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Hardware Question for Computer controlling 16 commercial video cameras
I have a standard dual core XP machine with 16 cameras feeding 2-3mb/s ea at 30fps. I think the specs are as follows:
500GB Std 7200 rpm WD Hard Drive
Pentium Dual Core Basic w/ 3ghz cores
2GB Std Memory
100mb/s switch
Cat 6 network bringing in the Camera data.
Computer is both showing data in real time and recording.
CPU running @ 100% all the time... where are the most likely bottlenecks, and the best things to look at when selecting a computer upgrade.
500GB Std 7200 rpm WD Hard Drive
Pentium Dual Core Basic w/ 3ghz cores
2GB Std Memory
100mb/s switch
Cat 6 network bringing in the Camera data.
Computer is both showing data in real time and recording.
CPU running @ 100% all the time... where are the most likely bottlenecks, and the best things to look at when selecting a computer upgrade.
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thank for your help, but is the main bottleneck the cpu, disk, ram or what? and reasoning - i.e. that only need a faster cpu, as most processing is compression work, and the disk/moterboard can take a lot more loading before they slow up...
I think it's the cpu, as that does the video compression, and you noted "CPU running @ 100% all the time". It's possible there is another bottleneck, but this is the obvious one you need to address.
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