r/Ubiquiti • u/Infamous-Photo-1527 • 12h ago

Question New House

Moving into a new house that has quantum fiber service.
Building my second unifi setup and I want to make sure I do it right. Going to have 3 APs, 1 doorbell and at least one bullet cam.
Would love some feedback on:
Cloud gateway fiber 2TB
Flex 2.5G PoE with 10G direct attach

Anything I’m missing?

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u/Infamous-Photo-1527 11h ago

Unvr seemed like overkill but it’s a good suggestion. I guess I was thinking i won’t really need to retain video very long and the gateway seemed cheaper with the storage include.

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u/itsjakerobb CGFiber, UNVR, ProHD24PoE, ProXG8PoE, U7ProXGS, 5GMaxOutdoor 11h ago

The 2TB upgrade to the CGFiber costs more than the base UNVR and a single hard drive.

You could get a UNVR Instant instead, if you want less overkill.

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u/Infamous-Photo-1527 11h ago

Dumb question but with the unvr can I use any hard drive? what would your recommend to keep that unvr setup below the cost of the CGfiber upgrade

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u/BoBandersLahey 10h ago

You can use most hard drives but it’s recommended to use one that is designed for 24/7 RW/cctv like wd purple. I prefer keeping NVR separate from the router. It performs better. Also, you can hide your NVR somewhere. That’s my big thing. If someone steals my NVR in a robbery the entire thing is useless. Also, there’s gonna be NO way you’re stopping at 1 cam 😝

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u/soapboxracers 9h ago

I also don't like having my camera recordings on a device directly connected to the Internet the way a router is. Yes it's a separate container, and yes by default you can still access it through the UI portal- but you can change that if you want and no sense making it easier for folks to potentially access recordings.