Ubiquiti UNVR

Pros

• I ended up putting my drive back in my UDMP after I moved Protect to a UNVR because you get better logs/history for the Network app when there’s a drive.
• I second the use of a UNVR. Just from a processing standpoint, I like offloading that off of my dream machine onto a standalone device.
• If you're wanting a massive amount of footage to be scrubbable, I would recommend getting a UNVR instead of upgrading to the pro max. That gives you more drive bays
• Instead of a UDM Pro Max get a Cloud Gateway Fiber and a UNVR. Same price but much better performance.
• UCG-Fiber, USW-Aggregation, Pro Max 16 Poe switch for main house, Flex 2.5g Poe for other buildings, U7 Pro XG access points as needed for coverage, U7 lite for less used areas, UNVR to record video, and cameras of your choice.

Cons

• I’ve had issues with the UNVRs. All running Seagate Skyhawk surveillance HDDs. Had to add drives to UNVR and I got errors of a corrupted drive then drive removed, repeat
• Just to give you some idea, I have a UNVR, five 4K cameras, and a 14TB drive (technically two 14TB drives, but they're mirrored) and I get about 26 days of footage. That's with highest quality, highest fps, and h264. It's going to be exp...
• The UNVR doesn't really benefit too much from 10GB, I have it along with the UNAS Pro and they are both connected to the 8 port aggregation switch.
• Filling up the four bays in the UNVR costs as much or more than the device itself, plus the extra power usage.
• This setup has been great for a while but the UVNR was too noisy for domestic use and CPU temperature sitting at 75-80º C (with only one HDD)