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Chapter 10. Record Section In-Depth
2. Calculating Storage Required
2. Calculating Storage Required
As you have had an opportunity to review compression, resolution, quality, and speed of video, all these
factors are needed to intelligently calculate proper storage amount needed for each DVR unit or best
configure each video. Here is a simple mathematical formula for your convenience.
HDD Size Per Day by each Camera = number of frames per second X number of seconds in a day (1Day =
60X60X24) X size of image in bytes (see Table 2 Data size - Image Quality by Resolution on page 92).
With above formula here are some reference figures
1 camera @
Lowest @
30fps @
1 hour
1 camera @
Low @
30fps @
1 hour
1 camera @
Normal@
30fps @
1 hour
1 camera @
High@
30fps @
1 hour
1 camera @
Highest@
30fps @
1 hour
Table 3 30fps by one camera each hour
4 camera @
Lowest @
30fps @
500 GB HDD
4 camera @
Low @
30fps @
500 GB HDD
4 camera @
Normal@
30fps @
500 GB HDD
4 camera @
High@
30fps @
500 GB HDD
4 camera @
Highest@
30fps @
500 GB HDD
Table 4 4ch DVR 500GB by each resolution
9 camera @
Lowest @
500 GB HDD
9 camera @
Low @
500 GB HDD
9 camera @
Normal@
500 GB HDD
9 camera @
High@
500 GB HDD
9 camera @
Highest@
500 GB HDD
Table 5 9ch DVR 500GB by Resolution with max possible frame rate
16 camera @
Lowest @
500 GB HDD
16 camera @
Low @
500 GB HDD
16 camera @
Normal@
500 GB HDD
16 camera @
High@
500 GB HDD
16 camera @
Highest@
500 GB HDD
Table 6 16ch DVR 500GB by Resolution with max possible frame rate
These tables represent relative calculation at continuous recording configuration.