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ryanrs
Jul 12, 2011

I want to setup ZoneMinder with a single 5MP Amcrest camera, in a simple low-traffic environment (in my garage). Half the reason is to keep an eye on a leaky pipe (not mine / can't fix), and the other half is noticing people who shouldn't be there. It is possible I may expand the system with a second camera, but that is not the immediate plan.

So, with that context in mind, which underpowered ARM SBC should I use? I have a couple already, and I'm not super excited to go spend money on a NUC or whatever. Here are two I have that might be suitable:

Pine64 RockPro64. 6-core RK3399, 4 GB RAM, 1 TB Samsung 980 Pro NVME on a single lane of PCIe Gen 1.
Currently running: Armbian 24.2.1 Bookworm CLI.

Raspberry Pi 4 B, 4-core BCM2711, 8 GB RAM, 500 GB Samsung 850 Evo SATA on a Startech USB 3 adapter.
Currently running: NetBSD

Whichever one I'll use will be wiped and a new OS installed (probably not NetBSD, despite its fervent supporter). They both have USB 3 ports if they need more storage (prob not needed tho).

I'd like to do a lab setup with this junk I have on hand, if only to better inform my expectations before buying new hardware. But I think these boards should work ok with just one camera? No wifi, it'll all be on wired ethernet when deployed.

e: kinda leaning towards using the Raspberry Pi, since the RockPro64 is doing some other marginally interesting things at the moment.

ryanrs fucked around with this message at 21:04 on Apr 12, 2024

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