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by MrWilder
Sat May 07, 2011 5:47 am
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Why Does ZoneMinder Require Such Muscle?
Replies: 7
Views: 3270

Re: Why Does ZoneMinder Require Such Muscle?

A) I already have the analog cards. B) I heard ip cams require more horsepower C) There are not enough convenient Ethernet jacks at the school D) $0 budget :^( Am I wrong about b? Are ip cameras expensive? Some analog cams are $10. Are ip cameras resource hogs? If I'm wrong, maybe they are a good ...
by MrWilder
Fri May 06, 2011 9:51 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Why Does ZoneMinder Require Such Muscle?
Replies: 7
Views: 3270

Re: Why Does ZoneMinder Require Such Muscle?

Cool - thanks... the Jetway I actually have lying around is the older one (which doesn't even really have 3 PCI slots so it couldn't really handle everything I said). However, I think on NewEgg that 1.8 GHz one you're talking about is only $59 bucks or something... I can swing that out of my own ...
by MrWilder
Fri May 06, 2011 2:58 pm
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Why Does ZoneMinder Require Such Muscle?
Replies: 7
Views: 3270

Re: Why Does ZoneMinder Require Such Muscle?

Thanks so much, that's exactly what I wanted to hear. SOOooo, if I actually used a 1 GHz Jetway mini-ITX motherboard with a Gig of RAM and 3 of those 4 port cards (12 cameras running), do you think it would work okay as a monitoring station only running with at least a few frames per second each ...
by MrWilder
Fri May 06, 2011 3:31 am
Forum: Hardware Queries
Topic: Why Does ZoneMinder Require Such Muscle?
Replies: 7
Views: 3270

Why Does ZoneMinder Require Such Muscle?

Hello everyone, I read in several places that ZoneMinder has a light footprint... but the specs I see everyone posting about their setup look kind of heftier than I thought they would be. For example, you can buy a cheap "4 CHANNEL WIRELESS DVR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM" on Ebay for a hundred bucks. The ...