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I am planning on building out a system like this. I am currently working to get the RPI0W camera units into a weather tight 3D-printed case that screws into external light socket fixtures so I don't have to wire power. I'm going to start with MotionEyeOS and a few cameras to start because it looks like it is going to be easy to set up but I want to eventually add motion sensors and motion activated lights so that is phase two.

I am planning on building out a system like this. I am currently working to get the RPI0W camera units into a weather tight 3D-printed case that screws into external light socket fixtures so I don't have to wire power. I'm going to start with MotionEyeOS and a few cameras to start because it looks like it is going to be easy to set up but I want to eventually add motion sensors and motion activated lights so that is phase two.

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A 4TB external full size drive with it's own supply would be ideal here.

I think 4TB would be over kill. I was assuming 6GB/h per video camera, so with 3-4 camera units I think I get 12h of buffer with 256GB storage and 24h with 512GB storage. I do not think I need a week of video buffer that i would get with 4TB. It would just drive up the cost.

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I said 4TB just because it's getting harder to find small, full-size externals. If you can find a smaller one then it would work fine as well.