I just want to put some bright moments from your messages together:
4K may be great for 1 or 2 cameras but the bottom line is (articles on this site support it) 4K uses 3-5x the bandwidth and storage as a 1080p camera. If your tests produce anything different you are not streaming in full 4K.
not true. I have tens and hundreds of cameras on every site. 2 years ago those were mostly 4mpx, now 8 mpx. No issues, just great picture.
Also please check out the camera calculator here
You keep comparing someone else's virtual calculations with the real-life tests.
Another point about 4K, yes it may be wide angle and you can capture so much more. Now you have one point of failure, if that camera goes down you have no other way of viewing your area.
"I highly recommend you check out the articles and educational material" about preventive maintenance and network monitoring systems. Especially when you do the large projects. You should hire a network administrator if you have a lack of expertise in that area.
Cisco's new cloud platform, Maraki (sp?) is actually based on 1 & 2mp cameras. Are you familiar with cloud recording?
mEraki is a low-cost solution. Cisco bought that company to get into residential and SOHO markets.
I am going to bet you use cat6 for all installations as well?
Some people think Cat5e works for 100 mpbs only (even that's an overkill for one camera, and your PoE port is usually 100 mpbs anyway), and for 1Gbps you need Cat6. I heard about people who think that 4k consumes 3-5 more bandwidth compared to 1080p. They all need some education.
Lets take a 2mp camera at a higher quality h.264 compression. Lets say its in a hallway or a small common area, I will probably set it at 7fps at 1080p resolution, maybe 10 but there isn't much of a difference between those. If you are doing anything more than 15-20 you are wasting your customers storage and bandwidth.
I'll check my calendar. Am I back to 2010? 7 fps, H.264, OMG. Higher quality (quantization level?) - now I understand why you have issues with the bandwidth.
I've been involved in large scale IP CCTV systems for over 10 years; 70k seat sporting venues, universities, airports, military facilities, small business, etc.
I had a funny project manager before. He was like 60+ years old, tonnes of outdated and irrelevant experience, not enough actual knowledge about modern technologies. But they kept him on the big projects despite the constant issues we had. It's all about the sales team at the end of the day, not your technical skills.
Actually, this discussion reminded me that retired alarm specialist with hundred acronyms-designations, who tried to sell his boards here.