NVR Suggestion

[hami]

Hello.

I am buying 10 IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 camera and now I don’t know which nvr to select.

Is this nvr good enough NVR16CH-16P-2EI or should I rather take NVR16CH-16P-2AI-S2



Also when connecting camera to poe nvr and disable internet to nvr – camera can’t access internet is that true?

Thanks in advance for your answer

 

[bigredfish]

I hate the numbering on Andy's NVRs but the 2AI-S2 is 2X more powerful with regards to bandwidth.

For the price difference I would go with the 2AI-S2


Correct, when connecting the cameras to the NVR PoE and disabling Internet access to the NVR, the cameras cannot access the Internet

 

[tmxv4128]

Hello.

I am buying 10 IPC-T54IR-ZE-S3 camera and now I don’t know which nvr to select.

Is this nvr good enough NVR16CH-16P-2EI or should I rather take NVR16CH-16P-2AI-S2



Also when connecting camera to poe nvr and disable internet to nvr – camera can’t access internet is that true?

Thanks in advance for your answer

I actually have both of the NVR's you listed above. For me, the S2 wasn't a noticeable upgrade from the 2EI. When making the purchase I assumed that updates in the future would be more likely with the S2, so that's what swayed me. For a power user with lots of 4K cams, the S2 probably makes the most sense, but with the 9 cameras I am currently using, I don't see much difference in performance.

 

[bigredfish]

Agree, its not a big upgrade with regards to features, a few more By Recorder AI instances allowed,
but it does boast 448 Mbps of bandwidth vs only 256 Mbps with the EI (and when you enable AI on the EI NVR, it drops even further to 180 Mbps)

So a substantial difference there