Tony259 0 Posted September 19, 2016 What is the most cost affective and logical way to store video from 4 cameras set for motion in an office that is open 5 days a week 8 hours a day. I would like to save the video for 5-7 years Thank you in advance for your help Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Boogieman 1 Posted September 20, 2016 What is the most cost affective and logical way to store video from 4 cameras set for motion in an office that is open 5 days a week 8 hours a day. I would like to save the video for 5-7 years Thank you in advance for your help Why would you ever need that kind of look back? You likely dont have the budget for it... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jrmymllr 0 Posted September 20, 2016 What is the most cost affective and logical way to store video from 4 cameras set for motion in an office that is open 5 days a week 8 hours a day. I would like to save the video for 5-7 years Thank you in advance for your help Two problems: 1. Massive amount of storage required. How much depends on the bitrate coming off the cameras, etc. 2. Disk failures will be a problem. You'd need a RAID-5 array and have to replace failed drives occasionally. Plus the power consumption of this would add up to something. Another issue, which may not be an issue at all, is you'd likely have to use a PC-based DVR, not an off the shelf DVR. In my opinion this is preferable anyway, but there's some technical knowledge required to do all this. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
thewireguys 3 Posted September 20, 2016 Genetec can do this with cloud archiving feature. You don't have to worry about hardware but you will pay for it. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jesseallen 0 Posted September 22, 2016 Hard drive's generally have a life of 3-5 years so it will be difficult to find good hardware for your need. Cloud is your best bet, but it will need investment for the large storage and the bandwidth/data connection. So you should invest in NVRs and cloud technology for minimising your costs. Physical storage will be costly. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ilk 0 Posted September 24, 2016 Hard drive's generally have a life of 3-5 years so it will be difficult to find good hardware for your need. Cloud is your best bet, but it will need investment for the large storage and the bandwidth/data connection. So you should invest in NVRs and cloud technology for minimising your costs. Physical storage will be costly. Also consider if the kit you use will be supportable (or even available) after 7 years - that also goes for the codec used. Depending on which country you are in, there may also be regulatory issues (now or in the future). Ilkie Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
