On 07/31/2013 08:39 PM, Marios Zindilis wrote:
> On 07/31/2013 08:19 PM, James Pifer wrote:
>>> Ok, I *must* not have made clear what I was asking for. Let me try one
>>> more time....
>>>
>>> We want an appliance, such as
>>> <http://www.zmodo.com/4ch-h-264-full-d1-dvr-500gb-hdd-with-4-cmos-480tvl-ir-outdoor-security-cameras-with-11-leds.html>,
>>>
>>> that we can put on our network, and manage, and d/l videos for long-term
>>> storage, onto a server. We have exactly, um, two? boxes running Windows,
>>> and we normally do *nothing* with them. We've over 100 servers running
>>> Linux, and that's where we live.
>>>
>>> Currently, the USB cameras are connected to ->CENTOS SERVERS<-, no
>>> WinCrap
>>> at all. We use the standard package motion to record for surveillance.
>>> We're looking for an "appliance", like the link I give above, that we
>>> can
>>> manage the same way that we manage an HP printer, which does *NOT*
>>> require
>>> IE, and we can do with firefox, or probably even konqueror. At the very
>>> least, we want to use, say, wget, to d/l the videos.
>>>
>>> NOTHING RUNNING WINDOWS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>>>
>>> Now, if I can calm myself down, have I made it clear what it is we're
>>> looking for? If so, can anyone recommend a source for such an appliance?
>>>
>>> mark
>>>
>>
>> Not knowing if / how much you're willing to spend, take a look at a
>> Synology NAS, which has Surveillance Station. You get one camera license
>> with each one and then you have to buy additional camera licenses for
>> about $55 each.
>>
>> Of course you'd be getting a lot more than just a surveillance DVR, so
>> may or may not fit your needs. They are great devices.
>>
>> Good luck,
>> James
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>
> Hello. We are using Kmotion, which as far as I have seen in our setup
> stores static images (JPEG) every couple of seconds. I don't know many
> details about it though, as our Physical Infrastructure team set it up
> and manages it, but they are happy with it.
>
> I think saving images as opposed to video was decided based on the cost
> of the storage (over 60 cameras, too much data).
>
I forgot to add that it fulfills some of your requirements: runs on
Linux servers, ssh access available of course, is free.
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Marios Zindilis
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