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?
markNot 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).