I see a lot of posts on https://ipcamtalk.com/ saying Blue Iris shouldn't run on a VM. I wanted to share in-depth technical details about my own experience so that others can make an informed decision vs being afraid. Usually when someone has trouble with VMs, it's because they use an old crappy machine and expect great performance. Or they buy a "server" on ebay that's out of date and painfully slow. Your VM host needs to be just as fast as if you were building a dedicated machine. Looking at the Passmark specs for the specific CPU will give you an indication of of how well the CPU will perform.

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