other devices such as laptops and pc's are windows 7 pro OS (don't ask. long story) I am going to run Blue Iris as my VMS on a dedicated windows OS Machine. What I don't understand is how If I add the dedicated PC for the cameras to the Network, won't it bog down my File Sharing Server since the streams will have to pass through the File Sharing Server to record onto the NAS for the home network? I am concerned that when I go to view offsite using VPN won't that also have to run through the File Sharing Server attached to my router? Since the File Sharing Server running my home network (mac mini) is only i5 8gb ram it will not handle the video streams through blue iris if I remote access? I am totally confused on this one... Any advice on how to add a dedicated PC for VMS to a home network without overloading the main server? I hope someone has run into a similar issue and can help out.... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrmymllr 0 Posted November 11, 2015 Hey Guys, I am very new at networking so I hope there is a simple answer. I have multiple IP cameras I have been installing over some time that I will be connecting to my PoE switch soon. I have a Mac Mini running my Home File sharing server. I have 1 desktop 1 Tv and some other devices which use this Server on my Home Network which uses a NAS to file share. All other devices such as laptops and pc's are windows 7 pro OS (don't ask. long story) I am going to run Blue Iris as my VMS on a dedicated windows OS Machine. What I don't understand is how If I add the dedicated PC for the cameras to the Network, won't it bog down my File Sharing Server since the streams will have to pass through the File Sharing Server to record onto the NAS for the home network? I am concerned that when I go to view offsite using VPN won't that also have to run through the File Sharing Server attached to my router? Since the File Sharing Server running my home network (mac mini) is only i5 8gb ram it will not handle the video streams through blue iris if I remote access? I am totally confused on this one... Any advice on how to add a dedicated PC for VMS to a home network without overloading the main server? I hope someone has run into a similar issue and can help out.... This seems fairly straightforward, but why do you think it'll affect the Mac file server? If you're using a dedicated computer for the VMS and saving the video streams on that Windows computer, it's not going to affect the Mac. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Knoxville 0 Posted November 12, 2015 According to The resources required for a operator friendly system it is not recommended to run the recording on a file server without the hardware being capable of handling the strain. Try and keep it separate to your Server Network. and try and get your recording drives separate as that is best practice What type of VMS will you be using ? And how many Cams ? Hard Drive space on NAS and speed ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
