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Update to my post: I just figured out that the FPS Report Interval is actually the number of frames between logging the reports. My cams are set to capture at 6 fps, so when I had FPS Report Interval set to 1000 the reports would be logged every 1000/6 seconds (166.6 seconds or about 2.8 minutes). S...

Running 1.30.4 on Ubuntu 18.04. Installed via one of the "easy way" scripts covered on the wiki. I've been running 7 IP cams for a while now, no real issues. But I did notice something odd that I'll share... I've setup each of my cams the same, which includes the Misc monitor setting "...

Kind of a follow-up to my first post. It turns out that chronyd will go offline & exit if the network drops. It's a feature, not a bug. The man page hints at the reason behind this. So, it's typical to mitigate this by setting up an hourly cron script to restart chronyd if it's inactive/dead. Th...

In the past, when I had issues with some installs & I wasn't sure if it was due to a shortage of memory or other resources, I'd: - Log into the ZM console as admin - Stop ZM - Then reconfigure all cams function to "none" and uncheck "enabled" - Configure logging for debugging...

I'm running an AMD processor. I tested "spectre_v2=off" alone and then included "nopti pti=off" & tested again. I didn't see much more improvement with the added "nopti pti=off", so I just boot with "spectre_v2=off" .

I've tried and used several solutions for imaging Linux and Windows disks over the years. I always end up sticking with Clonezilla. I can do just about everything I need with it, including imaging to files on a central NAS (via samba/CIFS). Performance wise, Clonezilla is way faster than dd and more...

Did you do a minimum install with a net install iso? I use that in lieu of a server install as I can get a really minimal system. I do not need the containers or other stuff in a server install to run ZM. I have not noticed a performance hit with Bionic but have to admit my test platform uses just ...

I'm assuming you upgraded the same PC/server to 18.04 - so, no hardware changes (other than the SSD). So, according to this: https://blog.ubuntu.com/2018/01/12/meltdown-and-spectre-status-update , 17.04's kernel never got any of the Spectre or Meltdown mitigations. However, 18.04 does have all the m...

So, I tripped over this issue recently & I thought I'd share info on it. I recently setup a new 1.30.4 ZM system on Xubuntu 18.04. For various reasons, I chose to setup a private net for the cams. In essence: added a gigabit NIC to the server, established a private subnet for it and hooked the c...

The Intel Atom C2758 CPU and SM Atom motherboard are specifically targeted for low power servers - so I'm assuming low power use is a priority for you. The "more cores are better than fewer faster cores" ideology has merit in some applications. It's kind of a dated notion nowadays though. ...

Installed zoneminder 1.30.4 (via one of the "Easy way" scripts on the wiki) onto Ubuntu 18.04. Set up 5 IP cams: 1280x1024, 8bit greyscale, cams set to 6fps. Have been running this for several days now & am getting good performance and quality. But, I had one nagging issue: I'd periodi...