[M_Six]

I also have Amcrest PoE cams. I use Synology NAS boxes for storage and for their Surveillance Station software. I also have Eufy wifi cameras for the back of the house where the soffits are 2 stories up. I'm slowly (very slowly) working my way through our nightmare attic so I can run more CAT6 to the corners of the back of the house so I can ditch the Eufy cams and put PoE cams there.

Inside I have some Eufy cams that basically just watch the sunroom and the back door. When we travel, I set up a couple more cams just to check on the cats and the petsitters.

Wired cams with 24/7 recording is the way to go. The 8MP (4K) cams sometimes seem like overkill until you need to use digital zoom to check out something further away. If you're monitoring a tighter space where you'll never have to zoom in, like a garage interior, the 5MP cams are fine. And TBH, the 5MP cams often have better IR image quality.