I have an unanswered post on this forum asking if BI takes advantage of additional cores. Absolutely BI uses multiple cores. Why would you think it was limited to a single core? I just don't know :) Is there some max number of cores that it will utilize? Practically speaking is there any great adva...

I used 5 of these: https://www.amazon.com/Red-10TB-NAS-Hard-Drive/dp/B0719498XY in my Synology NAS. They are made for NAS use (24/7) so I would expect them to last. Drives are relatively cheap now (and getting cheaper). I would get the biggest capacity you can justify paying for - you just never kno...

I have built 3 Ryzen machines this year - 2 Ryzen 5 3600's and a 2950X Threadripper. I have an unanswered post on this forum asking if BI takes advantage of additional cores. Without knowing that you are really shooting in the dark. If it doesn't you will be better off with a smaller number of cores...

I am really new to cctv and BI. I have installed 2 4K outdoor cameras and plan to add 2 more. Initially I ran everything through my Synology disk station using their Surveillance package. Now I am concurrently running BI on my recently built desktop. On the NAS I have allocated 10tb of storage space...

I am brandy new to BI and am currently running it on a 16 core processor. If it doesn't really take advantage of all the cores I would prefer to install it on my backup machine in the basement (6 cores). It certainly isn't loading my desktop now but not sure how it is going to affect my video/photo ...

It's a great website for comparing different builds that others have done. You can propose a build there soup to nuts and the site will let you know if you have any conflicts with your hardware picks. I have found it to be VERY helpful in the 3 builds I have done this year - 2 Ryzen 5 3600's and one...