Hi again, I saw somewhere that dual channel memory was better for BI. Does it make a very noticeable difference? Have you tried single vs dual channel? I was planning to buy one 32GB RAM module. But if dual channel helps with the overall system performance, I guess it'd be better to go with two 16GB...

Thanks everyone for all the great replies! Really appreciate it. I can't wait to try our new BI system.

Cheers!

SSD has awesome responsiveness improvements. Are awesome responsiveness times required? No, but heck, it is nice to have quick reacting apps and fast start skip on video playbacks. If you can assume the likelyhood of ever needing to playback older content is decreased, but you still might need it, ...

OK cool!

Have some of you used a SSD for New/DB before? Noticed any difference in speed of the GUI or else?

Also you might kill the SSD quicker if you are continuously writing to it. Hummm... Good point. The 2TB PCIe 4.0 Samsung SSD 980 PRO has a TBW (Total Bytes Written) of 1200TB. And a MTBF (Mean Time Before Failure) of 1.5M hours (171 years). The 10TB WD Purple Pro Sata HDD has an Annualized workload...

You're going to be watching/recording video a lot more often than you'll be booting your server up. ... The DB should NOT be on the same drive as your OS. ... If there is some random bug that causes the DB to grow without stopping - it needs to be contained so that you do not lose access to your OS...

IAmATeaf wrote: ↑Tue Nov 09, 2021 8:31 pm All I see above are a load of dots?
This is what I see in Tapatalk

LOL OK thanks for letting me know. I've fixed it.

There is no need for the DB to be on a different drive if it's still local. It's important but doesn't need THAT heavy of dedication. Also it doesn't need anywhere near that amount of space. For comparison, I only have 9 cameras but my storage is still around 7TB so I hold about 3 weeks worth of co...

IAmATeaf wrote: ↑Tue Nov 09, 2021 9:43 am All I see above are a load of dots?

Don't let the dots distract you buddy!

Hi, I'm building a new camera server, with Blue Iris, for the first time. I'm wondering how I'll configure the drives. We have around 20+ cameras. The new motherboard has : •3 M.2 : ∙∙•1 PCIe 4.0 x4 ∙∙•2 PCIe 3.0 x4 •4 SATA 6 GB/s ports Here's my plan until now: •Windows OS: 250 GB M.2 PCIe 3.0 •Dat...