Hello all, very nice sub. I was hoping on some advice or point me in the right direction. I am just getting started and trying to figure out what equipment I will need. Now I do run a pretty beefy unRAID server with a 12th gen chip, I thought about throwing a vm on there and doing blue iris, but I already run about 15 services on there and never seen the CPU above 30 percent , but it’s was not really designed for vm and don’t really want the extra load on that machine. So I have got struck that idea down. I thought about building or repurposing a PC and throw blue iris , but I would like some thing that I can use a web interface with over my network and also the pain and hastle of running something like this on windows , updates breaking something, greedy CPU usage and ect. So I would prefer something runs on a Linux machine via docker or just a straight os that has a web gui. This is pretty much something for the wife , so she have to have a app for her phone and someway of switching it on the TV when she wants to.

Now I consider my self someone that likes to tinker, so I wanted something that I can config and make it my on. So I was considering zoneminder or Shinobi. But again this is mainly for the wife , so once it’s setup I doubt I am going be messing around with it to much , so considering just a nvr from reolink, I get all in one , but don’t have to worry about a poe switch , has a web interface, and a app for the wife. Could route HDMI cables to the TV for the wife to.

Interested in anyone else running zoneminder , Shinobi or anything else if those pieces of software would tick any of my boxes.

Thanks for any help