Zoneminder, Firetide Wireless network, Install thread

[corvettecasey]

We have an old setup that has died a horrible death years ago.. I have been charged with rebuilding the software side of the setup.. I will be loading Firetide Hotview Pro wireless network software for the campus buildings. (same equipment and software as the old setup)
https://www.firetide.com/

All the cameras are connected to/through 28 HotPort 7020 mesh node radios coming back to the central servers. The infrastructure is there and still working.
https://wirelessunits.com/firetide-hotp ... 00mw-node/

We have the following cameras:
10 > Axis Q6032-E ptz
https://www.axis.com/products/axis-q6032-e/support

60 > 2.0mp-hd-h264-dp1
https://www.sourcesecurity.com/avigilon ... tails.html

3 > 11mp-hd-pro-m With 35mm f2 lens
https://www.sourcesecurity.com/avigilon ... tails.html

10 > 5.0mp-hd-dn with Fuji 8-80mm f1.6 auto iris
https://www.sourcesecurity.com/avigilon ... tails.html

The servers we have are 4 x Dell Poweredge R710's with a total of 40tb of drives, 1 of the servers will be used for Firetide.

I am wanting to load Zoneminder on the servers to accomplish:

1. record and save all video
2. live view the video on a station/computer monitored 24/7
3. Be able to move the PTZ cameras

This system is a stand alone offline system so everything will be loaded from disks.

I know from reading most of the posts about larger installs that Zoneminder is really built for smaller installs. With that said, do you think I can get this to work? I have 4 cameras at my house connected to my Synology NAS and I configured everything for them. I load and update offline systems all the time so that is easy.

Thanks for looking over my post, I know it is a lot on the first post..

Casey

[dougmccrary]

Actually, zm is quite scalable, it just starts small for most of us home-type users.
PTZ is doable, but you might need to modify an existing or make your own script(s) to do so.
What little I read at firetide and the cameras you have suggest they are using IP over radio, so they shouldn't be a problem.

[corvettecasey]

Thanks, You are correct, it is IP over radios, so hopefully that will not be a problem.. I am just starting to unravel the madness involved with this setup.. I am going to start out small and work my way out of the main building as I go.. I will keep everyone following along apprised of the progress..

[iconnor]

I've gone to over 800 cameras spread across 75 servers. ZM scales.

If you need help, support is available.

[corvettecasey]

Wow, that is great to hear.. Trust me, I am not afraid to ask for help.. There is no better way to learn than from asking for help and trying, failing, trying again till it works..

How many cameras should I put on each server? I was not sure if I should split them in half for recording purposes on 2 servers and leaving 1 server as a processing/viewing server.. or can each server do all of it at once.. I have not gone that far into setting the servers up yet and researching exactly how to set them up.. I will figure it out and ask questions as I go..

Speaking of that, Every forum has a way of doing things.. Do you all like to keep everything under 1 thread or do you just start another thread for each question? I looked but did not find many build threads..

[iconnor]

It's pretty quiet here. Let's just stick to this thread. As to how many cameras per server too many variables at play. Add cameras until it is at 74% capacity. Then add another. Or website that you can lose a server at any time and keep going. Up to you.