I’d like to set up three or four cameras on the exterior of my house, but I’m not sure where to start with this project. Ideally, these cameras would get power over Ethernet and record to a hard drive in my house that I could access remotely with a decent user interface. If the system could notify me when movement is detected that would be ideal as well. I don’t like the idea of using a Google, Amazon, or similar product because I don’t want to pay a subscription and I want to have control of the footage. What are you using that more or less accomplishes what I’ve described?
I would suggest a dedicated NVR for recording and monitoring. I tried using a home-rolled system and it was more trouble than it was worth and was unreliable. I use an Amcrest 24 channel dedicated NVR with some POE Amcrest cameras around the house. I would consider this self hosted, as everything stays in my network and the apps point directly to it without needing to go through a cloud service. I think they offer one if you want, but it’s on-top-of and not required.