[CentOS] surveillance DVR

[Marios Zindilis]

On 07/31/2013 08:19 PM, James Pifer wrote:
>> Ok, I *must* not have made clear what I was asking for. Let me try one
>> more time....
>>
>> We want an appliance, such as
>> <http://www.zmodo.com/4ch-h-264-full-d1-dvr-500gb-hdd-with-4-cmos-480tvl-ir-outdoor-security-cameras-with-11-leds.html>,
>> that we can put on our network, and manage, and d/l videos for long-term
>> storage, onto a server. We have exactly, um, two? boxes running Windows,
>> and we normally do *nothing* with them. We've over 100 servers running
>> Linux, and that's where we live.
>>
>> Currently, the USB cameras are connected to ->CENTOS SERVERS<-, no WinCrap
>> at all. We use the standard package motion to record for surveillance.
>> We're looking for an "appliance", like the link I give above, that we can
>> manage the same way that we manage an HP printer, which does *NOT* require
>> IE, and we can do with firefox, or probably even konqueror. At the very
>> least, we want to use, say, wget, to d/l the videos.
>>
>> NOTHING RUNNING WINDOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>
>> Now, if I can calm myself down, have I made it clear what it is we're
>> looking for? If so, can anyone recommend a source for such an appliance?
>>
>>           mark
>>
>
> Not knowing if / how much you're willing to spend, take a look at a
> Synology NAS, which has Surveillance Station. You get one camera license
> with each one and then you have to buy additional camera licenses for
> about $55 each.
>
> Of course you'd be getting a lot more than just a surveillance DVR, so
> may or may not fit your needs. They are great devices.
>
> Good luck,
> James
>
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Hello. We are using Kmotion, which as far as I have seen in our setup 
stores static images (JPEG) every couple of seconds. I don't know many 
details about it though, as our Physical Infrastructure team set it up 
and manages it, but they are happy with it.

I think saving images as opposed to video was decided based on the cost 
of the storage (over 60 cameras, too much data).

-- 
Marios Zindilis