2018 Mac mini experiences
Hi all- I’ve been running my SS setup on a 2012 iMac (retired home office machine replaced with a new iMac) for a couple years. I’ve been adding cameras here and there and am up to 20 now. I’ve been surprised how well it’s actually performed up to this point. It’s only been recently that looking at live video (locally, app or web) has been choppy. Recordings are still smooth and clear. I do use the live video frequently though and decided it was finally time to replace the iMac. I ordered a 2018 Mac mini earlier this week- did the i7 upgrade and ordered 32gb of ram from Crucial. Went with the 256 gb built in storage (I have an existing external SSD for recording storage that I’ll reuse).
I’m wondering if anyone else has put SS on the 2018 mini, and if so what has your experience been? Seems like it should be quite a little powerhouse especially for the price- I’m excited to see how it performs
I’m wondering if anyone else has put SS on the 2018 mini, and if so what has your experience been? Seems like it should be quite a little powerhouse especially for the price- I’m excited to see how it performs
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Wanted to mention the ram upgrade is a little tricky. Your going to need a Torx T6S screwdriver. Not going to find that at the local hardware store. Also hold on to your old ram sticks. You will need to reinstall them if you have any warranty work done. Technically upgrading your own ram voids your warranty Did not stop me from doing it.
I plan on upgrading my cams to 4K in the future and will migrate SS then. Love to hear how it goes with yor many cams.
Cheers Tighe
I watched a couple videos on the memory upgrade and yeah.. while it is possible they didn't make it particularly easy. I did a fusion drive to SSD swap in the 2012 iMac and that was quite the ordeal.. I'll report some details back after the new setup is running and I can collect some performance data.
Let us know how you get on!
- The pre-capture setting, for motion capture (this keeps a buffer of frames in memory which can get quite large)
- H.264 video compression (mainly if recompressing cameras, but also for streaming via the web interface)
If there is a memory shortage, you will see messages to this effect in SecuritySpy's log (open SecuritySpy -> File menu -> Open Log), and this will also be evident in Activity Monitor, in which case you should consider upgrading the memory. However if you aren't getting any messages in the log about this, then you have enough RAM.
2018, 3.2GHz i7, 16GB ram, 250GB SSD and 30TB Raid 5
Thunderbolt 3 ThunderBay 4 with 4 x 10TB drives
Cameras:
32 x 4MP
6 x 2MP
2 x 6MP
All set to motion record. With 7 sec pre and 10 sec post.
The average cpu idle is 92%.
You can't beat it with a stick. It just preforms like a champ.
Also have 2 x 2018 Mac mini's, 3GHz i5 and 8GB ram. For watching the cameras in another room.
And Ben everyone really likes you software.