Version 6

Tim_Ettinger said:
I'm still watching this thread and waiting. I'm not going to switch over to BI 6 before Q1 2026.

My application is not quite mission critical, but I have to answer a lot of questions several times a day if things aren't working right. I have 31 cameras, and 15 fps isn't good enough. My hardware is OK, dual x5690 (old high end Xeons), 288gb RAM, Quadro RTX 4000 8gb, SAS, two GBE networks passing video traffic. I think I would be ok to make the switch and have a couple days to monitor and tweak. However, due to security concerns, I'm going to be adding at least 15 more cameras. My network won't choke on it, but the struggle for storage is real. There are some cameras I can justify not continuously recording, but others are 24/7. I have basic motion detection to trigger some of the cameras now, but several of the new ones are going to be looking outside at traffic, parking lots, and monitoring a tree line. I really would like the integrated AI to work well for me because of financial and bitrate budgets. I'm not going to get a lot of money for top tier cameras, and I'm not getting a higher level LTO storage system. Cameras that watch nature eat more bandwidth and generally stay pegged at CVBR limits.

I know I've asked for advice here recently before, and was a little resistant to some of the suggestions. The constraints I have aren't just me being stubborn. A few months ago someone dropped dead, and there wasn't a camera watching that spot directly. The police were good with all the footage they could see, but there were a lot of questions and suggestions of inadequacy on my part after the fact. More recently there is a transient people problem, and it exists just beyond the trees, and I need to have adequate eyes on them.

The basic question is, is Version 6 totally ready, will take less than a day to get fully up and ready, and will it eat up too many resources for me to handle as I add more cameras? I have done a bit of math and with Version 5 I should be able to handle 64 cameras, although I may need to connect up to a 10gb ethernet port. I'm sure someone out there can relate in hardware, and with greater experience.
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I'm curious why 15fps isn't "good enough". What is it you need more fps for? Is something happening in high speed you need to monitor?? Those Xeon processors you are working with were last manufactured in 2011. I don't know who you answer to but if you need top of the line monitoring and storage due to security concerns, you should ask for CPUs made in the last decade.

I moved all three of my BI installations to V6. Approximately 30 cameras in total over three locations. No issues at all. I did it all remotely and it took maybe 5 minutes for each installation. One of my installations is my retail brick and mortar. Basically the lifeblood of my income. I wouldn't have upgraded if I didn't think it was ready.
 
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