Blue Iris

Has anyone setup BI on a virtual host? Id like to eliminate the extra computers and use the power of my Unraid server to setup a virtual desktop or a Docker instance.

Any issues with this config? Any recommendations?

I think you should go to IPCamTalk and ask this question LoL

But, to be honest. I think the biggest issues is the CPU cores you would need to allocate and the potential inability to passthrough the GPU processing power.

HeneryH wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:55 pm I think you should go to IPCamTalk and ask this question LoL

But, to be honest. I think the biggest issues is the CPU cores you would need to allocate and the potential inability to passthrough the GPU processing power.

Unraid allows you to pass HW through, so that won't be an issue. As for CPUs I have 2 16 core CPUs in my server so i can throw 32 cores at it.

HeneryH wrote: ↑Wed Jan 31, 2024 2:55 pm I think the biggest issues is the CPU cores you would need to allocate

BI runs just fine on my old Lenovo I5-4570 with 4 cores. Are you suggesting that it will need more than that because it is running in a VM?

After 4 yrs. running BI on an old dedicated Lenovo I5 machine, I am thinking about a more powerful machine with Proxmox to run not only BI in a VM but also replace my TrueNas/Nextcloud/Plex machine currently on an old HP Compaq machine.

With this idea in mind, I am starting to run some test on an old Optiplex 7010 with an I5-3470, with 8gb ram.

I managed to installed a Windows 10 VM with 4 cores and the full 8gb ram, the VIRTIIO drivers are installed and nothing else is running on Proxmox (Windows is not yet activated). It seems to work fine, however when I launched Blue Iris 5, the Windows VM crashes immediately and restarts. Yet it seems to work ok with other software. With Sweethome3D, the 3D video animation is pretty crude as expected, but it is working. I know this will not be sufficient to run my 6 cameras (currently on BI on another machine) but it should be enough to evaluate the set up before the next step, please let me know if you have suggestions or see a reason why it crashes with BI, thank you