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Hi all! I'm building a new home surveillance system with a PC and blue iris and I was wondering if I'm overthinking the video storage. What i was thinking was two 8TB WD purple drives, 1 in the system, 1 USB in an enclosure, tucked into a secure location separate from the system. with both mirrored. That way if the bad guys manage to find the NVR and take it, my handy little USB drive will (Probably) still be there and have the footage. and i will have a backup in case one fails. I'm only really worried about the reliability of long distance(~25ft), high speed, continuous data transfer over USB. Anyone have any experience in this particular use case? If so any cable/drive enclosure recommendations? I'm pretty sure i would need at least and active USB 3.0 cable and a quality enclosure. Also do i need to consider additional cooling for the USB controller on the motherboard? Thanks!

The LTO tapes are an interesting option I Wouldn't have considered, it seems the drives are expensive. ill look into it. also thanks LIGISTX, never considered user side encryption, ill have to check it out, Thanks!

Hi all! I wanted to share my struggles/ get advice on an "offsite" onsite storage solution, What I mean is a disaster resistant NAS solution on site that will likely survive what all the other machines wont. I can't do a true offsite solution for 3 main reasons. 1.Not technically skilled enough to set up a VPN. (Never Tried) 2.my ISP Does not allow residential services get a static IP. and they work through a NAT so the IP changes based on server location... 3.My Router is built into the ISP modem, i have no way to adjust settings myself an need to call my ISP for port forwarding, troubleshooting, etc... I won't do a cloud solution for 2 reasons. 1. Cost is insane over time. 2. Privacy. There is no such thing as cloud, just someone else's computer. The first idea i had was a PVC pipe of a large diameter, put desiccant in the bottom of it and a small WiFi NAS in it, power it with a solar panel and bury it away from trees and buildings with a small ring of concrete around it to keep the foliage away. this solves most problems, if nothing that can burn can fall on it and the upper concrete keeps a grass fire away from the access cap, fire isn't an issue. if its buried at ground level, tornadoes don't have a vertical surface to break. if the PVC enclosure is water tight, and you add concrete around the bottom of it a flood isn't a problem and it shouldn't float away. if it's WiFi and solar powered then it won't be impacted by lightning. But this idea has issues... Condensation. hopefully being airtight and having desiccant poured in it to remove the moisture from the air can keep that at bay. Heat dissipation. apparently there are equations that you can do that tell you the max heat a particular enclosure can handle. Temperature. apparently ground temperature is much more stable than air and shouldn't be a huge issue? Serviceability. its a NAS that's buried outside with a 6" access cap, if anything goes wrong, it's going to be a PITA to troubleshoot. Solar power. Even if the panel, battery and power circuits in a more accessible location, it's still solar... maintenance and reliability aren't great. WIFI connection. I'm pretty sure if you bury a WiFi adapter the range isn't great... What I've tried is using a 12VDC intel NUC as a NAS, while i was doing initial transfer of files, the USB controller failed.. and that's where the project stalled I'm looking for recommendations for basic NAS hardware i can stuff into this pipe. Ideally I'd Like it to be. Small(obviously) 12VDC compatable 2.5" sata Drive compatable x86(for ease of software compatibility) I've ruled out the Ras Pi and other ARM SBCs because of software and availability issues. other x86 SBC's seem to be outrageously priced Thanks for your help!

Video idea: how long will various pieces of software work without an internet connection? Could be very interesting Some ideas All current os flavors.(Win,mac,&lin) All the game stores offline mode. Pro software(Adobe cc, solid works, fusion 360, etc) At standard time intervals Insta-bork, 1 day, week. Month, quarter etc. Bonus points for seeing what it takes to get it going again.( logins, updates, reinstalls, etc.) Extra credit for logging network traffic and seeing what data is sent when reconnected.( mostly for what logs windows and macos sends.)

For my part, I think just googling "Best Budget Gaming Laptop 2020" and reviewing the first few lists that come up would probably be your best bet. I am a bit biased but I have always been a bit of a Lenovo fan (especially the THINK Series) As for the mouse, TBH almost no laptops come with an external one , and reviews usually mention the quality of the integrated trackpad.(easy to google, anyway) If you mean an external wired one, Just save money and buy it separately.

Have you cleaned the dust out of the heat sinks? reapplied thermal paste? Also how old is the laptop? Could just be old TIM and clogged vents.. Don't install linux over other issues, Fix them first.

Well... what do you want it to do? Gaming? Reliability? Desktop Replacement? Web surfing? What? The use case matters.

I figured it out. Turns out the BIOS was the issue.. ordered an x55 Xeon, Reflashed the BIOS, Boom, worked like a champ Then i had northbridge overheating but a fan quickly sorted that little issue. Works Great! Thanks for the help!

According to the spec sheets it has an Integrated Matrox G200eW Also I've tried Dedicated in the form of a GTX 960 and a Radion HD5450. Also I wouldn't call it a beep so much as an initial power on click.

Hi all! I HATE being the guy who's first post is a problem but I'm at a loss here and need the experience. I'm trying to build a workstation/gaming rig with used server parts like LTT did here www.youtube.com/watch?v=epIlB49SNTI Specs: CPU:2 USED Intel Xeon X5660's Motherboard:USED Supermicro X8DTL-3F Ram:USED Hynix HMT151R7BFR4C-H9 Registered EEC ram PSU: EVGA NEX750B Problem: The Motherboard will not post after a new install. It powers on, the fans spin up, the heat sinks get hot, but I have no display. If I remove the memory I get the memory Alarm. On first power up theres a click from the internal speaker, after that, nothing. What I've Tried: Removing Everything other than 1 CPU, 1 Ram Stick and the Heat-sink. Removing it from the case. Switching PSUs Switching CPU Sockets Checking for bent CPU pins Switching CPUs Switching to different Ram Using the onboard Graphics Clearing the CMOS(Three Times) Switching jumpers and using external graphics Logging into IPMI to look at the errors and saw no errors or sensor data when powered on Although all power functions work. What I THINK the problem MIGHT be: Unsupported CPUs This motherboard needed a BIOS update to support 56xx Processors. I don't think it has ever been updated because the IPMI firmware is at 1.0.2 and the latest is 3.0.3. Also the motherboard revision is 1.1 not 2.0 When I try to update IPMI I get authentication and timeout errors. But to test it I would need to buy a used 55xx processor but don't want to be stuck with it if its bad. I know that X9 and up motherboards have a specific beep code if it has and unsupported CPU but I don't know if the X8s have it. What I think the problem PROBABLY is: Bad Motherboard. Any Advice would be appreciated Thanks!