Hardware Requirements

JuanW · Post by **JuanW** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 9:42 pm

Goodday,

what hardware requirements should i be looking at if i need to run 16 cameras
a day recording how much disk space will it take well there is movement the hole day 24 hour 7day a week 12 months etc.

What is the diff. between Modect and Mocord, i did read the manual but does not make sense "sorry i am not natively English."
I only want to record the motion detected or will that just be stupid ? i am looking at saving disk space

Does Zoneminder have play back? we sometimes have fights in the factory and then someone gets hurt "stabbings etc." and the police would like to see the cct

Post by **zoneminder** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:31 pm

JuanW wrote:what hardware requirements should i be looking at if i need to run 16 cameras
a day recording how much disk space will it take well there is movement the hole day 24 hour 7day a week 12 months etc.

This come up from time to time. It really all depends on (a) what type of cameras you will be using, ie network or composite etc, what your frame rates are and your image size. If you search for 'axis bandwidth calculator' you should find some threads discussing this kind of requirements.

JuanW wrote:What is the diff. between Modect and Mocord, i did read the manual but does not make sense "sorry i am not natively English."
I only want to record the motion detected or will that just be stupid ? i am looking at saving disk space

Modect on records when something is actually happening, Mocord records all the time but notices when something is happening and highlights it. You probably want Modect.

JuanW wrote: Does Zoneminder have play back? we sometimes have fights in the factory and then someone gets hurt "stabbings etc." and the police would like to see the cct

Yes, it does and events can be archived or uploaded via ftp etc. What kind of place do you work where people get stabbed a lot?

jameswilson · Post by **jameswilson** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:34 pm

Yes, it does and events can be archived or uploaded via ftp etc. What kind of place do you work where people get stabbed a lot?

Thats a new one on me lol. I can imagine being asked to install cctv for the reason, i think id decline the site visit!!!

Post by **zoneminder** » Tue Mar 07, 2006 11:41 pm

It's probably just a school or something

JuanW · Post by **JuanW** » Wed Mar 08, 2006 6:33 am

hello,

u must remember this is a Factory in South-Africa just out side Johannesburg.
People cross the line here very easy...

Thanx for quick reply

Juan

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