Had a old thin client sitting around...

[the86d]

So I have had this 1GHz Via Eden, w/512MB RAM, & a 512MB SSD sitting around and finally got around to screwing with it.

I threw a 80GB mSATA SSD w/and IDE adapter in it, and 1GB of RAM in it, and tinkered with some live distros off USB that didn't run very smoothly. The lag of *Buntus is more of a hindrance.

I finally said screw it and would like to have some backups of my cameras in a hidden place, in case I was robbed. I installed Slackware on it, and it does it's job:

login as: root
root@192.168.1.[COLOR="Red"]XYZ[/COLOR]'s password:
Last login: Mon Mar 23 15:11:30 2015 from 192.168.1.[COLOR="Red"]ZYX[/COLOR]
Linux 3.10.17-smp.

KERNEL:
        A part of an operating system that preserves the medieval
        traditions of sorcery and black art.

root@minixk:~# dd if=/dev/zero of=2gb bs=1M count=2000
2000+0 records in
2000+0 records out
2097152000 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 26.011 s, 80.6 MB/s
root@minixk:~# dd if=2gb of=/dev/null
4096000+0 records in
4096000+0 records out
2097152000 bytes (2.1 GB) copied, 26.3975 s, 79.4 MB/s
root@minixk:~#

Just something useful, and fun, out of virtually nothin'.

root@minixk:~# free
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        957616      87012     870604          0      38692      12728
-/+ buffers/cache:      35592     922024
Swap:       524284          0     524284

Now to swap the SMP Kernel for a generic one... never did that before.

root@minixk:~# sensors -f
via_cputemp-isa-0000
Adapter: ISA adapter
Core 0:      +111.2▒F
cpu0_vid:    +0.844 V

50WATTS max is what the AC adapter puts out, but I have solar panels.

[propman07]

Nice....so how are you sending the files from your cams to the thin client?

[the86d]

FTP, but not just to the thin client...

The cameras drop off images, JPEGs/sec not video, via FTP. Since they are all on martian addresses, behind the router, no need for SFTP, and the cameras don't support it anyway.

I just bought some cheapish cameras that supported FTP uploads via motion-detect trigger, as my son wanted to be latch-key, and I can make sure he's okay (AND no girls, or parties).

I'd like to upgrade to something that records video via FTP, but I really like more open solutions, and the cost to replace the cameras is about as much as a whole DVR system. It ain't broke, so I ain't fixin' it...

I never could get ZoneMinder working on *Buntu, or Slackware... but I never wanted to spend a bunch of time on it either. Just plug in the logins, IPs/Hostnames.local, and we're off and running...

The Linux boxes could sync the images is my thought... and since I got a bunch of 80 mSATA SSDs used, dirt-cheap for 80GB, might as well use them.

[propman07]

You might want to check out Hikvision cameras. POE for 3MP small bullet cams. Software to act as the DVR is pretty cheap as well. I've got more info if you are interested. No affiliation with either party, just have some experience with networked security cams as a DIY project.

[the86d]

Can they upload to a SamBA share, or FTP/SFTP upon motion detect?

I'll look at a link, if the link has real connectivity specs listed. The D-Link Cams didn't state anything on the box about FTP, but all the Linux-based cams appear to.