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Hi there,

I am getting ready to setup a Zoneminder box, and need some suggestions or comments on the hardware I have in mind:

- Four (4) Panasonic BL-C101 PoE cameras
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- Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.66Ghz (Wolfdale) Socket 775, FSB 1333Mhz, 6MB L2 Cache, EM64T.

- Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-EP45- UD3L - Socket LGA 775, Chipset Intel P45, FSB 1600Mhz, 4x DDRII 1366+Mhz, PCI-E 16x 2.0, SATA II, 1GBit Network

- Video: EVGA Nvidia GeforceFX 6200, 256MB DDR2 SDRAM

- Harddrive: Seagate 1TB Barracuda 7200.12 - 32MB Cache, 7200 rpm

- OS: Most likely going to install Arch Linux
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I will like for Zoneminder to be recording as much as possible.

I still haven't decided on the RAM, anybody has any thoughts on what should be sufficient or suggested? Is 2GB to little?

Initially the box won't be used for anything else but Zoneminder; if there is any room left, perhaps I may put a BOINC client in there, and/or use it as file server for remote backup, etc.

Is the above processor, motherboard, disk, etc.., good enough to keep a Zoneminder box running all day, and accessing its content remotely through the net? I shouldn't be accessed remotely by more than two (2) users. What I am most interested is on knowing wether the hardware specs will be able to maintain the four (4) Panasonic cameras recording full time/res

Thanks,

This configuration is fine. You won't need the NVIDIA card since it won't be used for rendering.

curtishall,

thanks for your response.

Could you help me in deciphering the amount of RAM that should be on the box?

thanks and regards,

orlandold wrote:curtishall,

thanks for your response.

Could you help me in deciphering the amount of RAM that should be on the box?

thanks and regards,

I would go with 2-3GB of ram.

thanks for your response!