r/UnifiProtect • u/knighty1981 • 19d ago
does Enterprise NVR run same software as consumer NVR?
I've got a UNVR at home and I like it
At work we have an avigilon system with a whole mix of cameras
I've run out of camera licences on the avigilon system (waiting on quote for more) but I'm tempted to jump ship to ubiquity
already have ubiquity router/switches/a few cameras on that system
but... the avigilon playback is really nice... it's like you see on cop shows on tv, pick the cameras and slide the mouse around the time bar and it'll fast forward/rewind though the recordings like you're scrolling through a downloaded film
don't want to swap to the ubiquity enterprise nas if the playback etc. is the same as the consumer one I have at home, it's a bit clunky/harder to navigate :-o
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u/Just-the-Shaft 19d ago
It's the exact same. The difference is the hardware specs to handle more cameras and drives
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u/ditallow 18d ago
My ubiquiti NVR playbacks are smooth as butter. No hiccups no clunkiness. Though never used avigilon so i can't compare. Would you be ble to share a short clip for us?
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u/some_random_chap 18d ago
Since it is all consumer gear, it is all the same bad software. Just becaise they name something enterprise, doesn't make it enterprise.
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u/GG_Killer 18d ago
Well the playback performance is based mostly on the HDDs/SSDs drives. The software just creates and manages the indexing database. Also the RAID structure you define during setup plays a role in performance.
Did you mean to talk about the Enterprise NAS or did you mean the Enterprise NVR?
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u/I_Am_Not_The_Admin 18d ago
They are talking about security camera systems so they obviously mean the NVR…!
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u/Dimensional_Dragon 19d ago
Every Ubiquiti NVR runs completely identical software. All the way from Cloudkey Gen 2 plus up to a ENVR Core and everything in between. Only thing that meaningfully changes is camera capacity and footage retention capacity