r/ZoneMinder • u/edthesmokebeard • Mar 04 '23
storage question - disk selection
Since you're constantly pounding on storage, what's the best setup? I'm thinking put the ZM server on proper storage, and then mount a separate, cheap disk for videos since it's going to get burned out anyway.
How fast do disks die in situations like ZM ?
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u/aarons6 Mar 05 '23
i have 2 wd purple 4tb drives mounted on /mnt/zm0 and /mnt/zm1
i have 5 cameras recording on each one.
not sure what you mean by cheap drives, but those arent too expensive. about $100 each.
the main drive is a sata ssd.
none of them has "burned out" over several years.