I have a client with 14 ip cameras most are running at 2048x1536 10 fps, some a bit less. I'm using Milstone xProtect with a purpose built server 4th generation intel i7, 16GB RAM windows 7 and a Radion 7950 HD video card with 3GB ram (card is a couple years old) . The video images ( varying amounts ) are being sent to 3 displays. Performance is fairly good but he is complaining about some jerkyness to images and wants an improvement .
This customer now wants to add 4 to 6 more camears to the system. I think it has the processing power, but I don't know. Does anybody here have experience and systems like this? Do you think that a new top-of-the-line video card will help? i've looked at some of the commercial systems they don't have specs anywhere near what I built. I tried one of the milestone husky systems on another job, and was really just pointed disappointed it couldn't handle the video at all.
Thoughts or recommendations would be appreciated.
Thanks
Bill