[OPLINTECH] security cameras

[Steve Owley]

We went with IP cameras, but we put them on their own wires to keep the traffic weight off our internal network.  These things chew up a lot of bandwidth if you want a decent picture.  We used AXIS.

When you consider it, since analog requires a run of coaxial anyway, it does not add too much cost to run CAT5/6 instead, get a couple small/cheap  POE switches, and use a private, physically separate network to feed the information to the video capture server.  When they installed the new cables, I had them run extra cables in case we wanted to add cameras or for any other use.  We have found that a prudent investment, as we have put in POE clocks and added more wifi access points using those extra cables at great FTE savings.

Hope that helps,

Steve

From: oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org [mailto:oplintech-bounces at lists.oplin.org] On Behalf Of Chris Wisniewski
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2014 1:40 PM
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Subject: [OPLINTECH] security cameras

We are currently investigating getting some security cameras for both inside and outside the building.  I am trying to decide between IP cameras (we can vlan the camera traffic and we do have switches with POE) and analog cameras.  Can anyone share which type they chose and why?  Also any model and systems suggestions would be helpful as well.

Chris Wisniewski
Technology Administrator
Hubbard Public Library
330-534-3512 ext. 116
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