Recomended Drive Setup for a "Big" CCTV Server (Xeoma Docker)

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My 2TB 5200RPM Drive its having a long death, so time to find its replacement.

 

 

Im running a Xeoma Docker instance, connected to around 16 IP Cameras, Resolution 4MP, all H265, each has a data load of around 500 - 2MB/s with my current settings, so a total for all the cameras 30 - 40MB/s.

 

My current WD Golds data transfer average its 180MB/s, so that means a 7200RPM drive can handle a lot of cameras (64 Cameras)... Im thinking my numbers are probably way off.

 

But well, the latest Seagate 2TB its having a premature death, so maybe this setup its a little hard on the HDD's.... or not?.

 

Would it be better to setup an small 512 / 1TB SSD as a cache of the recordings?, and then send each day to the HDD?. Not sure if a lot of writes are better handled with a Enterprise SSD, or a spinnning one.

 

-- Are the CCTV Drives any different?.

 

Current Setup:

2TB Seagate, Single Pool Device, BTFRS partition.

 

Requirements:

• No need to have parity on this data.
• Try to not kill the HDD / SSD too fast.
• Able to handle future expansion, maybe 20 - 30 cameras in total

 

Thanks!