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UPDATE: My Model 4 B was hot as hell after a day of ZoneMinder-ing. I popped the top off the case and powered down but I'm ordering a fan this afternoon. I'm betting the combination of video and a bit higher processing power now justifies a case with a fan.

Hey gang. My new Model 4 B arrived and I'm testing it with ZoneMinder. So far, the "stock" Buster image (burned to both the MicroSD and my M.2 USB SSD) works great. Install was easy and painless, as was the tweak to boot from the SSD instead of the MicroSD. Response time is fantastic with 1 camera ...

I'm going to attempt to use ZoneMinder on a Raspberry Pi 4 (4 GB RAM, Gigabit Ethernet, ...) using a SSD concoction (250 GB M.2 SSD in a USB 3.1-compatible enclosure) inspired by this [https://jamesachambers.com/raspberry-pi-cheap-ssd-upgrade-30/]. More than likely I'll throw the output to a NAS ...