New server stress
We need a new SecuritySpy server. We are a K-12. Budgets are TIGHT. Needs are great. I want to make sure that what I get is going to do the job. I want to get a top of the line 2018 Mac mini and a 32 TB OWC Thunderbay 4 RAID5 for storage.
Right now I have a Mid-2012 Mac Pro. And it's struggling. I have 37 cameras at 5-6 FPS , but I have 8 on the bench I'm about to add. And my principals want more cameras in every nook and cranny. So I'll be at 50 very soon and what then? Plus, retention is an issue. We record continuously on all cameras because every time I try to go motion only we miss too many things. (kid a punched kid b, and guess what, the camera didn't catch it). We prob should be keeping footage for 3 months, but there's no way oncontinuous. That would be like 500 TB. So, what can I do to make motion detection better maybe?
Right now I have a Mid-2012 Mac Pro. And it's struggling. I have 37 cameras at 5-6 FPS , but I have 8 on the bench I'm about to add. And my principals want more cameras in every nook and cranny. So I'll be at 50 very soon and what then? Plus, retention is an issue. We record continuously on all cameras because every time I try to go motion only we miss too many things. (kid a punched kid b, and guess what, the camera didn't catch it). We prob should be keeping footage for 3 months, but there's no way oncontinuous. That would be like 500 TB. So, what can I do to make motion detection better maybe?
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As for motion-detection recording, the best way to reduce the chance of missing something is to increase the motion-detection sensitivity, reduce the trigger time, leave the AI turned off, and increase the post-capture time. This will result in a much higher chance of a false-positive detection, but the important thing is that you are unlikely to miss anything, and in an indoor setting with controlled lighting this should work well.
Let me know how you get on with this and if you have any other questions please ask.
One route that other customers with large installations have gone for is to implement multiple Macs running SecuritySpy, and splitting the cameras between them.