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Hello guys, I'm new at CCTV world and don't have any system or cameras yet. And while I'm was researching, ZoneMinder came to my know and now I consider ZM a option to make my system with a old PC.
But, I have these questions:
- I know that ZM have remote monitoring, but how good is it? Does ZM monitoring are good as Hik Connect from Hikvision DVRs or suchlike that?
- Is an setup with i5-2400 and 8gb of RAM (running in Linux) cappable to run the program with 1-2 IP cameras at 1080p resolution and 14-20fps without any problem?
- Looking at this forum and Internet, I found that is possible to sync files from Linux to Google Drive (and others Cloud Storage of your choice) with Rclone. Can you guys tell me if or not, that is a good option for Cloud sync or if is there other better?
Any other suggestions for a newbie it will be greatful help, thanks.
(Sorry if this is the wrong discussion place to post this topic, I'm was a bit confused in forum discussions part)

Scroll down a way to the Miscellaneous - there's some hardware there.

Okay, ty

I ran 2 cameras (3MP at 10 FPS) on a gen1 i3 with 8GB RAM and it worked well doing motion detection. The 3rd camera caused problems, 3 cameras, 2 threads. In general 1 thread per camera is a good idea for motion detection.

I have never used an NVR. ZM has always worked well for me and the interface makes sense.

I personally have trust issues with cloud providers, so I would not use a cloud provider for remote storage. My solution is to rsync to a Pi at a friend's house. A cloud provider should work just as well. Cost has to be considered.

Andyrh wrote: ↑Mon Jul 22, 2024 3:22 pm I ran 2 cameras (3MP at 10 FPS) on a gen1 i3 with 8GB RAM and it worked well doing motion detection. The 3rd camera caused problems, 3 cameras, 2 threads. In general 1 thread per camera is a good idea for motion detection.

I have never used an NVR. ZM has always worked well for me and the interface makes sense.

I personally have trust issues with cloud providers, so I would not use a cloud provider for remote storage. My solution is to rsync to a Pi at a friend's house. A cloud provider should work just as well. Cost has to be considered.

Sounds good, thanks for your answer.