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    Importance of Sensor Size for LPR

    Disclaimer: I am not experienced in LPR! Context: I have an old Hik turret which I decommissioned, replaced with an EmpireTech, because it is 4MP on a 1/3, and thus performs terribly in low light. However, I wondered about repurposing it for something useful, instead of doing nothing. It...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Very good point, I will certainly do that. I am using ZFS to mirror two SSD's for PVE and VM OS disks etc. And then I am thinking I will probably passthrough any dedicated BI video storage disks to BI VM. I also keep meaning to, while I have the server case open, disconnect 1 of the two SSD's...
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    IPCT Store / BI License

    I need to purchase a BI license. I accessed the IPCT store, but have two challenges. The first being that I am struggling to actually login to the store at all! The second being that the BI licenses are showing out of stock. So, I contacted IPCT (https://ipcamtalk.com/misc/contact), about both...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    I successfully cross-flashed an IT firmware onto my LSI LS2-SAS9240-8i and it seems to be presenting the individual drives to Proxmox. Now I can go through and setup the server.
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    Accessing cams with BI on NVR POE ports

    Probably the best solution all round.
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    Accessing cams with BI on NVR POE ports

    If I understand correctly, this will only if is your NVR acts as a router between it's LAN and it's POE ports. I have no idea if it will do this. This is a good suggestion. I doubt it even depends on the the virtual host feature - it just pulls the streams from the NVR, not the cameras...
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    new PoE doorbell? Vue Doorbell

    :idk:
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    Forum technical problems getting bad?

    Had an extremely bad patch of errors about 45 minutes ago, struggled to even load pages. Seems fine now...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    I will look for a guide. I did notice that the manual states JBOD mode is supported, but there is no mention of IT mode. I assumed they were equivalent, but have since discovered there is a difference, and true IT mode is preferable. Hopefully JBOD will do...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    After ordering a SAS Controller, I have just found an LSI LS2-SAS9240-8i laying around which I can use. Untested, but I assume it works. I may cancel my order for the other one. Anyone know how one can switch these LSI cards between RAID and IT / JBOD mode?
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Yes, I noticed that. The one I have ordered does not state either way - we shall see... Exactly. I will be using BI exclusive disks.
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Ordered a very cheap SAS 2308 based card and some cables. Will experiment...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Anyone familiar with the difference between SAS3008 and SAS2308 based equipment? Is it just that the 2308 is slower? It seems more readily available.
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Sounds like people get on OK with SAS3008 based cards then. Quite. I do have one SATA WD Purple drive which I will use, but I also have access to a bunch of enterprise SAS drives - whilst they may not (I haven't checked) be rated for continuous writes, they are enterprise grade pieces of...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Anyone used SAS controllers for drives? I have access to some enterprise drives, but discovered that they are SAS not SATA. I don't think my server supports SAS as it is. I did notice there are quite a few PCIe SAS controllers going used: Sas Card for sale | eBay
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Interesting. In this case I will start off with the internal drive slots - there is 4 of them, although I suspect I can fit a 2.5" SSD and a 3.5" HDD in one slot - the smaller SSD mounts in an 'extra' bit at the top. So that effectively gives 6 disks, considering I have 2 SSD's for OS at the...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    @rkn - thanks for that. Looks like you have a pretty solid setup there. I think I will be trying something similar when I have time to set it up. How have you attached HDDs in an external caddy? USB? eSATA?
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    OK. So there are no issues backing up the OS disk for the running VM? Any comments on this? :idk:
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Thank you, I understand. I am familiar with using incremental backups in general, just not in PVE specifically. @biggen, do you shutdown your VM when running backups?
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Makes sense. For video storage, it's probably simpler just to pass through and run the disks in a normal Windows format, thus eleminating another layer. This is pretty much exactly the setup I am working to achieve. Interesting you have it working. I am however unfamiliar with the exact...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Good to have some real experience from people running passthrough-ed disks. I suppose the question is, what is the advantage of passing through the disks? Why have you passed through disks? For the same reasons I have mentioned above?
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    I have decided that the first port of call for hypervisor is going to be Proxmox. Point taken about the possible added complexity though. As you have stated, is seems in many cases the GPU is not required for a good BI system. However, since I already have a GPU in my system (which was...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Yes, I have the physical host now, so I think I will try using Proxmox, as I have used it in the past and liked it. I am interested in this comment. I have not looked into doing this sort of thing with Proxmox much, only enough to know it is in theory possible. Currently my idea was to...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Thanks again for the helpful responses! I left the E5-1630 machine running a while, and then came back to check the power consumption (I wondered if before Windows may have been doing some post-startup 'stuff'). Anyway it had certainly stabilized to about 80-85w at the PDU, with the CPU at...
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    Anyone out there tried these Wago connectors?

    Wagos are used all over the place in the UK, I think they are excellent.
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    And sorry to write so many posts, but another thing I just thought of - what about swapping the Xeon E5-1630 in the box currently for something more moderate / efficient, with the same socket? For example maybe a Xeon E5-2630L v3 - TDP only 55w, slower clock speed than the E5-1630, but 4 more...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    It's a shame the sockets differ, as it means I cannot swap a more efficient CPU into my big chassis. Mobile / embedded CPUs are great, but often the come In mobile / embedded systems, with less flexibility for disk, RAM, etc.
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    I haven't yet checked the power settings in Windows - so I am unsure what power profile it was running in the above test. I suppose this could help reduce the consumption a little, but I am not familiar with power management settings in Proxmox / Debian, so not sure if I would be able to make...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Hmm. Sitting mostly idle (Windows running), this specific machine averages about 85w I think, although keeps spiking to about 120w for a while. That's with the GPU running too I assume (pretty much idle), and 1 HDD spinning. Basic math says: Take 110w as an average. 110 / 1000 = 0.11 kW...
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    Blue Iris in a VM.

    Also not sure if the above mentioned CPU supports hardware video processing - although I wonder if this is really needed with ample raw CPU power and substreams...
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