Dahua NVR recommendation - private use

[Sasse]

Hi everyone,

I'd like to have some advice regarding a suitable NVR for my needs and cameras.

My cameras

• Front door: DH-SD1A404DB-GNY
• Porch / Garden / backside: SDH-SD2A500NB-GNY-A-PV

Both connected with PoE to a PoE switch.
I might add a few Wifi cameras in the future to cover some blind spots.
Currently only storing on integrated SD-Cards accessed via Dahua mobile app.

My intended use

• Door camera, to check who is there before opening the door
• Documentation purpose e.g.: Was the parcel guy really there? What did he do with the parcel? etc...
• Some "basic" surveillance in case of burglary although I know that professional burglars won't be stopped or identified via these cameras.

Problems

• Accessing the feed and recordings / snapshots via app and SD-Card is too slow for "door camera usage".
• Especially DH-SD1A404DB-GNY is responding slow and laggy, even when connected via webinterface, although it's the higher priced and performing model. Don't know if the processor is at it's limit or if the ethernet connection has some issues.

Expectations and requirements for the NVR

• Hopefully faster access to snapshots and recordings, as the files should already be stored on the NVR until the app is opened.
• Redundant storage, don't want to rely on SD-Card only
• Should be capable to integrate the WiFi Cameras as well (not PoE only), network NVR should be fine as well, I guess?
• NVR should match the capabilities and requirement of the cameras (but not unnecessarily outmatch them), AI features like face detection would be nice to have, but not mandatory (if they can be used to create rules like "ignore family members, etc..")
• No discontinued model
• In general: best bang for a fair buck

As I don't have any experience with NVRs and what they can and can't do and since Dahua's product lineup is not very easy to understand, I hope you can give me some hints.

Thanks a lot!

 

[bigredfish]

Can’t speak to the wifi cams, unless they’re Dahua or Amcrest. Those should be fine, but they’ll kill your network

The go to NVR is probably the 2AI or 2XI.
Same but the latter can do a bit more AI and has more incoming bandwidth (which you’re not going to come close to using )

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