G33kman

Thanks for the review on the Ubiquiti's cameras and software! As far as storage goes I was planning on using the hardware raid that's already in the server and I want to keep at least a weeks worth of footage on hand. Storage isn't too expensive so I'm thinking we should be able to go longer than that.

@Techie2000 - I was hoping to run 4 of the 8 over PoE. As of right now I'm just going to keep this network separated from the rest of the network I just want them running to the server that I am going to use. @jamesreedersmith - I have not but I definitely will check into it. Thanks! - I checked the site out it looks like some pretty nice equipment but the price seems higher than we're looking to invest. We're mainly going to use this setup to watch over some of the equipment in our shop and also to see when crews leave and get back to the shop. So we're trying to keep the cost low.

So I work for a small company as the IT guy and we have an old HP Proliant ML350 G6 and I have been trying to find a use for it since it still runs fine so I have been looking into getting some ip cameras and setting the server up with linux and installing ZoneMinder. I have a pretty decent understanding of what I will all need but I need to know if I'm missing anything. Here's what I know I'll need so far. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Here's the specs for the server: Intel Xeon E5506 @ 2.13GHz 6GB DDR3 @ 1333MHz 150GB SATA setup in Hard Raid 1 (will be upgrading the storage capacity) Server (with ubuntu server installed and ZoneMinder setup) x amount of ip cameras Gigabit Switch I'm just starting to plan this and am just looking for some insight on what other people may have done. My tech knowledge is definitely above par but I wouldn't say I'm an expert in this department. Thanks again! Ryan