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Hey guys, i didnt know where to post this so i figured off topic. So my house currently has a security system which has been in for about 3-4 years, 8 cameras in total. Id like to upgrade and possibly build my own server for it but i dont really know how to go about it. Any thoughts? 

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Hey guys, i didnt know where to post this so i figured off topic. So my house currently has a security system which has been in for about 3-4 years, 8 cameras in total. Id like to upgrade and possibly build my own server for it but i dont really know how to go about it. Any thoughts? 

 

You don't need very high power hardware, so I would spend the majority of your budget on drives and cooling for those drives.

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Hey guys, i didnt know where to post this so i figured off topic. So my house currently has a security system which has been in for about 3-4 years, 8 cameras in total. Id like to upgrade and possibly build my own server for it but i dont really know how to go about it. Any thoughts? 

It is going to be a lot of hassle, so if you're willing to do it and fork out the money then do it.

Please spend as much time writing your question, as you want me to spend responding to it.  Take some time, and explain your issue, please!

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Same deal with me as @Exploded117 

 

I have G3258 for my cpu and a z97 ar. Not too fancy but I plan to spend 500+ USD on Wd Reds

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Hey guys, i didnt know where to post this so i figured off topic. So my house currently has a security system which has been in for about 3-4 years, 8 cameras in total. Id like to upgrade and possibly build my own server for it but i dont really know how to go about it. Any thoughts? 

Most of the hard stuff is in the software. Easy to build  a server but hard to get the software done. I built my freenas server in 3 hours but spent 3-4 weeks setting it up. 

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You don't need very high power hardware, so I would spend the majority of your budget on drives and cooling for those drives.

to run the software that manages the cameras like blue iris you need a pretty good CPU for 8 cameras

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to run the software that manages the cameras like blue iris you need a pretty good CPU for 8 cameras

 

He already has a security system that manages them. I believe he just wants to make a storage server now.

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