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Source: Jeff Geerling
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  • description: I more than doubled the performance of my NVR with a new CM5 board. And it has PoE+ built in! Some of the resources I referenced in this video (some links are affiliate links): - Exaviz Cruiser: https://exa-pedia.com/docs/cruiser/ - Frigate: https://frigate.video - Seagate IronWolf NAS 4TB HDD: https://amzn.to/46vIPyx - Hard Drive sleds (Dell R720-compatible): https://www.ebay.com/itm/404293056771 - DeskPi 2U mini rack mount: https://deskpi.com/products/deskpi-2u-mini-rack-mount-case-pre-order-for-the-exaviz-cruiser-carrier-board - My 1U Interceptor NVR build from 2024: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wkVGcdI2vk - Blog post configuring Hailo and Frigate on Pi CM5: https://www.jeffgeerling.com/blog/2026/frigate-with-hailo-for-object-detection-on-a-raspberry-pi/ Exaviz sent me a prototype version of the Cruiser for testing, and DeskPi sent an early prototype of their mini rack case for the Cruiser. Neither company paid for this video or had any input in its production, but I still mark my videos as 'sponsored' if any equipment was provided by vendors in the making of the video. See my sponsorship policies here: https://github.com/geerlingguy/youtube#sponsorships Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geerlingguy Sponsor me on GitHub: https://github.com/sponsors/geerlingguy Merch: https://www.redshirtjeff.com 2nd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@GeerlingEngineering 3rd Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Level2Jeff Contents: 00:00 - Upgrading from the Interceptor 00:38 - Exaviz Cruiser CM5 board 01:57 - Adding another camera 02:46 - Google abandoned the Coral TPU 04:27 - Cruiser's USB-heavy architecture 06:08 - Building the mini-rack server 07:43 - Tada! And some hot-swap drive sleds 09:02 - Setting up RAID, Hailo, and Frigate 10:53 - Power consumption, PoE, and a 4K camera 12:17 - Future Home Assistant plans
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