NVR Hardware and Software Recommendations

My old analog cameras recently kicked the can, and I somewhat impulsively bought 8x Amcrest POE cameras to wire up to my homelab. I’m not sure what I would need in terms of hardware and software. I am only aware of Frigate and Blue Iris, but I’ll be excited to know if there are alternatives that may suit my needs better! I’m planning on deploying a Frigate container in Unraid and having the server process everything, however I don’t like having one server do EVERYTHING in my setup.

– Motion detection (I have a Coral TPU)

– 24/7 recording straight to Unraid NAS (SMB/NFS)

– Somewhat high framerate ~15 fps?

– Ability to scrub footage

– Redundancy, two separate PCs

8x IP5M-D1188EW-28MM

Managed POE Switch

PFSense router

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October 7, 2023
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