Go get em boys!

These drone pilots are amazing. 🌻

Sadly the tech just cannot advance that fast.

Is it almost our collective birthday?

Uh, no. Consumers don’t care at all. Executives and marketing folks are the ones that have decided that it has to be in there.

From the top:

• Dream Machine Pro Max - This has two HDDs but I’m not using them. I have redundant internet sources, 1G Cable and 2G Fiber. The dream machine can fail over between them.

• 2U Patch Panel

• POE-Enterprise 48 - This is connected via SFP+ 10G to the Dream Machine and is where every device in the network plugs in.

• UNVR - This has 4x 14TB HDDs and is where the cameras record. That covers more than 2 months of constant recording at 4K on the cameras - which are all connected and powered by the switch. This connects via SFP+ to the switch.

• Unifi Remote Power - This is like a redundant power source for the switches and stuff so if the power supply failed this would pick up.

• Unifi Power Strip - everything is plugged in here, you can toggle the ports and stuff on and off which I don’t do.

There’s a bunch of other stuff in the rack multiple piholes and little intel nuc servers doing stuff. Redundant piholes is a nice addition to the network though once you get going.

https://imgur.com/a/w5YSLKK

My setup is really high end i just treated it like a gaming pc. Dream machine Pro Max connected to a POE Enterprise 48, that gives 2.5gb network to all the wired devices. Have one u6 pro and one u7 pro access points. Finally a 1u unvr which runs the 10 or so AI-Pro cameras.

Love my unifi gear.

That was my thinking lol. I have one 360 camera and it’s 2k. The rest of the cameras are 4k. But when biting the bullet and doing cameras it seemed stupid to cheap out on some. I’ve surely gone overkill. That being said i wouldn’t buy too much into the AI stuff. The non AI camera still detects stuff. Perhaps not as well.

Yea it’s still worth it for the interface which is so much better than other systems I’ve seen.

Yes they kept canceling my orders and forbidding me from ordering ;). I believe all is well now. The black cameras look so nice… really looks similar to some lighting fixtures so blends in well.

I have a handful of the AI Pros adopted to an UNVR. The new animal detection is clutch in the morning seeing what wildlife I had around the night before. But even without that it’s just a nice interface and i like how it’s totally local and subscription-less. Of course I know there is a high price to entry.

Love my UniFi cameras.

Sad but not as bad as I’d expect. How many civilians dead since October in Gaza?

I run history and then clean it up so i have a guide to follow on the next setup. It’s not even so much for drive failure but to move to the newer OS versions when available.

The ‘data’ is backed up by scripts that tar folders up and scp them off to another server.

CDs degrade over time and so aren’t the best way to archive data if you know you will need it again. If it’s just an ‘in case’ then it may be ok. Best bet is to buy a USB disk and then keep a second copy of it offsite. Also best practice to not use two of the same manufacturer drive.

A bit more investment and effort but the UniFi talk line has a pretty good setup for small businesses.

For those wondering it’s like 3 feeder lanes, 6 regular freeway lanes, and 1 hov/toll lane on each side. When it was completed back in (est 2005) it was already outdated and fully congested duri my rush hour.

I love knowledge fight. About Alex Jones and the conspiracy theory of the day.