IP Camera's installed on VM WARE Windows Server 2008 R2

[Twista]

Hi Guys,

I don't know where to post my problem. A client wants me to research
a solution that will install his CCTV software on his server with VM WARE.

Don't have a clue on how to go about this.

He wants 13 Camera's installed in his office and totally controlled via his server. The software for the CCTV must be installed on his server.

Any ideas, software vendors, competiitive prices.

Thanks

 

[hungrybeaver]

Are you setting the whole thing up yourself? Contact Secequip and they can walk your site and give their advice.

 

[Twista]

No, the company administrators will do the setup on the servers.

ThANKS, will check with the above company.

 

[xplicet]

Hi Twista, I have done alot of IP cam work and have a MS background so hopefully i can advise. The first question is why!? sometimes clients get a tech idea into there head that does just not make sense. I assume he's trying to save money. Now if he's running win server 2008 with virtual sessions I assume he's running some big tin. Big tin normally mean expensive storage(HDD's). Big tin normally also has terrible GPU processing. IP cams use huge amounts of processing power when recording, they need dedicated GPU and lots of storage depending on requirements. Servers CAN be limiting in this regard from a financial point of view.

There are ways to do this but i would find out the why's first. There are some really good dedicated NVR's out there. Also if they are using 13 IP cams at MP resolution that can easily eat the processing power of a Xeon machine or core processor on its own!

Please feel free to PM me and we can go in more depth