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Hello everyone... i was recently asked about an adecuate config for a server... i'm not sure what components would the best... the server is gonna be used for recording a few surveillance cameras 24/7... idk what's better for that purpose if a 4930k or a Xeon or Dual Xeons... also one of the requirements is for the motherboard to have RAID 5 support for up to 6 HDDs... apparently a dedicated RAID card isn't an option for them... any suggestions would be highly appreciated!!

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If it's just recording then you don't need something as powerful as that. An average desktop PC can handle all of that   :P

 

A dedicated RAID card isn't an option but dual xeons or a 4930k is? I smell fish.

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Hello everyone... i was recently asked about an adecuate config for a server... i'm not sure what components would the best... the server is gonna be used for recording a few surveillance cameras 24/7... idk what's better for that purpose if a 4930k or a Xeon or Dual Xeons... also one of the requirements is for the motherboard to have RAID 5 support for up to 6 HDDs... apparently a dedicated RAID card isn't an option for them... any suggestions would be highly appreciated!!

 

An i5 with 8GB or 16GB of memory should be more than sufficient for a small surveillance system. An H87 motherboard would be appropriate. They typically support 6 SATA 6Gb/s ports and Intel on-board RAID 0, 1, 5, and 10.

 

Seagate has a line of hdd designed for use in these systems http://www.seagate.com/internal-hard-drives/consumer-electronics/sv35/#features as does Western Digital http://www.wdc.com/en/products/products.aspx?id=1210.

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You don't need anything like that. A low power modern celeron is plenty.

If you're doing more h264 encoding or something of the sort for storage, you may want an i5. 

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I was under the impression i needed a fairly powerful system... thanks for your help!! ... also the info about HDDs was something i didn't know so thanks!!

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