I don't think Sentry relies on alarms, sure I bet it records when there is an alarm event, but Sentry records even if it sees something near the car, feels the lightest taps. It does all without alarms or notifications. I've yet to have an "Alarm" notification, even before Sentry.
That said, Sentry false positives are VERY high. It is super sensitive and seemingly records when nothing is nearby. If you're parked with the rear-in first, if the car on the other side of the road starts up and its headlights turn on, that is enough to activate Sentry recording.
After a day of parking without any incident (e.g. nobody touched the car, no door ding, no side swipe), I will probably have a dozen or so Sentry records. I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about, but when Sentry records, there isn't a push notification or anything like that, so I don't think the issue you're concerned about will be any better or worse with Sentry, but you will have to comb through countless uneventful footage and clean your USB storage every so often so it doesn't fill up and stop recording.