Unifi Video NVR & Cameras
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Has anyone used the Ubiquiti line of Video products? I've been getting some questions as to a good solution for a small shop (car repair). They just want some security cameras setup. Any other recommendations besides the products below?
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I have used them. The Gen 3 cameras, which I believe are the current model and the newest version of their NVR Version 3.7.1 are good, now don't get me wrong there are better camera and systems out there. However, for the cost and quality Unifi Cameras and NVR are great. I like using them in places that might have issues with cameras breaking. A huge industrial hog farm. A big metal fabrication shop that has metal dust, forklifts, etc. If they break a camera it is not a big cost on them to replace it.
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I have 6x of the older ones (Gen 2 I think), and an NVR, and they have been great. Regular office environment here, no issues whatsoever. I think I may have restarted the NVR 3 times in almost as many years. The newer control software looks even better (I can't upgrade mine any further).
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@RojoLoco You must have Gen 1 cameras. Those are the ones that causes you to not be able to upgrade the NVR to 3.2.0 or above. I have Gen 2 cameras on the latest NVR Software.
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@PenguinWrangler said in Unifi Video NVR & Cameras:
@RojoLoco You must have Gen 1 cameras. Those are the ones that causes you to not be able to upgrade the NVR to 3.2.0 or above. I have Gen 2 cameras on the latest NVR Software.
I think you are correct. My NVR version is 2.1.3.
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Awesome. So this system looks like the real deal then. Very inexpensive, and works. These will be in a dirty, dusty environment. Some outside, some inside. I need IR as well. These look to fit the bill.
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@fuznutz04 Oh it works. I have 60 of them deployed at an industrial hog farm. That is not a place you enjoy servicing the equipment.
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Looks like if you wanted to, you could even just install the NVR software for free without buying the box, assuming you had some hardware laying around for it. However, for a small shop, I'd rather just get the NVR device.
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I've got one of the older wireless UVC micros and I run the software in a VM. Works great.
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@stacksofplates said in Unifi Video NVR & Cameras:
I've got one of the older wireless UVC micros and I run the software in a VM. Works great.
Good news then. I've been thinking about purchasing one of these for my house. (Just the camera) I'll throw the software on my Lab server in a VM and be done with it.
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@fuznutz04 Yes, that is what I do. I don't run their NVR. I would get this server https://www.theserverstore.com/content/supermicro-6016t-ntrf4-server. It hardly taxes the CPU or Memory, as long as you stay with a server distro, I perfer Debian or Ubuntu server. It will tax the hard drives if you start getting a lot of cameras because of IOPS.
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@PenguinWrangler Not bad.
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Grandstream has an NVR unit as well.
http://www.grandstream.com/products/ip-video-surveillance/network-video-recorders/product/gvr3552
