

WIth Linux and ext4, QTS enables reliable storage for everyone with versatile value-added features and apps, such as snapshots, Plex media servers, and easy access of your personal cloud.
QNAP SURVEILLANCE STATION VS BLUE IRIS SOFTWARE
I have another surveillance software based on real time image analysis to provide motion detection, totally free of any support other than the live feed from the webcam.QTS is the operating system for entry- and mid-level QNAP NAS. So in fact there is a wide range of methods in use in SS, depending on the specific camera.

These protocols generally do not use FTP as the event transport. Where a camera brand is big enough to have developed their own command and control protocols that include event notifications, such as Dahua, Hikvision etc, QNAP support those specific protocols in the camera model you can select in SS. SS also supports an HTTP method for event triggers, but this is not commonly supported by IP cameras. And of course what ports you have open is entirely your own choice. A single camera video stream will generate 4 - 8Mbps, usually more than the uplink capacity of your average internet connection. Which you can do if you have enough bandwidth. But your point about the ports would be valid if you want the camera in one internet location streaming video and alerts to SS in another internet location. The motion detection is performed in the camera - SS simply reacts to the event triggers provided by the camera, in the way that the camera provides it. The reason for this is that almost all cameras use this method to generate a motion detection event, SS is only using what the cameras can provide. Not quite true - SS uses the FTP protocol as an event trigger for camera events, it doesn't actually upload anything. I played with surveillance station a little and figured out that motion detection is totally based on camera ftp upload.


